After the children’s illustrated book on Indiana Native Plants (Monsters Love Native Blooms) was officially included in ASLA’s initiative, “STEM Literacy by Design,” ASLA invited the authors to a national webinar to discuss their reflections and inspirations regarding the journey. They will be featured in the 2nd Meet the Authors: STEM Literacy by Design series,[Read More…]
ASLA Chapters for Michigan, Illinois, Upstate NY, Ohio, Minnesota, and Indiana and the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects are hosting the 2024 Great Lakes Region Climate Action Seminar. This is the third in a series of events that explore landscape architecture’s role in addressing climate impacts in urban and natural systems across the Great Lakes[Read More…]
The case study report of the performance evaluation of Carmel Monon Boulevard and Midtown Plaza (by Yiwei Huang’s lab) has been published to the Landscape Architecture Foundation’s award-winning Landscape Performance Series! The study is funded through Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) Case Study Investigation (CSI) program, which offers a unique research collaboration and training program for faculty,[Read More…]
Wanting Zhang (MS student in Huang’s Lab) and Yiwei Huang published an interview piece (with site design horticulture director Mark Jirik) about “Planting Design for Children’s Spaces.” The piece is published on the official American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Professional Practice Networks (PPN) online story website, The Field. ASLA Field was created to give members[Read More…]
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang led an independent study last fall and gathered five landscape architecture students to work on a children’s book that introduces Indiana native plants for K-12 populations. The final product, an illustrated children’s book, accompanying board game, school syllabus, and interactive activities, won a National Honor Award (Communication Category) from the American Society[Read More…]
On Thursday August 17th, Indiana Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (INASLA) has hosted its annual Reception and 50th Anniversary Gala in Indianapolis. During the award ceremony, the 2023 student and professional awards were announced. Purdue Landscape Architecture students have won two of the four students awards. Carmel Chinese Garden Co- Envisioning. INASLA[Read More…]
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang and two landscape architecture undergraduate students Yahan You and Wanting Zhang will be presenting their landscape performance study of Suining South Riverfront Park in next week Landscape Architecture Foundation’s public webinar. The Landscape Architecture Foundation’s Case Study Investigation (CSI) program supports faculty-student research teams who work with designers to assess and document the[Read More…]