MON-FS-009: San Francisco's Landscapes in the Sky

Monday, November 14, 2022

8:30am – 5:00pm PT

Location: Moscone Center, Room 209-210

Sponsored By

5.00 PDH, LA CES/HSW, AIA/HSW, AICP, FL, NY/HSW
Ticket Price: $155 per person; includes transportation, water, and catered lunch. Moderate walking.

Field Session Leader(s)

Adam Greenspan, ASLA, FASLA

Design Director
PWP Landscape Architecture
Berkeley, California
Haven Kiers, ASLA

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
University of California, Davi
Davis, California

Field Session Presenter(s)

Jason Dewees

Staff Horticulturist
Grubb & Nadler, Inc.
San Francisco, California
Ashley Langworthy, AICP, LEED AP

Director, Western Region
BRV
Seattle, Washington
Robin Grossinger

Second Nature Ecology and Design, Berkeley
Berkeley, California

Rooftop landscapes hold the promise of an expanded urban landscape that focuses on human experience, access to nature, and the potential to increase habitat and biodiversity in the city. This session will focus on the rooftops of San Francisco and will visit Salesforce Park and the California Academy of Sciences.

Credit: Marcus Nunez

Learning Outcomes:

Participants will come away with a detailed understanding of the challenges and opportunities of designing a rooftop park.
Participants will gain a broadened perspective of how green roofs can be performance landscapes and how to enhance biodiversity potential of green roofs.
Understand different contract-grow and pre-growing systems and contracts that were used in these projects
Gain insight into the potential of design competitions and projects to influence planning on wider scales in cities, and on the detail design and construction of these complex integrated projects.