SUN-B01 - Inside the LA Studio with Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect

Sunday, November 21, 2021

2:00 PM – 3:00 PM CDT

Location: Music City Center, Room 105

1.00 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AIA/non-HSW, AICP, FL, NY/non-HSW

Guest Speaker(s)

Elizabeth J. Kennedy, FASLA

Principal
EKLA PLLC
New York, New York
Ken Keltai, ASLA, RLA, ISA

Landscape Architecture Practice Leader
H2M architects + engineers
Melville, New York
Suzanne Greene, ASLA

Consultant
Elizabeth Kennedy Landscape Architect, PLLC
Silver Spring, Maryland
Yifan Sun, RLA, ASLA

Landscape Architect
N/A
FOREST HILLS, New York

Moderator(s)

Justin Garrett Moore, AICP, NOMA

Program Officer
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
New York, New York

1.00 PDH, LA CES/non-HSW, AIA/non-HSW, AICP, FL, NY/non-HSW

Since our inception, EKLA’s best-known work has quietly challenged mainstream assumptions about the aspirations and needs of underrepresented voices. EKLA’s studio practice reflects the apprenticeship traditions of Black-owned firms to uphold design methodologies rooted in diverse narratives. We hear we are different: so what, exactly, is EKLA? Alumni and current staff discuss approach, legacy, and future.

Learning Outcomes:

Understand how the practice focus of BIPOC design practitioners shaped EKLA’s professional ethos and business strategy at its inception.
Understand why EKLA’s approach to narrative investigation engages and redefines a broader critical understanding of place and identity.
Learn why EKLA’s focus on teaching through client service has worked for all concerned.
See why EKLA’s practice model lays groundwork for the future.