Projective Ecologies Lecture & Panel

Co-editors Nina-Marie Lister and Chris Reed will present on and discuss their new book Projective Ecologies, released July 2014

 
Nina-Marie Lister
Associate Professor of Urban + Regional Planning at Ryerson University
Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at Harvard

Nina-Marie Lister is a Registered Professional Planner (MCIP, RPP) with a background in ecology and environmental planning. She is the founding principal of plandform, a creative studio practice exploring the relationship between landscape, ecology, and urbanism. Prof. Lister’s research, teaching and practice focus on the confluence of landscape infrastructure and ecological processes within contemporary metropolitan regions. She is co-editor of The Ecosystem Approach: Complexity, Uncertainty, and Managing for Sustainability (Columbia University Press, 2008) and author of more than 30 professional practice and scholarly publications including recent contributions to Ecological Urbanism (Harvard University with Lars Müller Publishers 2010) and Large Parks (Princeton Architectural Press 2008, winner of the J.B. Jackson Book Prize). Her work has been featured in several planning and design exhibitions, including the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montréal, the Chicago Architecture Foundation, the Toronto Design Exchange, and the Van Alen Institute in New York. Prof. Lister served as the Professional Advisor for the 2010 ARC International Wildlife Crossing Infrastructure Design Competition, which developed the concept designs for a wildlife bridge at the Vail Pass in Colorado. She is currently Senior Scholar with the Centre for Humans and Nature.

from http://www.ryerson.ca/surp/faculty_staff/bios/lister_nina_marie.html

Chris Reed
Principle, Stoss Landscape Urbanism
Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at Harvard  GSD

Chris Reed is the founding principal of Stoss. His innovative, hybridized approach to public space has been recognized internationally, and he has been invited to participate in competitions and installations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, the Middle East, Taiwan, and China. Reed's research interests include the impact of ecological sciences on design thinking, and city-making strategies informed by landscape systems and dynamics; he is co-editor with Nina-Marie Lister of a recently published volume of research and drawing titled Projective Ecologies. Reed received a Master in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and an AB in Urban Studies from Harvard College. He is currently Associate Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

from http://www.stoss.net/principals/2/chris+reed-us/