Richard Alomar
Chair & Associate Professor, Director of Office of Urban Extension and Engagement
Rutgers University, Department of Landscape Architecture
Biography
Richard has an undergraduate degree in Agronomy from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez and an MLA from Louisiana State University. Before joining the faculty he was an Associate at Stantec Planning and Landscape Architecture and Senior Associate at di Domenico + Partners. He has worked on public projects from the urban planning to the community garden scale and has won international competitions for landscape designs in Chicago and Verona, Italy.
Rutgers Climate Bridge Conference Overview
Abstract
Landscape Architects and by association landscape architecture, rise to the call of stewardship of the environment through art, science, inspiration, and models with the sincerest intent of making the unpredictable manageable. And that endeavor is a heavy burden.
When we spoke of place, we referred to the convergence of natural elements, wind, rain, and sunlight for example, with the human senses. Today we cannot disassociate the landscape from the human forces that act upon it and the sensory affects of place become a smaller component of a larger question of justice and equity. As a department we have chosen to embrace that complexity and alleviate the burden of design and planning by joining others. We envision “A more just future that honors the ground we walk on and the people we walk with.”
Rutgers Climate Bridge Panel 8: Visions for Place
Moderator