Thursday, May 8, 2008

Symposium Summary and Powerpoints

Notes and Summary from Steve Caputo, Fellow, Design Trust for Public Space

Check out the slide show from the presentation.

Powerpoints from the presenters:

Charles McKinney, Chief of Design, City of New York Department of Parks & Recreation
Opening Remarks

Alex Felson, Director of Ecological Design, EDAW
"Bridging Ecological Research and Urban Design"

Joan Krevlin, Partner, BKSK Architects
"Integrating Building and Landscape: The Queens Botanical Garden"

Tim White , Project Manager, eDesign Dynamics
"Sustainable Stormwater Management"

Susannah Drake, Principal, dLandstudio
"Sponge Parks: Neighborhood-Scale Planning"

Marcha Johnson, Landscape Architect, Department of Parks and Recreation
"Case Studies for Implementation"

Margie Ruddick, Principal, WRT Design
"Queens Plaza: Interagency Collaboration and Sustainable Design"

Additional presentations as well as guest posts from our presenters will follow.

We welcome comments or questions!