Location:
ASLA Conference on Landscape Architecture
New Orleans, LA
Speaker:
Alyssa Olson
Date & Time:
10.10.2025 | 8:30am - 9:45am
Using reclaimed and recyclable materials can be appealing but presents barriers favoring the status quo, often leaving potential benefits achievable. Landscape architects have the power to employ materiality in ways that decrease carbon footprints, minimize waste, promote collaborative community building, generate local economies, deepen place-based connections and inspire future generations.
Join Mithun senior associate Alyssa Olson for “Living in a Reclaimed Material World: Benefits, Friction and Landscape Project Precedents,” to reshape thinking about status quo systems and discover new ways of implementing change. Attendees will learn how designing landscapes with reclaimed materials helps foster a deeper connection with local communities and the environment, and explore design approaches that minimize waste. Featured projects include Kapuso YMCA Childcare and Summer Oaks Family Housing.
Alyssa’s co-presenter is Terremoto senior designer Nadia Al-Quaddoomi.
Date Posted: 10.10.2025
