| March 2014
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Member News
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Advocacy
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Member Profile
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Events
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Jeff is welcoming a new addition to his family and will update the membership next month.
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Welcome to the fourth piece of this report series, "Your ASLA Membership," telling you just a few notes from our national organization over the last month. ASLA membership went up and down in February. Do remind people who may have lapsed in their membership to rejoin and that payment options are available. Please feel free to contact me at Trustee@FLASLA.org if you have any questions or concerns about ASLA issues.
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The Design Awards Committee, on behalf of the Florida Chapter Executive Committee, is proud to host each year our state-wide design awards program.
The Florida Chapter anticipates an exceptional 2014 Awards Program and encourages all Florida Licensed Landscape Architects and students enrolled in a Landscape Architecture program at one of Florida's colleges or universities to submit a project for consideration.
Timeline
Application & Payment Due: March 31, 2014
Submissions Due: April 25, 2014
Jury Deliberations: Mid-May
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Talk to us and win a $100 gift card.
The ASLA’s 2013 Annual Message from Nancy Somerville, Hon. ASLA, included a member satisfaction survey. We need to hear from you.
Take this opportunity to shape the future of the Society; follow this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014ASLA to take part in a short member survey. The results will help guide ASLA programs and services.
We value your feedback and appreciate you taking the time to complete the survey. It should take about 10 minutes to complete. All responses will remain anonymous. After completing the survey you can choose to enter drawing for a $100 Amazon gift card*.
Please complete this survey by March 19, 2014. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact ASLA Member Services at 1-888-999-ASLA (2752).
Your participation is greatly appreciated.
*The winner of the $100 Amazon gift card will be selected and contacted on March 26, 2014.
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HALS was created in 2000 to document our country's dynamic cultural landscapes. Each year, the HALS office at the National Park Service issues a challenge, encouraging landscape architects and preservation professionals to document historic landscapes. The theme of the 2014 challenge is Documenting Landscapes of the New Deal.
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Project Category: Student – Research and Communications – Undergraduate Level
Project Name: aquiPROJECT
Student: Tracy Wyman, University of Florida
Length of Design Effort & Date of Completion: 16 Weeks (1 Semester), April 26, 2013
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Mary Padua, ASLA, CLARB, RLA
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Project Category: Institutional
Project Name: Designing With Resource Flows: Pithlochoco Eco-Industrial Park
Length of Design Effort & Date of Completion: 08/12- 02/13
Student: Bryant Cook, University of Florida
Faculty Advisors: Dr. Mary Padua, ASLA, CLARB, RLA - Peggy Carr
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'Hear the History of this African-American Community in Tallahassee'
Wednesday, March 26, 3:30-7:30 p.m.
John G. Riley Center
419 E. Jefferson St., Tallahassee, FL 32309
Blueprint2000 will be co-hosting this evening event with the Tallahassee Trust and the John G. Riley Center to present the Smokey Hollow HALS project and give a tour of the Smokey Hollow Commemoration in Cascades Park. This is a community and family social event, featuring local entertainers/musicians and refreshments provided by the Tallahassee Trust and Blueprint 2000.
• 3:30 p.m. – Visitors review the Smokey Hollow Historic American Landscape Survey (HALS).
• 5:30 p.m. – Speakers David Driapsa, ASLA, Jennifer Koslow, Ph.D., and Anthony Dixon, Ph.D., present Smokey Hollow HALS findings.
• 6:30 p.m. – Tours of the Smokey Hollow Commemoration at Cascades Park.
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 This year, our statewide Florida ASLA conference will be held at the exclusive Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, Fla. We on the conference planning committee are excited about our spectacular venue for this year! Because Ocean Reef, or "The Reef" as the locals call it, is a private "members only" club, many will never get the opportunity to experience the beauty of this development that had humble beginnings as a fishing village in the 1940s, unless they register for and attend! Families and friends are welcome and will have plenty to do for fun and entertainment while on the property.
Our conference is going to be filled with lots of quality educational courses for CEC credits for Landscape Architects, Planners and Architects. We are planning several relaxed tours and activities, such as kayaking, snorkeling, mangrove kayak tours, and a day of garden tours of private Ocean Reef gardens designed by Landscape Architects and Designers practicing in the area. There will be recreational opportunities for playing golf on the award winning golf courses, fine dining in many restaurants, shopping in the charming fishing village, or just relaxing beachside or poolside. We will learn and hear a few amazing keynote speakers, but will have plenty of down time this year, so attendees have time and space to enjoy the unique atmosphere of this amazing venue.
Our expo is going to be given more prominence this year so that vendors can reach the estimated 500 attendees. We will have lovely cocktail receptions at the end of each day of learning and touring to reconnect and network.
Deena Bell Llewellyn, ASLA
Conference Chair, 2014 – Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo
Miami-Monroe Section Chair
Thursday, March 20, 2014 1-2 p.m.
Leading-edge design firms are incorporating landscape performance research into their everyday practice. From SmithGroupJJR's WaterScore metric to Design Workshop's measurement tools backpack to OLIN's Knowledge Base, learn why, how and what these firms are investing in to gather baseline data, set performance objectives, evaluate and disseminate performance of built projects.
Speakers:
Allyson Mendenhall, Design Workshop
Deb Mitchell, SmithGroupJJR
Skip Graffam, OLIN
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Wednesday, March 19, 2 p.m.
Join Glenn Herold and Chuck Taylor for a FREE live and on-demand webinar exploring how to reduce your urban stormwater runoff, and improve your water quality through the effective design and maintenance of permeable pavement interlocking concrete paver (PICP) systems.
In this webinar, we'll start by outlining the key components, specifications and best management practices in PICP system design, construction and maintenance, as well as outline the main differences between the primary five types of previous pavement surfaces. Within this discussion, we'll also explore how to modify your system design to accommodate changes based on site soil conditions (e.g., sand, silt, and clay).
Additionally, Herold and Taylor will tackle the adverse environmental effects of urban runoff and how we can counter these (both in quantity AND quality) with a PICP system. Within our discussion of reducing runoff quantity, we'll demonstrate how to develop a site specific Curve Number based on the system design so you can apply traditional modeling methods. And, in terms of improving water quality, we'll outline the use of different treatment mechanisms that are both intrinsic to, and supplementary of, permeable pavement. Finally, Herold and Taylor will outline the best practices for preventative and remedial maintenance (including costs) to ensure the successful long-term performance of your PICP system.
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Saturday and Sunday, April 12-13, 2014
What's Out There Weekend Miami, scheduled for April 12 & 13, will offer tours of lush, tropical flora and landscapes from Palm Beach down to Cutler Bay. Tour highlights include Society of the Four Arts Gardens in Palm Beach, designed by Innocenti & Webel; the work of William Lyman Phillips at the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and Greynolds Park in Coral Gables; the Modernist Lincoln Road Mall, originally designed by Morris Lapidus with a significant recent addition by Raymond Jungles; Vizcaya Gardens, designed by Diego Suarez; and approximately 20 other locations. The tours reveal anecdotes and stories about city shaping, landscape architecture and design history. Many are places people pass daily, but do we know their background stories?
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April 7-10, 2014
St. Petersburg, Florida
The NAEP will be having a digital visualization one-day short course as part of the 2014 conference. Please visit the link for more information.
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