We are thrilled to celebrate all of the national successes in landscape architecture over the last year and learn from the great minds in this field during these upcoming days in Minneapolis.

Beyond being hosted in Minneapolis, this year’s ASLA will also be particularly special for C+P, as we have the chance to get people’s feet on the ground by guiding several tours as well as leading educational sessions from “In the Studio Of Coen+Partners” to a special session on “Healing Landscapes: Toolkit for Truth-Driven Planning Decisions.”  Additionally, we have been honored with two awards this year: the National General Design Honor Award for Peavey Plaza and the National Urban Design Award of Excellence for Heart of the City.

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Education Sessions

Inside the LA Studio: Coen+Partners

Coen+Partners has evolved from site-scale projects to leading some of the world’s largest multi-disciplinary green infrastructure projects—all while redefining what a firm of the future looks like. Learn from our successes and challenges in creating a resilient firm culture of shared leadership, collaboration, and mentorship.

Saturday, October 28 (2:00pm – 3:15pm)

Behind the Curtain: Storytelling and Design Process of Residential Landscapes

The opportunity to make shifts in the public’s perception of an idealized landscape can often depend upon our ability to connect audiences with a meaningful story of the place. Three leading residential designers explain how their analysis, design, and marketing processes drive design excellence and stewardship of our lands.

Friday, October 27 (1:30pm – 3:00pm)

Find Your Voice: Asian Immigrants Explore the Journey to Design Leadership

Asians represent the largest minority group in the landscape architecture profession, yet are largely under-represented in leadership. Three Asian landscape architects and artists share their diverse journeys to design leadership, detailing their first-generation immigrant struggles and inspiring emerging and mid-career landscape architects of Asian ethnicity and other under-represented minorities.

Sunday, October 29 (2:00pm – 3:15pm)

Healing Landscapes: Toolkit for Truth-Driven Planning Decisions

How do we meaningfully engage communities in co-creating inclusive open space systems? This session explores a new toolkit (with Minneapolis as the pilot) that uses oral histories, geospatial data, and community partners to examine the complex layers of migration, displacement, and community culture that has evolved in our cities.

Sunday, October 29 (3:45 – 4:45pm)

Field Sessions

Art, Community, Healing: Innovative Public Spaces for a Destination Medical Center

Home to the world-class Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN is a small midwestern city competing with prestigious medical destinations around the globe. This session features two innovative projects—both part of the $5 billion, 20-year-long Destination Medical Center initiative—that rethink the urban street section focusing on accessibility and art as infrastructure.

Friday, October 27 (7:30am – 3:30pm)

Revitalizing Modernist Public Space through Public-Private Partnerships in Downtown Minneapolis

The adage “if you build it, people will come” doesn’t always ring true—especially for originally successful projects in need of upgrades and modernization. This session explores the revitalization of Minneapolis’ Peavey Plaza and Nicollet Mall, and the challenges (and successes!) of bringing vibrancy back to these historic projects.

Friday, October 27 (1:00pm – 5:00pm)

Twinning: A Photography Flex with Two Sites, Two Firms, and Two Photographers

Designers and photography enthusiasts work with professionals to enhance their landscape architecture photography. We will tour Historic Fort Snelling and Peavey Plaza, ending with a photo critique. Optional dawn shoot before the session begins. Photo assignments assist attendees in achieving professional photographic results. Images will be displayed at the EXPO.

Friday, Oct 27 (8:30am – 5:00pm)

Rooting in Place: Jackson Meadow’s Ecological, Cultural and Design Legacy

Jackson Meadow is a nationally recognized residential development in Marine on Saint Croix, Minnesota. Building on the historic town’s layout and strong Scandinavian culture, the project challenged the status quo of a suburban development and created an ecologically sensitive community rooted in the midwestern landscape.

Monday, October 30 (7:15am – 12:30pm)

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