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title: Happenings | Landscape Architecture
description: Happenings in Landscape Architecture Curated by Kate Cholakis
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# Happenings

## Thoughts & Reflections on Landscape Architecure

### Future of Smith College Library

\[May 2015 at Smith College, Northampton, MA\]

Highlights:

- Discussion about the potential library program touches on the difficulty of designing for the future within the context of a rapidly-evolving digital world.

### Cultural Landscapes & Heritage Values

\[May 13-15, 2015 at UMass Amherst, MA\]

Highlights:

- A wide range of presentations brought together international scholars
- The conference took place in a Modernist building designed by Marcel Breuer, prompting conversations about scale and landscape architecture
- One particularly engaging round-table discussion moderated by Ethan Carr touched on important topics in cultural landscape conservation

### Boston Living With Water Competition Jury Review

\[February 25, 2015 at the BSA Space in Boston, MA\]

Highlights:

- The room was packed with planners, developers, landscape architects, architects, and community members
- Judges for the competition offered their commentary on the submissions, explaining that they were looking for feasible, incremental, comprehensive solutions for coping with sea level rise
- A representative from the BRA commented that this competition was not a beauty contest, emphasizing the need for practical designs

### ArchitectureBoston Expo (ABX)

\[November 2014 in Boston, MA\]

Highlights:

- Grateful to attend the Women's Breakfast, I left the BCEC inspired and questioning how workplaces can be supportive or detrimental to creativity
- A green infrastructure session demonstrated how function can be beautiful

## Snapshots

![Happenings in Landscape Architecture](https://www.katecholakis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/My_Photos/clark.jpg?width=526&name=clark.jpg "Happenings in Landscape Architecture")

Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA (September 2015)

![Happenings in Landscape Architecture 2](https://www.katecholakis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/My_Photos/national_gallery.jpg?width=526&name=national_gallery.jpg "Happenings in Landscape Architecture 2")

National Gallery, Washington, DC (July 2015)

![Happenings in Landscape Architecture 3](https://www.katecholakis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/My_Photos/umass.jpg?width=526&name=umass.jpg "Happenings in Landscape Architecture 3")

![Happenings in Landscape Architecture 4](https://www.katecholakis.com/hs-fs/hubfs/My_Photos/marcel.jpg?width=526&name=marcel.jpg "Happenings in Landscape Architecture 4")

 Cultural Landscapes and Heritage Values Conference (May 2015)

![ABX_KC](https://www.katecholakis.com/hs-fs/file-2565251079-jpg/My_Photos/ABX_KC.jpg)

ABX, ArchitectureBoston Expo, Boston, MA (November 2014)

![CultureNow](https://www.katecholakis.com/hs-fs/file-2565251099-jpg/My_Photos/CultureNow.jpg)

Does Public Art Create a Sense of Place?, cultureNOW at the BSA space, Boston, MA (July 2014)

![SeaChange_KC](https://www.katecholakis.com/hs-fs/file-2557407458-jpg/My_Photos/SeaChange_KC.jpg)

Sasaki Sea Change Exhibit, District Hall, Boston, MA (May 2014)

![Tufte_KC](https://www.katecholakis.com/hs-fs/file-2561263712-jpg/My_Photos/Tufte_KC.jpg)

Presenting Data and Information (Edward Tufte), Boston, MA (March 2014)

#### About

**Kate Cholakis** is a designer and educator with experience in ecological landscape design and management, stormwater planning, cultural landscape history, and green infrastructure.

 

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