Carl Steinitz
Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Landscape Architecture
Planning Emeritus at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Carl Steinitz is the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Landscape Architecture and
Planning Emeritus at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He will speak on
“Geodesign,” a framework for changing geography through design to address large-scale,
socioecological issues. Steinitz has developed a comprehensive and iterative approach to
collaborative design for spatial decision-making when problems are complex, contested,
and have uncertain conditions.
EUGENE
Mary Kim McKeown Memorial Lecture, Department of Landscape Architecture
Which Way of Designing?
Monday, May 4, 2015
4:00 p.m.
1115 Lawrence Hall, 1190 Franklin Blvd.
Professor Steinitz has an extensive academic and professional career working with
collaborative processes to design large-scale land planning, conservation, and development
projects. He has presented principles and examples of Geodesign at numerous workshops
and lectures across the globe. Steinitz is an Honorary Professor at the Centre for Advanced
Spatial Analysis at University College, London, a CELA Fellow and a Fulbright Distinguished
Professor, and has received many awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from
ESRI, the Distinguished Landscape Practitioner Award from the International Association
for Landscape Ecology, and the Outstanding Teacher award from Harvard. He is widely
published on topics ranging from landscape planning and alternative futures to urban
ecology and collaborative design. He holds a PhD in city and regional planning and a master’s
degree in architecture, both from MIT, as well as a bachelor’s degree in architecture from
Cornell.
The lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served during a brief
intermission.
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