
Case Study Investigation (CSI): Apply Now for 2015
The Landscape Architecture Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2015 Case Study Investigation (CSI) program. Deadlines Dec 12 and Jan 9.
The Landscape Architecture Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2015 Case Study Investigation (CSI) program. Deadlines Dec 12 and Jan 9.
How well do constructed landscapes live up to the lofty goals established by design professionals? And how do we know? University of Oregon graduate student (and former CSI research assistant) Andrew Louw is investigating this topic for his masters thesis. He is both trying to understand the role of post-occupancy evaluation (POE) within the landscape architecture profession and exploring the use of a digital data collection method for POEs.
Because landscape performance is a relatively new concept, there might be gaps in its framework, metrics and methods. For my PhD dissertation research I studied the Landscape Performance Series to provide recommendations for future improvement.