College of Built Environments at the University of Washington.
Start of a New Year
Wednesday January 2008Thirty-five new BLA and MLA students joined the department for a two-day orientation September 24 and 25. A remarkable group of students have begun their landscape architecture journey. On the first day new students and faculty basked in the sun at the Arboretum enjoyed lunch together and then visited a number of design build projects including White Center. Karen Kennedy and Riisa Conklin welcomed the new students and initiated them to the opportunities of UWASLA and the intricacies of the Gould Hall recycling protocol. The second day, not quite as sunny as the first, was spent appropriately at the Cedar River Watershed Interpretive Center. Nancy Rottle who had led the design project while at Jones & Jones described the project design, its intentions and process. On the way out everyone was delighted to enjoy the Snoqualimie Point Park overlook, a project being built that amply demonstrated the power of panoramic views.