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Faculty Review Session & Design Charette

How Far We've Come and Where We're Headed.

On March 20th we presented our progress to date and received feedback from the faculty and staff at the Landscape Architecture Department. Following our presentation, the next day in studio the students began to sketch preliminary design ideas on trace. 

Click here to learn more about our presentation and design work!


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