SUN-A02: Rolling Back the Lawn: Reinvigorating Ecological and Social Function at Georgia Tech’s EcoCommons

Sunday, October 29, 2023

9:00am – 10:00am CT

1.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AICP, GBCI SITES AP, FL, NY/HSW

Lead Speaker(s)

Lanie McKinnon, ASLA (she/her/hers)

Senior Associate
Nelson Byrd Woltz Landscape Architects
New York, New York

Speaker(s)

Christopher A. Streb, LEED AP, PE (he/him/his)

Learning and Innovation Leader
Biohabitats
Baltimore, Maryland
Jason K. Gregory, LEED AP

Institute Landscape Architect, RLA, LEED AP
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia

This session will discuss the Georgia Institute of Technology’s vision for a new campus landscape typology rooted in performance and ecological health. The panel will demonstrate a new vision for campuses of higher education through the EcoCommons planning, implementation and commitment to biodiversity, stormwater management, and social health.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand the importance of long-term campus landscape planning efforts in the creation of performance-based landscapes.
Articulate the impact of ecologically focused design on campus maintenance practices.
Understand the role of site history in the creation of landscapes that address social health and the link between social, environmental and mental health.
Examine how an Internet of Things approach is useful for monitoring and documenting