I teach landscape architecture as a holistic practice and emphasize design's capacity to foster meaningful connections to places. The courses I deliver explore interwoven ecological and cultural issues; include immersive experiences; and involve sustained interactions with communities.

Students in my studio classes work throughout Washington State. They interact with non-profits, tribal nations, municipalities, government agencies, scientists, historians, farmers, artists, and concerned citizens. For their semester projects, students create design visualizations that respond to the needs and complexity of a given location. As they develop their work, students consider many points of view and how their propositions would influence local, regional, and global conditions. The projects—depicted through sketches, photo-montages, maps, diagrams, paintings, narrative, and poetry—also draw from students’ discoveries, deep contemplation, and desires to do good, see anew. Students share their final design visions with community members. Their collective ideas spur conversations about land-use, environmental values, and change over time, about our relationships with landscapes and each other.

Learn about some of my classes and student projects by clicking on the squares.