UMN Master of Landscape Architecture Capstone Projects
University of Minnesota Department of Landscape Architecture. 2012- present
Graduate students in Landscape Architecture at the University of Minnesota conduct a year-long applied research project of the scope, scale and location of their choosing. Each student participates in a programming course in the fall semester of their 3rd year. This is followed by a "capstone" studio in the spring semester. Throughout the capstone process, students work with their selected capstone committee, comprised of faculty from the Department of Landscape Architecture, faculty other UMN departments or design professionals or others with expertise relative to the student's applied research project. I commonly refer to the "capstone" project as the "cornerstone" project, in that students should be strategic in their approach to their final project by selecting a project topic, location and defining issues or questions that anticipate their future professional career trajectories. In this manner, the project serves as a "cornerstone" foundation to build upon throughout one's professional career. I enjoy serving on capstone committee's with students that are interested in research and professional interests that align with my experience and current research focus.
GRADUATE CAPSTONE COMMITTEE-CHAIR / University of Minnesota
2017 Ethan McKnight, Chicago, IL
2016 Bridget Ayers-Looby INVISIBLE WORKS: a public introduction to the dynamic life of wastewater infrastructure. St. Paul, MN * *** (ASLA National Student Award Recipient-General Design Category Award of Excellence, 2017)
2016 Jonathan Fillmore Who grows there?: Planting design using urban novel ecosystems. Minneapolis, MN * ++ (WLA International Student Award Recipient-Honorable Mention, 2017)
2016 Xiye Mou Learning from Las Vegas: ‘River Restoration’ in the Desert City. Las Vegas, NV *
2016 Mya Kesler Bee City. St. Paul, MN
2016 Morgan Mangelsen Water Susurrus Chicago, IL ^^^^
2015 Lindsay Hawks Mountaintop Removal. Appalachia, VA
2015 Joseph Nowak III Post-industrial Heritage Park. Duluth, MN
2015 Shannon Sawyer 21st Century Mission: Climate Change Adaptation and National Park Service Preservation. Mt. Rainier Natl Park, WA *
2015 Hang Su 42NYC::Beyond the Thoroughfare. New York City, NY ++ (WLA International Student Award Recipient-Honorable Mention, 2017)
2014 Erin Garnaas-Holmes Waste(d) Opportunity. Washington DC *
2014 Amber Hill Floodable. Cedar Rapids, IA* * *
2014 David Kowen Trouble in Paradise. Honolulu, HI
2014 Michael Scheibe River Reflex. Mankato, MN *
2013 Allyson Czechowicz Changing Perceptions of Urban Nature + Ecology. Minneapolis, MN
2013 Kammeron Hughes: Connections Across Time and Space: Scaffold Responses to Neighborhood Identity & Reinvestment” Kinsman Neighborhood. Cleveland, OH
2013 Eric Olsen Urban Water Margins: Resiliency and Adaptation of an Urban Coastal Neighborhood” Gowanus Canal. Brooklyn, NY *
2013 Michael Schuman: Healthy People + Healthy Land: Transformation of a Music City Brownfield”Cumberland River. Nashville, TN
2013 Anna Springer Boom + Bust: Oil Extraction and Landscape Strategies to Guide Change in Rural Communities. Williston, ND
2013 Tianfang Wang New Ruins: Pig's Eye Lake- Reclaiming Brownfield as Mississippi River Park. St. Paul, MN
2013 Han Zhang New Relationship of River Management and Urban Development for the Mississippi River Floodplain. St. Paul, MN
GRADUATE CAPSTONE COMMITTEE / University of Minnesota
2017 Alexander Heid, Woods Hole, MA
2017 Yuqi Yan, Houston, TX
2017 Paul Liesmaki, St. Paul, MN
2016 Sarah Hayosh SPUR: Tactical Interventions for Public Reuse of Industrial land in the Beltline Corridor. Detroit, MI
2015 Alex Hill Fracking Futures. Williston, ND
2015 Karen Criales-Escobar Isla La Loma. Barranquilla, Colombia
2015 Danfeng Zhang Sealevel Rise at Treasure Island. San Francisco, CA
2013 Cort Eidem: Design Catalysts” North Broadway Ave. Minneapolis, MN
2013 Jennifer Krava: Materials and Memory. Highland Park Ford Assembly Plant, St. Paul, MN
2013 Matthew Traucht: Seeing the Future; Reading the Past. Ancient Newark Earthworks,
2012 Ryan Herm. Design For Change: Missouri River Futures. Sioux City, IA *
2012 Emily Lowery, FISH FORESTS and FUTURES, Mfangano Island, Kenya
2012 Xiaoxiao Lu, Shanghai, China
2012 Prescott Morrill, Midtown Greenway Redevelopment. Minneapolis, MN
2012 Derrick Schilling, Energy Efficient Landscapes. Coon Rapids, MN
GRADUATE CAPSTONE COMMITTEE- NON-COMMITTEE TECHNICAL ADVISOR / University of Minnesota
2013 Forrest. Hardy Bike MPLS CBD: Encouraging Bicycling in Daily Life, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Andrew Montgomery Hydro Renaissance. Los Angeles, CA.
2013 Bianca Paz, NOMI River Park: Cultural Diversity as a Model for Industrial Riverfront Redesign. Minneapolis, MN
2013 Elizabeth.Hixson, Reuse/Rewild/Reidentify. Minneapolis, MN (Technical Advisor)
* UMN Department of Landscape Architecture Capstone Award recipient
* * Excellence on the Waterfront Student Honor Award recipient, The Waterfront Center, New Jersey
*** National ASLA Annual Award recipient
++ World Landscape Architecture Student Award recipient
^^^^ Minnesota ASLA Annual Student Award recipient