Lafayette Outdoor Classroom

Landscape architecture studio helped school welcome new outdoor learning space

Jan. 12, 2022

Students in the landscape architecture studio Green Schoolyards: Playgrounds of the Future partnered with Lafayette Open Spaces and Escuela Bilingüe Pioneer Elementary to host a soft opening of the new Lafayette Outdoor Classroom.

Sisters Community Park

Sisters Community Park

Sept. 4, 2020

The landscape architecture studio will be collaborating with the City of Longmont’s senior planners and landscape architects to develop masterplan schemes for a future community park in southwest Longmont.

Rocky Mountain National Park Visit, Rainbow Views

Rocky Mountain National Park Visit, Rainbow Views

Oct. 11, 2018

Instructor Stacey Schulte’s conservation and recreation in the American West course traveled to Rocky Mountain National Park last week. Students learned about the park management design strategies that are used for reducing the impact of high visitation. Resource Specialist Scott Esser took the class to various spots around the park...

Denver Botanic Gardens Visit

Denver Botanic Gardens Visit

Sept. 28, 2018

On Thursday, September 27, Emily Greenwood and her senior plant identification and design class traveled to Denver Botanic Gardens for a field trip.

Site visit to Mesa Trail

Site Visit to Saint Malo's Chapel and Mesa Trail

Sept. 27, 2018

On September 4, Professor Ping Xu and her landscape design and feng shui class held a site visit to Saint Malo's Chapel on the Rock in Allens Park, Colorado. The students visited the impact area of the 2013 debris flows that were initiated from MT Meeker, which is five miles...

ENVD 3100 Take Trip to Elitch Gardens for Site Visit

ENVD 3100 Take Trip to Elitch Gardens for Site Visit

Sept. 17, 2018

On September 7, students in ENVD 3100, a city planning studio, met with Rhys Duggan and Chris Wood, principals with Revesco Properties and the owners and developers of Elitch Gardens in downtown Denver. Views from the observation tower gave students a unique perspective for their class case study, which is...

ENVD 3100 Explore the RiNo Art District in Denver

ENVD 3100 Travel to RiNo Art District in Denver for Site Visit

Sept. 17, 2018

On Friday, September 14, ENVD 3100 sections 011 and 012, taught by Assistant Professor Danielle Rivera and Lecturer Alana Wilson went on a site visit to the RiNo Art District in Denver. The classes walked through the community and met with Tracy Weil of the RiNo Art District. Students in...

ENVD 4100 and 4340 Studios Take Trip to Santa Fe

ENVD 4100 and 4340 Studios Take Trip to Santa Fe

Sept. 12, 2018

The weekend of September 7-9, Neal Evers’ 4100 architecture studio and Siobhan Brooks’ 4340 landscape architecture studio traveled to Santa Fe to visit Meow Wolf’s House of Eternal Return , an immersive art experience produced by the artists’ collective and Game of Thrones creator George RR Martin. This semester they...

Students Travel to Taos, New Mexico for Site Analysis Field Trip

Feb. 6, 2017

Despite the frigid weather and broken down van, nineteen ENVD students, along with Senior Instructor Jade Polizzi, enjoyed a spectacular weekend in Taos, NM on a site analysis field trip to the Lama Foundation . The students gained valuable insights to inform their future design projects while taking in the...