Join your friends and colleagues to celebrate the CHAPTER’s
Distinguished Professionals, Distinguished Students, and Excellence in
Design. Don’t miss our most popular event of the year. The New York
Upstate Chapter, ASLA invites you to join your colleagues, friends,
and students for an evening of celebration. We will honor our
Chapter’s Distinguished Professionals, Distinguished Students, and
give recognition to the projects demonstrating excellence in Landscape
Architecture.
This year we are celebrating in Rochester and invite you to make the
most of your stay. Visit the Chapter website to learn more about the
event and other weekend activities.
The Chapter received a total of 29 professional entries distributed
among 6 categories. The entries were judged by a multi-disciplinary
jury established by the Ohio Chapter ASLA.
TENTATIVE RECEPTION SCHEDULE
5:00 - 6:00 Registration & Social Reception
Celebrating a wonderful year! During the reception please take time
to:
* Review the Student Project Showcase
* Submit your ballot for the Golden Gnome Award
* Enjoy the Grazing Stations (menu to be posted soon)
* Basket Raffle - Proceeds Support the Student Scholarship Fund
* Have fun reconnecting with your friends and colleagues
6:00 - 7:00 Dinner
7:00 - 8:30 Awards Presentation
* Remarks from Guest Speaker, Dennis Nola, PLA, ASLA.
* We will recognize Distinguished Practitioners and Students and
announce the Annual Design Awards. The Awards were judged by the Ohio
Chapter ASLA.
8:30 - 9:30 Dessert Reception and Additional Award Announcements
* Student Project Award
* Golden Gnome Award
* Raffle Basket Winners
EVENING HIGHLIGHTS
DISTINGUISHED PRACTITIONERS & STUDENTS
We are pleased to announce the New York Upstate Chapter, ASLA 2020
Distinguished Practitioners and Students. Congratulations to the
following individuals for their achievements in their practice
* EDWARD LIDDELL, RLA, ASLA , Distinguished Practitioner, Private
Practice
* JOCELYN GAVITT, RLA, ASLA, Distinguished Practitioner, Academic
Practice
* NICOLE CLEARY, RLA, ASLA, Distinguished Emerging Practitioner
* HANNAH NOLL, Distinguished Student, SUNY ESF
* MOLLY DAVIS, Distinguished Student, Cornell
GUEST SPEAKER
We welcome Dennis Nola, PLA, ASLA as keynote speaker. Dennis is the
Chair of the Landscape Architecture Undergraduate Program in the
Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of
Maryland. His teaching focus, over the past 35 years, is conservation
and environmental based site planning and urban agriculture. He
teaches two study abroad courses in Italy and New Zealand. Dennis
volunteers his professional services in an under-served community as
President of the Board of Directors of their Community Development
Corporation. He also maintains a consulting practice and is the Vice
President of ASLA for Membership.
GIFT BASKET RAFFLE
Various donations from each section will be available for raffle. The
proceeds for the raffle will support the Student Scholarship Fund. If
you would like to donate an item for the raffle, please contact Molly
Vendura (mvendura@vendurala.com)
STUDENT PROJECT SHOWCASE
Students from Cornell and SUNY ESF will participate in a poster
session during the reception. Attendees will be asked to rank the
projects during the reception and the highest ranking project will
receive an Award.
ACCOMMODATIONS
Hyatt Regency Rochester / 125 E Main St, Rochester
P: (585) 546-1234
A group rate is available until January 31. To make reservations,
PLEASE CLICK HERE
[https://www.hyatt.com/en-US/group-booking/ROCHE/G-ASLA].
_Onsite courtesy car available , ask hotel for more information when
booking._
EVENT ADD-ON
JOIN US EARLY FOR AN AFTERNOON FILM
Join US for the screening of _Watermark_
[http://burtynsky-water.com/watermark/trailer/], a feature documentary
from multiple-award winning filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de
Pencier, and renowned photographer Edward Burtynsky. The film brings
together diverse stories from around the globe about our relationship
with water: how we are drawn to it, what we learn from it, how we use
it and the consequences of that use.
SCREENING AT 2PM AT THE LITTLE THEATER [https://thelittle.org/] (240
East Ave, Rochester, NY 14604)
The film will be followed by a 30 minute panel discussion (1 HSW PDH
).
SPEAKERS (full bios below)
_Moderator _
* DAVID CUTTER, ASLA, SITES AP / University Landscape Architect,
Cornell University
_Speakers_
* RENATA KRAFT, RLA, ASLA / Deputy Executive Director, Buffalo
Niagara Waterkeeper
* RACHELLE MCKNIGHT, RLA, ISA / Project Landscape Architect, Weston &
Sampson
* IAN LAW, RLA, ASLA / Principal, PLACE Alliance Northeast
* KEN AVERY, PE / Practice Leader - Water Resources, Bergmann
EXTEND YOUR STAY
Check out some of the various museums and cultural organizations
before you leave town.
George Eastman Museum [https://www.eastman.org/dutch-connection-0]
Dutch Connection, Thousands of blooms fill George Eastman’s
Conservatory and Palm House with the sights and scents of spring in
this annual display.
Memorial Art Gallery [https://mag.rochester.edu/]
Kids Create, We offer fun and flexible creative art projects you can
make before, after or while your family explores the museum, in the
pavilion on Saturdays!
Rochester Museum and Science Center
[https://rmsc.org/science-museum/programs-and-events]
SciFiTech, rewards your curiosity with an immersive experience unlike
any other, where you can engage in a virtual world with the Oculus
Rift™ and interact with robots, inventors, storied characters, and
more.
the strong [https://www.museumofplay.org/about], National Museum of
Play
Lamberton Conservatory at Highland Park
[https://www2.monroecounty.gov/parks-conservatory]
WATERMARK FILM SCREENING
SPEAKER BIOS
Ian Law, RLA, ASLA Principal /Director of Urban Planning & Design
PLACE Alliance Northeast As head of the PLACE Alliance New York Design
Studio, Ian is one of the Northeastern Region’s leaders in urban
design and planning. His over 20 years of experience in landscape
architecture and urban planning, downtown/waterfront revitalization,
and community master planning have spanned a wide variety of
award-winning projects, including the State Street Streetscape in
Schenectady, NY, the One Monument Square Urban Redevelopment Vision
for Troy, NY, the Downtown/Waterfront Master Plan for Port Chester,
NY, and Long Term Community Recovery Plans for several Upstate New
York communities. A firm believer in a collaborative design process,
Ian has been the team leader for dozens of design charrettes and
community design forums. His international experience has included
such diverse projects as the Ancient Yellow River Urban Master Plan in
Suqian, China and the Rio Chile Riverfront Park planning project in
Arequipa, Peru. Following the disastrous events of Hurricane Irene and
Tropical Storm Lee, Ian led teams of specialists for many flood
adaptation projects throughout Upstate New York, including projects
for the Town of Prattsville, Village of Sidney, Village of
Tannersville, Town of Lexington, Town of Union, and several other
communities within Broome County. Currently, Ian and his team are
leading an unprecedented flood adaptation effort in the Historic
Stockade District of the City of Schenectady Rachelle McKnight, RLA,
ISA Project Landscape Architect Weston & Sampson Ms. McKnight spent
her formative years in Kentucky, creek splashing and horseback riding
in the hills and forests of the rural south. After spending a number
of years working as a scenic artist in New York City, she decided to
pursue a career in landscape architecture, where she entwine her
creative abilities with scientific inquiry and ecological systems
planning. In practice, Rachelle conducts riparian, wetland, and
woodland investigations whose data helps Engineers, conservationists,
and planners devise management strategies to maximize ecosystem
resilience. In all aspects of her career, she seeks to enhance the
lives of floral, faunal, and human residents. Renata Niedzwiecka
Kraft, RLA, ASLA Deputy Executive Director Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper
As Deputy Executive Director, Renata helps to guide Buffalo Niagara
Waterkeeper’s mission and helps lead our multidisciplinary teams in
the visioning, planning, design, and implementation of programs and
projects throughout the Niagara River watershed. Waterkeeper’s
mission is to protect clean water by restoring the health of our
ecosystems, while at the same time connecting people to water and
inspiring economic growth. Current projects include implementation of
the Buffalo Blueway, visioning for the Buffalo River Walk,
implementation of the Living Shorelines program and acceleration of
Scajaquada Creek restoration. Renata is a New York State Registered
Landscape Architect. A graduate of the professional Landscape
Architecture program in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning
at the University of Washington in Seattle, Renata practiced in both
planning and landscape architecture in Seattle and San Diego prior to
relocating to Western New York. Renata’s professional experience
includes park, campus, urban and community master planning and design;
multi-modal transportation project development; cultural and historic
landscape preservation; public art incorporation; waterfront
development, and ecological resource enhancement and implemetation.
Renata currently serves on the boards of Vision Niagara and Partners
for a Livable Western New York and serves as a member of the Congress
for New Urbanism Finance Committee. Ken Avery, PE Practice Leader -
Water Resources Bergmann Ken is the Water Resources Practice Leader at
Bergmann. He has over 40 years of consulting experience in water
resources engineering and environmental compliance that includes large
and small projects and programs involving public safety, environmental
restoration and compliance, and resilient infrastructure. Some of the
projects and programs Ken has had significant involvement with
include: environmental compliance monitor for the Governor Mario M.
Cuomo bridge project; the New York State Thruway Authority’s bridge
scour evaluation program; the New York State Canal Corporation’s dam
safety compliance program; Cuyahoga Valley National Park riverbank
management program; City of Rochester West River Wall Improvements –
Phase I; Port Bay Barrier Bar Improvement Project; and the New York
Power Authority’s Reimagine the Canals program. Ken is a licensed
Professional Engineer, a Certified Floodplain Manager, and a Diplomate
of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers.
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