13.01.15 - Alissa North to present public lecture on "Operative Landscapes" at Ryerson University

This Thursday, January 15th, Associate Professor Alissa North is presenting a lecture titled “Operative Landscapes” at Ryerson University.

North is the director of the Daniels Faculty’s Master of Landscape Architecture program. She is also a founding partner at North Design Office and the author of Operative Landscapes: Building Communities Through Public Space, for which she received a OALA 2014 Research and Innovation award.

Based in Toronto, North Design Office is committed to the idea that well-designed urban environments and open spaces create vibrant communities and ecologies. The Office has been awarded and published internationally through their competition proposals and public space installations. Established in 2005 in partnership with Pete North, the firm draws from the partners’ expertise in research and theory to solve challenging urban issues, and develop inventive approaches to designing the built environment.

For more information, visit: http://www.arch.ryerson.ca/#lecture-alissa-north