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‘s book Outdoor Environments for People: Considering Human Factors in Landscape Design is available for pre-order. Outdoor Environments for People addresses the everyday human behavior in outdoor built environments and explains how designers can learn about and incorporate their knowledge into places they help to create. Bridging research and practice, and drawing from disciplines such as[Read More…]
Yiwei Huang as the chair for the national American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA), together with committee members and her close connections, put together an online article called “Words of Wisdom for Our 2023 Landscape Architecture Graduates.” This article is to show the support and offer some valuable advice to graduating students who are about[Read More…]
Purdue Landscape Architecture undergraduate students, Autumn McNinch, Chloe Kennedy, Molly Wimberg, together with Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang, have been presenting the Carmel Chinese Garden Conceptual Plan in the past two weeks, to different stakeholders to solicit feedbacks and revision suggestions. Students have the chances to present the engagement effort and concept plans to the Carmel[Read More…]
David Barbarash, Yiwei Huang, and Sean Rotar attended the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA) Conference last week. All three presented recent research work. Yiwei presented a paper, joined a panel presentation, and collaborated on a research poster with recent graduate Yuan Zhang. David and Sean presented a paper, and David attended the meetings[Read More…]
The Carmel Chinese Garden Co-envisioning workshop was successfully conducted on the previous Sunday in Carmel, Indiana. The public engagement process, led by Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang, thus far has garnered considerable support from the community. Approximately 70 individuals participated in the workshop in person, while an additional 240 responses were received through an online survey.[Read More…]
Yiwei Huang and five landscape architecture students will be facilitating the envisioning/discussion of the proposed new Chinese Garden in Carmel, Indiana, between Carmel Clay Parks and Recreation, and Carmel residents. They have set up an online survey, and they will host a community engagement meeting on March 5th, Sunday afternoon, 1-4pm, in Carmel High School.[Read More…]
Assistant Professor Yiwei Huang has been nominated as the chair to lead the Student Support and Engagement Committee within the national American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). The committee comprises 15 members across the country, including a mix of established professionals, young emerging professionals, and student leaders. The committee aims to establish a framework that[Read More…]