Virtual Lunch & Learn – Design and Collaboration in a Virtual World

AIA Triangle Virtual Lunch & Learn

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Design and Collaboration in a Virtual World

September 21 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm | 1 AIA LU credit

AIA Member/AIA Triangle Annual Partners: $0 | Non-members: $25

REGISTER IN ADVANCE FOR ZOOM MEETING HERE

To create more equitable ideas, we need to create an inclusive design process with multiple and sometimes conflicting points of views.  Our ever-evolving remote work situation is a potential danger to forcing our design process and ideas to become more siloed.  Equitable access to design technology coupled with the intentional incorporation of virtual tools will help us bridge the creativity and collaboration gap caused by the physical separation of our teams.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Participants will discover how drawing still matters in virtual design and collaboration
• Participants will explore virtual tools and techniques for design and collaboration
• Participants will understand what we have learned through this year of drawing and collaboration
• Participants will consider how virtual collaboration translates into a hybrid office model

PRESENTED BY:

Michael Batts, PLA, LEED, AP | Practice Leader, Vice President

Michael Batts, ASLA, leads the Landscape Architecture practice at Stewart in Raleigh/Durham and Charlotte, North Carolina. Michael is responsible for fostering a culture of design excellence and has over 20 years of experience in a range of project scopes, from master planning to detailed design. Michael influences a thoughtful and strategic design approach with an awareness of sustainable principles. This process results in the creation of spaces and places that balance the needs of the users, clients and the environment.  Michael utilizes both analog and digital sketching techniques to analyze design strategies, communicate ideas and inspire others.

Matt Evans, PLA, LEED, AP | Associate Director of Design
Matthew is the Associate Director of Design at Stewart and a landscape architect with more than nine years of experience. With 20 years of experience as a professional violinist, Matthew brings a unique perspective to design process, design thinking, and practice that embraces both the technical and the expressive. He has led the design process on a wide range of project types including campus design, urban design/urban infill, urban open space, athletic park design, and places for play.

Elizabeth Lawandales, PLA, SITES AP
Elizabeth Lawandales is a Project Landscape Architect with more than 7 years of experience.  She strives to promote healthy ecosystems by way of sustainable infrastructure and thoughtful design solutions. As a SITES Accredited Professional, she brings a holistic perspective to the design process at Stewart. She has enjoyed working on a variety of projects ranging from large scale urban design and transit corridor studies to detailed amenity spaces and rooftop gardens.

• AIA members/AIA Triangle Annual Partners: Register in advance for Zoom meeting HERE
• Non-members only: Pay $25 non-member fee below and register in advance for Zoom meeting HERE