Landscape Architect Chris Reed to Present 'Work-Life' Lecture on Oct. 29 in Vol Walker Hall

Image courtesy of Stoss Landscape Urbanism

This rendering of the Choteau Greenway project in St. Louis shows the connection to Forest Park over Kings Highway.

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Chris Reed will present a lecture at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 29, in Ken and Linda Sue Shollmier Hall, Room 250 of Vol Walker Hall, on the University of Arkansas campus, as part of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design lecture series.

Reed, FASLA, FAAR, is the founding director of Stoss Landscape Urbanism in Boston. He is also a professor in practice of landscape architecture and co-director of the Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

In his lecture, "Work-Life," he will discuss how, in an era of climate change, urbanization, social inequities and cultural debate, the public realm has become a refuge for the expression of individuality, difference and freedom of expression — and of the curious behaviors of people.

Whether designed or accidental, the urban landscape is both platform and prompt, a forum for playing out the rituals of daily life and a probe that stimulates interaction of many sorts. Reed will focus on the projects and practices of Stoss, and the various ways landscape can inform design thinking, design practices, and the making and re-making of cities.  

Reed is internationally recognized as a leading voice in the transformation of landscapes and cities, and he works alternately as a researcher, strategist, teacher, designer and advisor.

He is particularly interested in the relationships between ecology, landscape, infrastructure, social spaces and cities. His work includes urban revitalization initiatives and climate resilience efforts in Boston, Dallas, Abu Dhabi, China and throughout the Midwest. His work also focuses on speculative propositions, adaptations of infrastructure and former industrial sites, dynamic and productive landscapes, vibrant public spaces that cultivate a diversity of social uses and cultural traditions, and numerous landscape installations.

Reed is the co-editor of Projective Ecologies and has authored of an array of papers and articles in leading publications across the globe. He is a recipient of the 2012 Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in Landscape Architecture, a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and the 2017 Mercedes T. Bass Landscape Architect in Residence at the American Academy in Rome.

Reed received a Master in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and an A.B. in urban studies from Harvard College.

This is the Sustainability Lecture, sponsored by Polk Stanley Wilcox Architects.

The school is pursuing continuing education credits for this lecture through the American Institute of Architects and the American Society of Landscape Architects.

The public is invited to attend. Admission is free, with limited seating.

For more information, contact 479-575-4704 or fayjones.uark.edu.