Field Sessions

Tickets for field sessions must be purchased when registering for the conference. Ticket sales are final and are not refundable. Field Sessions events take place rain or shine.

Field Sessions

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Friday, Oct 27th
7:15am – 5:00pm CT
FRI-FS-01: The Modernist Campus of St. John’s University and Monastery
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Joseph R. Favour, ASLA (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
Field Session Leader: Thomas R. Oslund, FASLA, FAAR – O2 Design
Field Session Presenter: Robin Pierzina – St. John's University
Field Session Presenter: Peggy Roske, MLIS (she/her/hers) – St. John's University
Friday, Oct 27th
7:30am – 3:30pm CT
FRI-FS-02: Art, Community, Healing: Innovative Public Spaces for a Destination Medical Center
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 2, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Frank Fitzgerald, ASLA (he/him/his) – Coen+Partners
Field Session Leader: Chuck Stewart, ASLA – Coen + Partners
Field Session Presenter: Patrick Seeb – Destination Medical Center
Field Session Presenter: Kevin Bright, LEED Fellow, CEM – DMC EDA and City of Rochester
Field Session Presenter: Chao Mwatela – City of Rochester
Field Session Presenter: Britton Jones, ASLA (he/him/his) – Bolton & Menk
Field Session Presenter: Gwen Westerman – Minnesota State University, Mankato
Field Session Presenter: Nicole Peterson, ASLA, PLA – Deep Root Green Infrastructure
Sponsored By
Friday, Oct 27th
7:45am – 4:00pm CT
FRI-FS-03: Green Stormwater Infrastructure Tour: Planning, Design, Equity, and Environment
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 102AB
Field Session Leader: Stephanie E. Hurley, ASLA – University of Vermont
Field Session Leader: Andy Erickson, PE – St. Anthony Falls Lab - Univ. of MN
Field Session Presenter: Della Schall Young – Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC
Field Session Presenter: Jennifer Ehlert (she/her/hers) – Metro Blooms Design+Build
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Friday, Oct 27th
8:30am – 4:00pm CT
FRI-FS-05: The Twin Cities’ Contested Landscapes, Design Justice, and Community-owned Public Spaces
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 3, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Ross B. Altheimer, ASLA, FAAR (he/him/his) – TEN x TEN
Field Session Leader: Satoko Muratake, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Ten x Ten
Field Session Presenter: James Garrett, Jr., FAIA – 4RM+ULA
Field Session Presenter: Nathan Johnson, FAIA – 4RM+ULA
Field Session Presenter: Roger Cummings – Juxtaposition Arts (JXTA)
Friday, Oct 27th
8:30am – 5:00pm CT
FRI-FS-06: Twinning: A Photography Flex with Two Sites, Two Firms, And Two Photographers
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 102CD
Field Session Leader: Sahar Coston-Hardy, Affiliate ASLA – Sahar Coston-Hardy Photography
Field Session Leader: Rachel Salmela, ASLA – TEN x TEN
Field Session Presenter: Marion Brenner, Affiliate ASLA – Marion Brenner Photography
Field Session Presenter: Chris McGee (he/him/his) – Landscape Architecture Magazine
Field Session Presenter: Laura Kamin-Lyndgaard, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Coen+Partners
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 1:30pm CT
FRI-FS-04: Tour de Minneapolis Bike Infrastructure
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 102EF
Field Session Leader: Noah Halbach, ASLA – Toole Design
Field Session Leader: Cindy Zerger, ASLA – Toole Design
Field Session Presenter: Katie White – City of Minneapolis
Field Session Presenter: Jordan Kocak, AICP – Hennepin County
Field Session Presenter: Han Zhang, ASLA, LEED AP BD+C (she/her/hers) – O2 Design
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 5:00pm CT
FRI-FS-07: Still Here: Honoring Sacred Indigenous Landscapes on the Mississippi River
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Maura M. Rockcastle, ASLA – TEN x TEN
Field Session Leader: Ellen C. Stewart, ASLA – City of St. Paul Parks and Recreation
Field Session Presenter: Katie Kelly, PLA, ASLA – TEN x TEN Studio
Field Session Presenter: Maggie Lorenz – Wakan Tipi Awanyankapi
Field Session Presenter: Brenda W. Williams, FASLA – Quinn Evans
Friday, Oct 27th
9:00am – 5:00pm CT
FRI-FS-08: The Past, Present, and Future of the Minneapolis Grand Rounds
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 2, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Carrie Ann Christensen, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Field Session Leader: Adam Regn Arvidson, FASLA, PLA (he/him/his) – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Field Session Presenter: Michael Schroeder – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Field Session Presenter: Claire Wilson – Loppet Foundation
Field Session Presenter: Susan Wilkins (she/her/hers) – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Field Session Presenter: James Garrett, Jr., FAIA – 4RM+ULA
Field Session Presenter: Rebecca Walker – University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Field Session Presenter: Roger Cummings – Juxtaposition Arts (JXTA)
Friday, Oct 27th
9:15am – 5:00pm CT
FRI-FS-09: Ah-HAAAA! Sketching Minneapolis
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 102AB
Field Session Leader: Robert Chipman, ASLA – Robert Chipman Landscape Architect, Inc
Field Session Leader: Chip Sullivan, FASLA (he/him/his) – University of California, Berkeley
Field Session Presenter: Kelly A. Curl, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Colorado State University
Field Session Presenter: David David de la Peña (he/him/his) – University of California, Davis
Sponsored By
Friday, Oct 27th
10:15am – 4:45pm CT
FRI-FS-10: Re-embracing the Mississippi Riverfront & the Evolution of Downtown East
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 3, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Jean M. Garbarini, ASLA – Damon Farber Landscape Architects
Field Session Leader: Sandra G. Rolph, ASLA, PLA, LEED AP – O2 Design
Field Session Presenter: Tadd Kreun, FASLA – O2 Design
Field Session Presenter: Kate M. Lamers, ASLA, LEED AP – TLALLI Collaborative
Field Session Presenter: Mary Lydecker, ASLA, LEED AP – Hargreaves Jones
Friday, Oct 27th
1:00pm – 5:00pm CT
FRI-FS-11: Revitalizing Modernist Public Space through Public-Private Partnerships in Downtown Minneapolis
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Room 102AB
Field Session Leader: Peter Hendee Brown, FAIA, FAICP (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
Field Session Leader: Laura Kamin-Lyndgaard, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Coen+Partners
Field Session Presenter: Eric M. Becker, ASLA – Field Operations
Field Session Presenter: Quentin Collette (he/him/his) – New History
Field Session Presenter: Karen Adhikari, ASLA, LEED AP – FLUIDITY DESIGN CONSULTANTS
Field Session Presenter: Megan Born, ASLA (she/her/hers) – Field Operations
Field Session Presenter: Regina M. Flanagan, PLA, ASLA, CLARB (she/her/hers) – Art • Landscape • Design LLC
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Friday, Oct 27th
1:30pm – 4:30pm CT
FRI-FS-12: Universal Design Auditing: An Immersive and Inclusive Introduction to Testing Site Accessibility
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Alexa Vaughn, ASLA (she/her/hers) – DeafScape / UCLA
Field Session Leader: Jill Moore – Landscape Structures
Field Session Presenter: Andrea LaCour (she/her/hers) – Contour Collective
Field Session Presenter: Elaine Andersen – Contour Collective
Field Session Presenter: Ian Scherling, ASLA (he/him/his) – Sasaki
Monday, Oct 30th
7:15am – 12:30pm CT
MON-FS-01: Rooting in Place: Jackson Meadow’s Ecological, Cultural and Design Legacy
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Wanjing Ji, ASLA – Coen+Partners
Field Session Leader: Shane Coen, FASLA – Coen+Partners
Field Session Presenter: David Salmela, FAIA – Salmela Architect
Field Session Presenter: Harold Teasdale – Jackson Meadow Company
Field Session Presenter: Jason J. Husveth – Critical Connections Ecological Services
Monday, Oct 30th
7:30am – 12:30pm CT
MON-FS-02: Transforming a Brownfield Site: From Model T's to Model Community
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 2, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Terry Minarik, ASLA – Confluence
Field Session Leader: Ellen C. Stewart, ASLA – City of St. Paul Parks and Recreation
Field Session Presenter: Nathan Campeau, PE – Barr Engineering Co.
Field Session Presenter: Maureen Michalski (she/her/hers) – Ryan Companies US Inc.
Monday, Oct 30th
8:00am – 12:00pm CT
MON-FS-04: Artscape! The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden & Wurtele Upper Gardens at the Walker Art Center
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Tadd Kreun, FASLA – O2 Design
Field Session Leader: Theodore E. Lee, ASLA, LEED AP, SITES AP – HGA
Field Session Presenter: Bradley Agee – University of Minnesota
Field Session Presenter: Thomas R. Oslund, FASLA, FAAR – O2 Design
Field Session Presenter: Olga Viso – Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts
Sponsored By
Monday, Oct 30th
8:00am – 1:00pm CT
MON-FS-03: The Falls Initiative: Connecting Process and Place
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 3, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Kjersti Duval (she/her/hers) – Studio Civic | Duval
Field Session Leader: Shelley Buck (she/her/hers) – Friends of the Falls
Field Session Presenter: John A. Koepke, ASLA – University of Minnesota/Urban Ecosystems Inc.
Field Session Presenter: Mona Smith (she/her/hers) – Allies LLC
Field Session Presenter: David Malda, ASLA, LEED AP – GGN
Monday, Oct 30th
8:15am – 12:30pm CT
MON-FS-05: Liminal Landscapes: Celebrating Life, Death and the Everyday at Historic Lakewood Cemetery
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 2, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Bryan Jereb, ASLA – Halvorson Tighe & Bond Studio
Field Session Leader: Egle Vanagaite – TEN x TEN Landscape Architecture
Field Session Presenter: Karen A. Lu, AIA (she/her/hers) – Snow Kreilich Architects
Field Session Presenter: Chris Makowske (he/him/his) – Lakewood Cemetery Association
Field Session Presenter: Lance M. Neckar, ASLA – Pitzer College
Monday, Oct 30th
8:30am – 12:30pm CT
MON-FS-06: Layering Mobility, Resilience, Community, and Cultural Resources at the University of Minnesota
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 3, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Thomas Ritzer, ASLA – University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Field Session Leader: Andrew Caddock, ASLA, LEED AP – University of Minnesota - Planning, Space and Real Estate
Field Session Presenter: Jean M. Garbarini, ASLA – Damon Farber Landscape Architects
Field Session Presenter: Brad Aldrich, ASLA, LEED AP – Confluence
Field Session Presenter: Kristine F. Miller, ASLA, AICP – Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota
Field Session Presenter: Joseph R. Favour, ASLA (he/him/his) – University of Minnesota
Monday, Oct 30th
8:30am – 1:00pm CT
MON-FS-07: Mississippi River and Minnesota River Greenways and Trailheads from Floodplain to Blufftop
Location: Minneapolis Convention Center, Field Session Departure Area 1, Level 1
Field Session Leader: Michael Jischke, ASLA (he/him/his) – SRF Consulting Group
Field Session Leader: Stewart Crosby, ASLA – SRF Consulting Group
Field Session Presenter: Charlene Roise – Charlene Roise Historian LLC
Field Session Presenter: Lillian C. Leatham, ASLA – Dakota County
Field Session Presenter: John Mertens – Dakota County
Field Session Presenter: Christian Klatt (he/him/his) – Dakota County