Fellow in Works
FELLOWS CLASS OF 2015
/ BSLA
“ I very much appreciate the BSLA ’ s support in my nomination for Fellow . The honor is especially rewarding , as it recognizes the kind of contemporary responses to urban , social , and environmental challenges that our work embodies . I join a venerable group of individuals that represent the best and broadest cross-section of the profession .”
Fellow in Works
CHRIS REED , FASLA
C hris Reed is the founding Principal of Stoss Landscape Urbanism and Associate Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design . He is an internationally-recognized figure in the fields of landscape and urbanism thanks to his thought-provoking , innovative , and hybridized approach to public space . His award-winning work in the public realm across the globe , his integration of ecology and infrastructure in landscape projects , and his position as one of the leading design practitioners of his generation distinguishes his worthiness for the Council of Fellows .
He is also a prominent teacher , writer , and lecturer , having been a faculty member at Harvard since 2008 and at the University of Pennsylvania for a number of years prior . His research focuses on the relationships between ecological thinking and design practices , and he has published several works including Projective Ecologies that he co-edited and was published by ACTAR and the GSD .
Most important contributions from Chris to the practice has been his integration of landscape , infrastructural , and ecological strategies in both built projects and planning work .
Chris founded Stoss in 2000 to pursue complex , interdisciplinary projects in the public realm , taking on larger environmental issues of flooding , stormwater mitigation , and climate change as well as social issues of environmental justice , urban access and connectivity , and social activation in cities across the globe .
Stoss has been the recipient of national and local awards including BSLA Honor Award in College & University Design for the Plaza at Harvard in 2015 , BSLA Honor Award in Waterfront Design for The CityDeck , BSLA Merit Award in Waterfront Design for Erie Street Plaza , BSLA Urban and Campus Planning Award for Herinnering Park .
Chris completed his Master of Landscape Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania after received his A . B . cum laude in Urban Studies from Harvard College . Chris Reed is also a Fellow at The Forum for Urban Design .
“ Chris is leading a new generation of landscape architects who are interested in ecology and nature in the context of cities , infrastructure , and reclaimed sites . His work focuses upon the creative transformation of post-industrial and abandoned urban sites , often with complex multi-disciplinary layers that blend state-of-the-art ecological technology and thought with the design imagination . Through innovative design approaches and new ideas , Chris is extending the reach of the profession of landscape architecture in important and valuable ways .“ James Corner , James Corner Field Operations
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