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CURRICULUMVITAEBENJAMINR.SPENCERPrinicpalTraction|Nepal18-26BangdelMarg,Sanepa,LalitpurDistrict,Nepalbenspencerben@gmail.com1.EDUCATIONMasterofLandscapeArchitecture,UniversityofVirginia.2004AmericanSocietyofLandscapeArchitectsHonorCitationMasterofArchitecture,UniversityofVirginia.2004AlphaRhoChiBronzeMedalBachelorofArtinPoliticalandSocialThought,UniversityofVirginia.1997HighDistinction 2.EXPERIENCEAcademicExperience2019-present AffiliateAssociateProfessor DepartmentofLandscapeArchitecture,UniversityofWashington2015-2018 AssociateProfessor DepartmentofLandscapeArchitecture,UniversityofWashington2015-2018 AdjunctAssociateProfessor DepartmentofGlobalHealth,UniversityofWashington2012-2016 CoreFaculty PhDProgramintheBuiltEnvironment,UniversityofWashington2010-2012 GlobalHealthandEnvironmentFacultyFellow DepartmentofGlobalHealthandCollegeoftheEnvironment,UniversityofWashington2010-2015 AdjunctAssistantProfessor
DepartmentofGlobalHealth,UniversityofWashington2008-2015 AssistantProfessor DepartmentofLandscapeArchitecture,UniversityofWashington
ProfessionalExperience2018-present Principal Traction|Nepal2007-2008 Designer HybridArchitects2004-2006 Designer/CommunityDevelopmentVolunteer PeaceCorps,EastTimor2002,2003 InternDesigner WilliamMcDonoughandPartners2002 Designer/Builder UniversityofVirginiaSolarDecathlonTeam2001 InternDesigner TheCenterforMaximumPotentialBuildingSystems1998-2000 ConstructionProjectManager RenovationContractors1997-1998 FieldEngineer/Estimator ClarkConstructionServiceExperience2018-present Co-founder Traction|Nepal|Seattle|Peru2017-present Co-chair,ServiceLearningandCommunityEngagement CouncilofEducatorsinLandscapeArchitecture2014-present Director
ARC-PEACEInternationalArchitects/Designers/PlannersforSocialResponsibility2014-2019 Director
Architects/Designers/PlannersforSocialResponsibility,USA2011-2015 PresidentEmeritusandDirector
ArchitectswithoutBorders-Seattle2009-2011 President
ArchitectswithoutBorders-Seattle
2007-2009 VicePresidentandChair
ArchitectswithoutBorders-Seattle
3.CREATIVEWORKResearch|EngagedScholarshipProjects2018 ParkPods.Kathmandu,Nepal.InformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative(IUCI)InterAction
Nepalprogram,ParticipatorydesignandimplementationofmodulargreenspaceinfrastructureinHyumatcommunity,aslumontheBishnumatiRiverinKathmandu.BenSpencer(projectlead),SabinNiglekhu(co-projectlead)LaureHeland(coprojectlead),BrianGerich(co-projectlead),AlishaAdhikari(designcoordinator),SezicaShrethna(logisticscoordinator).
2018 InterActionLabs.Iquitos,Peru.InformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative(IUCI),
Participatorydesignandimplementationofneighborhoodinfrastructure.Monitoringandevaluationofprojectimpactsonthehuman/animalbiome.JoeZunt(principleinvestigator)CocoAlarcon(director),LeanAndrews(director),PeterRabinowitz(co-investigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator)et.al.
2017 KholchaPakhaPark.Kathmandu,Nepal.InformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative
(IUCI)DesignDevelopmentNepalprogram,ParticipatorydesignandimplementationofacommunityparkintheHyumatcommunity.BenSpencer(projectlead),DavidCitrin(co-projectlead)AlishaAdhikari(designcoordinator),SezicaShrethna(logisticscoordinator).
2016 LaLunaVerde.Iquitos,Peru.InformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative(IUCI),Participatory
design,implementationandassessmentofalargeparkandfloatinghouseholdgardensintheClaveritofloatingcommunity.JorgeAlarcon(co-projectlead),LeannAndrews(co-projectlead),SusanBolton(collaborator),BenSpencer(advisor),JoeZunt(advisor).
2015-2017 FogWaterFarms.Lima,Peru.InformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative(IUCI),Comunidad
EcológicaSaludable(CES).Participatorydesignandimplementationofalargescalefogcollectionsystemandurbanagriculturalinterventions.BenSpencer(projectlead)SusanBolton(co-projectlead),BrianGerich(corecollaborator),JillFortuna(corecollaborator)DavidWitte(corecollaborator),JessSmith(corecollaborator)LeannAndrews(corecollaborator)andJorgeAlarcon(corecollaborator).
2016 RoyalUniversityofFineArtsMakerspace.Organizedandsetupasmalldigital
fabricationfacility(makerspace)attheRoyalUniversityofFineArts(RUFA)inPhnomPenh.ConductedintroductorydigitalfabricationclassesforvisitingUWstudents(Spring2016)andRUFAstudents(SpringandFall2016)
2016 PocketStreet|Park.PhnomPenh,Cambodia.InformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative
(IUCI),Participatorydesignandimplementationofpublicstreetandgreenspacefor
communitygatheringinPongroSencheyneighborhoodofPhnomPenh.BenSpencer(projectlead),RobertLimanek,UWandRoyalUniversityofFineArtsstudentsparticipatinginthe2016IUCIPhnomPenhstudyabroad,theCommunityDevelopmentFoundation
2013-2014 Gardens,GreenSpaceandHealth.Lima,Peru.IUCI,CES.Community-driven participatorydesign,construction,monitoringandevaluationof29householdgardens inLomasdeZapallal.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),SusanBolton(co- investigator),JoachimVoss(co-investigator),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)and studentsparticipatinginindependentstudyinLimain2013and2014.2012-present SQWater:FogCollection.Lima,Peru.IUCI,CES.Fogcollectionfeasibilityassessment andmaterialtestsinLomasdeZapallal.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),Susan Bolton(co-investigator),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator),SharaFeld(doctoral candidate)andstudentsparticipatinginthe2012ExplorationSeminar,the2012and 2013FogCollectionSeminars,the2013DesignActivismStudio,andindependentstudy inLimain2013. EscaleraSecundariaPitagoras(PitagorasSecondarySchoolStair).Lima,Peru.IUCI,
EscuelaEcológicaSaludable(EES).Participatorydesign,constructionandassessmentofastairwayandterracedgardenatthePitagorasSecondarySchoolinLomasdeZapallal,LimaPeru.BenSpencer(projectlead),SusanBolton(co-projectlead),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)andstudentsparticipatinginExplorationSeminarsandindependentstudyinLimain2012and2013.
2011-present ParquePrimariaPitagoras(PitagorasPrimarySchoolPark).Lima,Peru.IUCI,EES. Participatorydesign,constructionandassessmentofa600SMparkatthePitagoras
PrimarySchoolinLomasdeZapallal.BenSpencer(projectlead),SusanBolton(co-projectlead),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)andstudentsparticipatinginExplorationSeminarsandindependentstudyinLimain2011,2012and2013.
2010-present AulaSecundariaPitagoras(PitagorasSecondarySchoolClassroom).Lima,Peru.IUCI, EES.Participatorydesignandconstructionoversightofa60SMclassroomatthe PitagorasSecondarySchoolinLomasdeZapallal,LimaPeru.BenSpencer(co-project lead),JoeZunt(co-projectlead),JorgeAlarcon(designerandon-sitecoordinator)and studentsparticipatinginanExplorationSeminarandindependentstudyinLimain2010 and2011.2010 BaselineMapping,LomasdeZapallal.Lima,Peru.IUCI.Baselinemappingprojectto
establishbaselineconditionsofthebuiltenvironmentinLomasdeZapallal,Lima,Peru.BenSpencer(co-projectlead),JoeZunt(co-projectlead),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)andstudentsparticipatingandindependentstudyinLimain2010.
2010-2013 PugetSoundGreenRoofStudyandDemonstrationProjects.MaltbyandSeattle,WA.
Researchprojectfocusedonassessingtheperformanceof5greenroofsconstructedwithdifferentgreenroofassemblies.TheprojectalsoincorporatedademonstrationgreenroofprojectconstructedattheUWBotanyGreenhouse.KenYocom(principalinvestigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator).
2014 VentarronMasterPlanandRoofStructure.Lambayeque,Peru.BenSpencer(project2008-2011 lead2008-2011,consultant2014),JillFortuna(AWB-Seattleprojectlead,2014),Ignacio
AlvaMeneses(sitearcheologist),MollyCherney(AWB-Seattledesigner),AdineGavazzi(siteanthropologist),BrianGerich(AWB-Seattledesigner),JackHeavner(AWB-Seattledesigner),IanHorton(AWB-Seattledesigner),KeasaJones(AWB-Seattledesigner),CesarPiscoya(sitecoordinator),CarolRavano(AWB-Seattledesigner),andStephanieWascha(AWB-Seattledesigner).
NationalandInternationalAwardsforEngagedScholarship|DesignProjects2014 Bestof2014/CatalystProgramSelection,BuckminsterFullerChallenge.The
BuckminsterFullerInstitute.International,morethan450entriesfrom91countries.ForTheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative.BenSpencer(director),SusanBolton(co-director),JoachimVoss(co-director),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator).
PublicInterestDesignGlobalProjectWinner.EcoleSpéciald’Architecture,Paris,Design
CorpsandtheSEEDNetwork.International,6awardsannually.Receivingthehighestnumberofjuryvotesofanyprojectsubmitted,accordingtocompetitionorganizers.ForCommunidadEcologicaSaludableincludingtheGardensGreenSpaceandHealthandSQWater:FogCollectionprojects.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator),JoachimVoss(co-investigator),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)andstudentsparticipatinginthe2012ExplorationSeminar,the2012and2013FogCollectionSeminars,the2013DesignActivismStudioand2013independentstudyinLima.
SocialEconomicandEnvironmentalDesign(SEED)Award.ParsonsNewSchoolofDesign,DesignCorps,theSEEDNetwork.International,6awardsannually.Receivingthehighestnumberofjuryvotesofanyprojectsubmitted,accordingtocompetitionorganizers.ForCommunicadEcologicaSaludableincludingtheGardensGreenSpaceandHealthandSQWater:FogCollectionprojects.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator).SusanBolton(co-investigator),JoachimVoss(co-investigator),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)andstudentsparticipatinginthe2012ExplorationSeminar2012and2013FogCollectionSeminars,the2013DesignActivismStudio,and2013independentstudyinLima.$1000prize.
2013 2ndPlace,ACSESustainableDevelopmentAward.AmericanSocietyofCivilEngineers
andEngineersWithoutBordersUSA.National,annually,59EPAP3finalistuniversityteamscompeting.ForSQWater:FogCollection.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator)JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)andstudentsparticipatinginthe2012ExplorationSeminar,the2012and2013FogCollectionSeminars,andthe2013DesignActivismStudio.Finalist,EPAP3Competition.UnitedStatesEnvironmentalProtectionAgency.National,annually.59teamsfromUSUniversitiesselectedtocompeteasfinalists.ForSQWater:FogCollection.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator),studentchaptersofArchitectsWithoutBordersandEngineersWithoutBorders.
2012 EDRAGreatPlacesDesignAward.EnvironmentalDesignResearchAssociation.International,1awardannually.ForEscuelaEcologicaSaludableincludingthePitagorasPrimarySchoolPark,thePitagorasSecondarySchoolClassroomandthe2011DesignActivismStudio.BenSpencer(projectlead),SusanBolton(co-projectlead),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)andstudentsparticipatinginthe2011DesignActivismStudioandExplorationSeminar.
SocialEconomicandEnvironmentalDesign(SEED)Award.DesignCorpsandtheSEEDNetwork.International,6awardsannually.ForEscuelaEcologicaSaludableincludingthePitagorasPrimarySchoolPark,ThePitagorasSecondarySchoolClassroomandthe2011DesignActivismStudio.BenSpencer(projectlead),SusanBolton(co-projectlead),,JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)andstudentsparticipatinginthe2011DesignActivismStudioandExplorationSeminar.$1000prize. 4thPlace,People’sChoiceAward.Tie.StructuresforInclusion12.National,annually.Selectedfrom17SEEDAwardwinners/honorablementionsbyvoteofattendeesatthe2012StructuresforInclusionConference.Austin,TX,March24-25,2012.ForEscuelaEcologicaSaludable:ParquePrimariaPitagoras.BenSpencer(projectlead),SusanBolton(co-projectlead),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)andstudentsparticipatinginthe2011ExplorationSeminar.
2008 Winner,99kHouseCompetition.RiceDesignAllianceandtheHoustonChapterofthe
AmericanInstituteofArchitects.International.182entries.ForCore.OwenRichards(principal),RobertHumble(principal),JoelEgan(principal),BenSpencer(co-designer),TomMullica(co-designer)andKateStohr(co-designer)
2004 Finalist,NextBigIdeaCompetition.MetropolisMagazine.National.ForEco-Add-Ons.
JohnQuale(faculty/projectlead),BrianShields(student),MeriTepper(student)andJenShields(student)andBenSpencer(student/contributedlayeredblindsconcept)
2002 2ndPlaceOverall,1stPlaceinArchitecturalDesign,SolarDecathlon.USDepartmentof
Energy.National.14Universityteamscompeting.ForTrojanGoat.UVASolarDecathlonTeam,BenSpencer(student/designteammember)
BPSolarProgressiveDesignAward,SolarDecathlon.BPSolar,USDepartmentofEnergySolarDecathlon.National.MostForwardThinkingDesign.ForTrojanGoat.14Universityteamscompeting.UVASolarDecathlonTeam,BenSpencer(student/designteammember)
*pleasereferencetheTeachingsectionfornationalandinternationalteachingandstudentawardsrelatedtoengagedscholarshipprojects.
OtherRecognitionforEngagedScholarship|DesignProjects2017 UniversityofWashingtonBEBoundless,forWashington,fortheWorldCampaign.The InformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative.IUCIincludedintheUniversityof Washington’sBEBoundlessCapitalCampaignforthemonthofJune,2017.The campaign’simmersivestoryfeatureslandscapearchitecturestudent,DaviddeLaCruz.
DavidDelaCruz,BenSpencer2015 UniversityofWashingtonReporttoStakeholders:BoundlessInnovationandPublic
Commitment.TheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative,GardensGreenSpaceandHealthproject.SelectedasoneofsixprojectstakingplaceattheUniversityofWashingtontobefeaturedonfrontpageoftheUniversity’sannualreport.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator),JoachimVoss(co-investigator),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)andstudentsparticipatinginindependentstudyinLimain2013and2014.
2012 UniversityofWashingtonTwoYearsTwoDecades(2Y2D)Initiative2012Presidential BriefingonCollaborativeProjects.ThePuentePiedraProject:HealthySchools,
HealthyCommunities(a.k.a.EscuelaEcologicaSaludable).Selectedasoneof12projectstobehighlightedinabriefingpresentedtoUWPresidentYoungasanexampleofcollaborativeinterdisciplinaryworktakingplaceattheUniversityofWashington.The2Y2DinitiativeischargedwithidentifyingtrendsanddriversofchangeandensuringtheUWisrespondingtothem.JoeZunt(co-projectlead),BenSpencer(co-projectlead),SusanBolton(co-projectlead)
2004 Winner,BenjaminC.HowlandMemorialDesignCompetition.2ndPlace.Universityof
Virginia.Studentcompetition.ForDrawn.BenSpencer(student/co-designer),JeffAten(student/co-designer),AlanAukerman(student/co-designer),JaymeAukerman(student/co-designer)andBrianGerich(student/co-designer)
TechnologyDevelopment2016-present BottleTeeIrrigation2.0.Prototyping,refinementandtestingofnextgenerationbottle
teeirrigation,alow-costsubsurfaceirrigationsystemwiththepotentialtoimproveupontraditionaldripirrigationsystemsinwaterconsumptionandeaseofuse.
Peer-reviewedBook2014 Hou,Jeffrey,BenSpencer,ThaisaWayandKenYocom(Eds.).2015.NowUrbanism:The
FutureCityisHere.Routledge,UK.(equaleditorship)Peer-reviewedJournalArticles2018 Korn,Abigail,SusanM.Bolton,JorgeA.Alarcon,LeannAndrews,BenjaminSpencer,and
JoachimG.Voss.2018.PhysicalandMentalHealthImpactsofHouseholdGardensinanUrbanSluminLima,Peru.InternationalJournalofEnvironmentandPublicHealth.pp2-11.
2016 Spencer,Ben,JoshLawler,LuanneThompson,CeliaLowe,TomHinckley,Soo-Hyung
Kim,SusanBolton,ScottMeschke,JulianOlden,andJoachimVoss.“Casestudiesinco- benefitsapproachestoclimatechangemitigationandadaptation.”Journalof EnvironmentalPlanningandManagement.60(4):647-667.(firstauthor)2016 Feld,Shara,BenSpencerandSusanBolton.2016.“ImprovedFogCollectionUsingTurf
ReinforcementMats.”JournalofSustainableWaterintheBuiltEnvironment.2(3):1-8. (secondauthor)2014 Spencer,Ben,SusanBoltonandJorgeAlarcon.2014.“TheInformalUrbanCommunities
Initiative,Community-drivendesignintheSlumsofLima,Peru.”InternationalJournalofServiceLearninginEngineering,9(1):92-107.(firstauthor)
Yocom,KenandBenSpencer.2014.“GreenRoofPerformanceStudy:PugetSoundRegion.”LandscapeResearchRecord.CouncilofEducatorsinLandscapeArchitecture.No.1:291-299.(secondauthor)
Peer–reviewedBookChapters|CaseStudies2018 Spencer,Ben.2018.“EngagingtheFieldExperience:Integrated,Interdisciplinary,On-
Site,Enduring”InBryanBellandLisaAlbendroth(Eds.).PublicInterestDesignEducationGuidebook:Curricula,Strategies,andSEEDAcademicCaseStudies.Routledge,UK.pp.55-57.
2018 Hou,Jeff,BenSpencerandDanielWinterbottom.2018.“Whole-SystemsPublicInterest
DesignEducation:DepartmentofLandscapeArchitecture,UniversityofWashington”InBryanBellandLisaAlbendroth(Eds.).PublicInterestDesignEducationGuidebook:Curricula,Strategies,andSEEDAcademicCaseStudies.Routledge,UK.pp.8-21.
2016 Spencer,BenandSusanBolton.2016.“EmergentConvergent:Technologyandthe
InformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative”.InDanielOrtegaandJonathanAnderson(Eds.).InnovationsinLandscapeArchitecture.Routledge,UK.pp.205-222.
2014 Spencer,Ben,SusanBoltonandJorgeAlarcon.2014.“TheInformalUrbanCommunities
Initiative,LomasdeZapallal.”InJeffHou,BenSpencer,ThaisaWayandKenYocom(Eds.).NowUrbanism:TheFutureCityisHere.Routledge,UK.pp.328-357.(firstauthor)
Andrews,LeannandBenSpencer.2014.“DesignasPreventiveMedicine.”InEvert, J.,Drain,P.,andHall,T.(Eds.).DevelopingGlobalHealthProgramming:AGuidebookfor MedicalandProfessionalSchools,SecondEdition.Schools.GlobalHealthEducation CollaborationPress.p.274-277.(secondauthor) Spencer,BenandLeannAndrews.2014.“InterdisciplinaryDesignCaseStudy:Escuela
EcologicaSaludableInitiative(TheHealthyEcologicalSchoolInitiative)LomasdeZapallal,Lima,Peru.”InEvert,J.,Drain,P.,andHall,T.(Eds.).DevelopingGlobalHealthProgramming:AGuidebookforMedicalandProfessionalSchools,SecondEdition.Schools.GlobalHealthEducationCollaborationPress.p.278-283.(firstauthor)
2013 Lawler,J.J.,BenSpencer,J.D.Olden,S.H.Kim,C.Lowe,S.Bolton,B.M.Beamon,L.
Thompson,andJ.G.Voss.2013.“MitigationandAdaptationStrategiestoReduceClimateVulnerabilitiesandMaintainEcosystemServices.”InPielkeSr.,RogerA.(Ed.)ClimateVulnerability:UnderstandingandAddressingThreatstoEssentialResources.ElsevierInc.,AcademicPress,315–335.(secondauthor)
2009 Spencer,Ben,AdineGavazzi,IgnacioAlvaMenesesandLouisEnriqueSanchez.2009.
“PaisajeCulturaldeVentarron:PlanMaestrodeunReservaEcologicayCultural.”InAmaya,FabioRodriguez(Ed.).DerechosHumanos,PatrimonioCulturalyMemoriaenColombia,PlanMaestrodelPaisajeCulturaldeVentarronenPeru.UniversityofBergamoPress,Bergamo,Italyp.86-87(images),45-53.(firstauthor)inSpanish
Spencer,Ben.2009.“PaisajeCulturaldeVentarron:ElPlanMaestroyelProceso ParticipativoenlaFilosofiadelosDerechosHumanosylaEticadelaCooperacion Internacional.”InAmaya,FabioRodriguez(Ed.).DerechosHumanos,PatrimonioCultural yMemoriaenColombia,PlanMaestrodelPaisajeCulturaldeVentarronenPeru.
UniversityofBergamoPress,Bergamo,Italyp.92(images),103-108.(firstauthor)inSpanish
Jones,Keasa,Spencer,Ben,andStephanieWascha(alphabetical).2009.”ProyectoHuacaVentarron.”InAmaya,FabioRodriguez(Ed.).DerechosHumanos,PatrimonioCulturalyMemoriaenColombia,PlanMaestrodelPaisajeCulturaldeVentarronenPeru.UniversityofBergamoPress,Bergamo,Italyp.85/88-91(images),109-112.(equalauthorship)inSpanish
Grants|Fellowships2018 UWGlobalInnovationFundInnovationinStudyAbroadGrant.Granttosupportthe
2018WinterandSpringQuarterInterActionNepalstudyabroadprograminKathmandu.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),LaureHeland(coInvestigator),DavidCitrin(co-investigator)$6,000.
2017 InterACTIONLabs.UniversityofWashingtonPopulationHealthInitiative.Tosupportananinterdisciplinary,action-orientedInterACTIONLabpilotfocusingoncommunity-basededucationandresearchonthehealthimpactsofbuiltenvironmentinterventionsinClaverito,Iquitos,Peru.JoeZunt(principle-investigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator)PeterRabinowitz(co-investigator),RebeccaNewmann(co-investigator),AnaLuciaSeminario(co-investigator)$77,500($155,000withCITBMfunds)
2016 UWGlobalInnovationFundInnovationinStudyAbroadGrant.Granttosupport
the2015SpringQuarterPhnomPenh,Cambodiastudyabroadprogramandthe establishmentofasmalldigitalfabricationfacilityattheRoyalUniversityofFineArts, Cambodia.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),KimoGriggs(collaborator),Roark Congdon(collaborator),TracyHarachi(collaborator),JimLoGerfo(collaborator),$5,000.
2015-2017 RobertRauschenbergFoundationClimateChangeSolutionsFund.GrantwithArchitectsWithoutBorders–SeattletodesignandimplementtheInformalUrbanCommunities‘FogWaterFarms’projectincluding50householdgardensapublicparkandalargescalefogcollectionsysteminLomasdeZapallal,LimaPeru.BenSpencer(projectlead),SusanBolton(projectco-lead),BrianGerich(corecollaborator),JillFortuna(corecollaborator),LeannAndrews(corecollaborator),JorgeAlarcon(corecollaborator)$100,000.
2014 UWCollegeofBuiltEnvironments.Granttointegrateresiliencethinkingatmultiple spatialandtemporalscalesintoresearchandpedagogyofthebuiltenvironmentsatthe
UniversityofWashington.DanAbramson(principalinvestigator),MarinaAlberti(corecollaborator),ManishChalana(corecollaborator),CynthiaChen(corecollaborator),RobCorser(corecollaborator),OmarEl-Anwar(corecollaborator),BobFreitag(corecollaborator),JeffHou(corecollaborator),BobMugerauer(corecollaborator),KateSimonen(corecollaborator),BenSpencer(corecollaborator)(alphabetical).$35,000.
2013 JohnstonHastingPublicationSupport.Award/grantforthepublicationofNOW
Urbanism:theFutureCityisHere.BenSpencer(co-investigator),KenYocom(co-investigator).$1,500.
UniversityofWashingtonRoyaltyResearchFund.Granttostudythesocial,environmentalandhumanhealthimpactsofhouseholdgardens/greenareasinLomasdeZapallal.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),JoachimVoss(co-investigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator).$37,200.
2012 EPAP3PhaseIGrant.GrantsupportingEPAP3Competitionteamfocusedonthe developmentoffogcollectiontechnologiesasanalternativewatersourceinLomasde Zapallal.BenSpencer(principleinvestigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator).$14,423.
InternationalProvostGrants,Faculty-ledProgramGrant.Granttosupportnon-UWpersonnelexpensesassociatedwiththe2012ExplorationSeminarinLomasdeZapallal,Lima,Peru.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator),JoeZunt(co-investigator).$3,500.
2011 InternationalProvostGrants,Faculty-ledProgramGrant.Granttosupportnon-UW
personnelexpensesassociatedwiththe2011ExplorationSeminarinLomasdeZapallal,Lima,Peru.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator),JoeZunt(co-investigator).$2,000.
2010 UWDepartmentofGlobalHealthandUWCollegeoftheEnvironment.GlobalHealth
andEnvironmentFellowship.Oneof12facultyattheUWselectedfrommorethan100applicantstoparticipate.$19,335insalarysupport,2010-2012and$8,000inprojectsupport,2012-2014.
MellonFoundationJohnE.SawyerSeminar.Granttohost,NextCity,NowUrbanism:City-makinginthe21stCenturyandBeyond,atwoyearseriesofninesymposiumscriticallyassessingcontemporaryurbanism.ThaisaWay(co-convener),MargaretO’Hara(co-convener),BenSpencer(corecollaborator),et.al.$173,000.
R.HunterSimpsonFoundation.GranttosupportthePuentePiedraProjectsProgram(a.k.aTheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative),andthedesignandconstructionofprojectsatthePitagorasSchoolinLomasdeZapallal,Lima,Peru.JoeZunt(co-investigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator),JimLoGerfo(co-investigator)JorgeAlarconSr.(co-investigator),JorgeAlarconJr.(co-investigator),SilviaMontano(co-investigator).$10,000.
RoofContractorsInstituteFoundation.GranttodevelopgreenroofstormwaterperformanceprotocolsspecifictothePugetSoundregion.KenYocom(principalinvestigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator).$25,500.
UniversityofWashingtonCollegeofBuiltEnvironments.GrantsupportingtheBELab,ConstructedFrontiers:CulturalandPhysicalSystemsontheDuwamishRiver.BenSpencer(co-investigator),BrianGerich(co-investigator),SusanJones(co-investigator).$25,000.
2006 AusAIDETCAS.GranttosupporttheconstructionoftheVenilaleCommunity
Center/MeetingHall.KliburKomunidadeVenilale(communitybasedorganization),BenSpencer(projectlead).$15,000.Fundingsecured,projectdelayedandmodifiedduetocivilunrestinEastTimorandtheevacuationofforeignnationals.
USAIDSmallGrantsProgram.GranttosupporttheconstructionofVenilaleEcotourism
Headquarters.KliburKomunidadeVenilale(communitybasedorganization),BenSpencer(projectlead).$135,000.Proposaloriginallysubmittedasa$10,000SPAGrantproposal.TheUSAIDSmallGrantsProgramco-optedtheproposalandincreaseditsfunding.FundinglaterwithdrawnduetocivilunrestinEastTimorandtheevacuationofforeignnationals.
PeaceCorpsSPAGrant.GranttosupporttheconstructionofVenilaleBambooCenter/CenterforSustainableBuilding.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),GrupuAuVicoza.$10,000.FundingsecuredandlaterpartiallywithdrawnfollowinginitialprojectimplementationduetocivilunrestinEastTimorandtheevacuationofforeignnationals.
PeaceCorpsSPAGrantandCatholicReliefServices.Bambooharvesting,preservationandconstructionworkshops.JenniferSpencer(co-investigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator),GrupuAuVicoza.$10,000.Fundingsecured,trainingdelayedandonlypartiallyimplementedduetocivilunrestinEastTimorandtheevacuationofforeignnationals.
OtherFunding2009-2017 AWB-Seattle.FundstosupportthedesignandconstructionofprojectsinLomasde
Zapallal,Lima,Peru.BenSpencer(projectlead),SusanBolton(co-projectlead),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)anddesignersfromAWB-Seattle.Morethan$25,000includingin-kindandmonetarycontributions.
2009 SuenosPeru/JebWyman.FundstosupportthePuentePiedraProjectsProgram(a.k.aTheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative),specifically,thedesignandconstructionofprojectsatthePitagorasSchoolinLomasdeZapallal,Lima,Peru.JoeZunt(co-investigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator),JimLoGerfo(co-investigator)JorgeAlarconSr.(co-investigator),JorgeAlarconJr.(co-investigator),SilviaMontano(co-investigator).$10,000.
GrantsSolicited(pendingornotfunded)
2017 PopulationHealthandUWWorld.UniversityofWashington-PeruPopulationHealthPartnershipProgram.Tosupportanon-sitecenterandprojectfundingforcommunity-basededucationandresearchinPeru.JoeZunt(principle-investigator),JimLoGerfo(co-investigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator)SusanBolton(co-investigator)$250,000.
2016 WellcomeTrust,SustainingHealth.Proposal-UrbanandPeri-UrbanAgricultureto
ReduceIronDeficiencyAnemiainCambodia,Coted'Ivoire,GhanaandPeru-tosupporttheexpansionoftheIUCIGardensGreenSpaceandHealthproject.KrisEbi(principalinvestigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator),MurielleDubbeling(co-investigator),AdamDrewnowski(co-investigator),JoeZunt(co-investigator)et.al.$15,000,000.
2014 WellcomeTrust,SustainingHealth.Conceptnote(initial)proposaltosupportthe“Fog
WaterFarms”projectinLima,Peru.JoachimVoss(co-investigator/namedprincipalinvestigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator).$350,000.
Semi-finalist,USAIDSecuringWaterforFoodGrandDevelopmentChallenge.Oneof83semi-finalistsselectedfrom520applications.ProposaltosupporttheFogWaterFarmsprojectinLima,Peru.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator),JoachimVoss(co-investigator).$100,000year1,$500,000over3years.
2013 WellcomeTrust,SustainingHealth.ConceptnotetosupportexpansionoftheGardens,
GreenSpaceandHealthandSQWaterprojects.JoachimVoss(principalinvestigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator).$383,000.
ReedElselvierEnvironmentalChallenge.Proposaltosupporttheimplementationofa
largescalefogcollectionsystemasanalternativewatersourceinLomasdeZapallal,Lima,Peru.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator).$53,424.
2012 Finalist,USAIDHigherEducationSolutionsNetwork.1of5finalistsselectedfrommore
than300applicants.2funded.StrategicAnalysis,InnovationandTranslationforDevelopmentConsortium.ProposalfocusingonglobalhealthandenvironmentalchangewithageographicfocusinKenya.JudyWasserheit(co-principalinvestigator),JuddWalson(co-principalinvestigator),BenSpencer(corecollaborator/wroteCBEcapacitystatement),et.al.$25,000,000over5years.
Finalist,NationalScienceFoundation.1of9finalistsselectedfrommorethan100applicants.3-4funded.UniversityofWashingtonSustainabilityResearchNetwork,ThrivinginSustainableCities:SustainabilityScienceMeetstheScienceofHumanWell-Being.LisaGraumlich(principalinvestigator),HowieFrumkin(co-investigator),DanielFriedman(co-investigator),MarinaAlberti(co-investigator),BenSpencer(collaborator),et.al.$4,000,000.
UniversityofWashingtonRoyaltyResearchFund.Firstsubmission.Granttostudythesocial,environmentalandhumanhealthimpactsofhouseholdgardens/greenareasinLomasdeZapallal.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),JoachimVoss(co-investigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator).$40,000.
2011 Finalist,UNESCOInternationalFundforCulturalDiversity.ProposaltofundphaseI
implementationofPaisajeCulturaldeCerroVentarron.PlanMaestroparaunaReservaEcologicoCultural.IgnacioAlvaMeneses(principalinvestigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator),AdineGavazzi(co-investigator),CesarPiscoya(co-investigator).$99,500.
UWGlobalCenterforIntegratedHealthofWomenAdolescentsandChildrenIntegratedHealthSeedGrants.Women,StressandUrbanSlums.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),JoachimVoss(co-investigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator).$25,000.
NationalScienceFoundation.DynamicsofCoupledHumanandNaturalSystems.
Proposaltodevelopaconceptualmodelandmetricstoevaluateclimatechangeadaptationstrategieswithco-benefitstohumanhealthandtheenvironment.ModelandmetricstobefieldtestedonsiteinLima,Peru.Soo-HyungKim(principalinvestigator),ScottMeschke(co-investigtor),BenSpencer(corecollaborator),et.al.$250,000.
RoofContractorsInstituteFoundationWaterQualityMonitoring.Proposaltotest
waterqualityofgreenroofrunoffinthePacificNorthwest.KenYocom(principalinvestigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator)$11,194.
WashingtonGlobalHealthAlliance,PartywithaPurpose.ProposaltomaketheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiativethe2011WGHAPartywithaPurposefundraisercause.BenSpencer(co-investigator),SusanBolton(co-investigator),JoeZunt(co-investigator).$10,000-$15,000estimatedproceeds.
2010 GrahamFoundationforAdvancedStudiesintheVisualArts.ProposaltohosttheNext
EcoCitysymposiumexaminingcontemporaryurbanismandfuturepotentialsofcitiesthroughthelensofecologicaldesignandplanning.ThaisaWay(co-investigator),JeffHou(co-investigator),BenSpencer(corecollaborator),KenYocom(corecollaborator).$30,000.
UniversityofWashingtonRoyaltyResearchFund.Secondsubmission.Proposaltotest theperformanceofPacificNorthwestnativeplantsongreenroofs.BenSpencer (principalinvestigator),KenYocom(co-investigator),GundulaProksch(co-investigator). $25,914.2009 UniversityofWashingtonRoyaltyResearchFund.Firstsubmission.Proposalto
establishthePugetSoundGreenRoofStudytotestvegetationandstormwaterperformanceofgreenroofassembliesinMaltby,WA.KenYocom(principalinvestigator),BenSpencer(co-investigator),GundulaProksch(co-investigator).$36,265.
2008 DumbartonOaksFoundation.Proposaltodevelopamodelforcommunity-based
culturalheritagetourisminconnectionwiththediscoveryoftheoldestmuralsinAmericasattheVentarronarcheologicalsite.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),IgnacioAlvaMeneses(co-investigator),AdineGavazzi(co-investigator),StephanieWascha(co-investigator),KeasaJones(co-investigator).$7,780.
UniversityofWashingtonDepartmentofGlobalHealth.ProposalinresponsetotheInter-DepartmentalandInter-SchoolInitiativesRFPtosupportresearchprojectsinthe
ValledeNazarethslumsettlementofGuatemalaCity.BenSpencer(principalinvestigator),NancyRottle(co-investigator),BrianGerich(co-investigator),KenYocom(co-investigator),DanielWinterbottom(co-investigator),AmandaMoranMerida(co-investigator),SandraLorenaDrummond(co-investigator),CharlesN.Mock(co-investigator),CatherineCarr(co-investigator),OwenRichards(co-investigator).$150,000.
Peer-reviewedConferencePresentations2017 Spencer,Ben,“InformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative:TakingDesignActivismtoScale,
Slowly”.2017CouncilofEducatorsinLandscapeArchitectureConference:Bridging.Beijing,China,May26-29,2017.
2014 Spencer,Ben,SusanBolton,JoachimVoss,et.al.“GardensandHealthinEliseoCollazos.”
2014.EDRA45,BuildingWithChange,Proceedingsofthe45thAnnualConferenceoftheEnvironmentalDesignAssociation.NewOrleans,LA,May28-31,2014.pp.311.(firstauthor)
Rottle,Nancy,PatsyEubanksOwens,BenSpencer,WillGreen.2014.“Service-LearningasaChangeAgent:IssuesandSolutions.”EDRA45,BuildingWithChange,Proceedingsofthe45thAnnualConferenceoftheEnvironmentalDesignAssociation.NewOrleans,LA,May28-31,2014.pp.333.(panel,co-author)
Spencer,Ben,SusanBolton,SharaFeld.2014.“SQWater:DesignPedagogyforSlumCities.”2014.Layers:Landscape,CityandCommunity,CouncilofEducatorsinLandscapeArchitectureConferenceProceedings.MorganStateUniversity,Baltimore,MD,March26-29,2014.pp.54.(firstauthor)
Green,Will,NancyRottle,PatsyEubanksOwensandBenSpencer.2014.“LayersofLearning:EngagedScholarshipforStudentandCommunityEducation.”Layers:Landscape,CityandCommunity,CouncilofEducatorsinLandscapeArchitectureConferenceProceedings.MorganStateUniversity,Baltimore,MD,March26-29,2014.pp.256.(panel,co-author)
2013 Spencer,Ben,SusanBoltonandJorgeAlarcon.2013.“AssessingandLearningfromthe ConditionsandImpactsoftheParquePrimariaPitagoras(PPP):Year1.”EDRA44 Providence,HealthyHealingPlaces,Proceedingsofthe44thAnnualConferenceofthe EnvironmentalDesignAssociation.Providence,RI,May29-June1,2013.pp.326.(first
author)
Spencer,Ben,SusanBoltonandJorgeAlarcon.2013.“EscuelaEcológicaSaludableInitiative:FacingtheChallengesofClassroomConstructionintheAssentimientosHumanosofLima,Peru.”SpaceTimePlaceDuration:CouncilofEducatorsinLandscapeArchitectureConferenceProceedings.UniversityofTexasatAustin.Austin,TX.March27-30,2013.pp.280.(firstauthor)
Spencer,BenandKenYocom.“GreenroofPerformanceStudy:PugetSoundRegion.2013.SpaceTimePlaceDuration:CouncilofEducatorsinLandscapeArchitectureConferenceProceedings.UniversityofTexasatAustin.Austin,TX.March27-30,2013.pp.252.(firstauthor)
2012 Spencer,Ben.2012.CommunidadEcologicaSaludable:DesignActivismandEducationin
theUrbanSlumsofLima,Peru.EDRA43Seattle,EmergentPlaceMaking,Proceedingsofthe43rdAnnualConferenceoftheEnvironmentalDesignAssociation.Seattle.May30-June2,2012.pp.189.
2011 Winterbottom,Daniel,BenSpencerandDavidWatts.2011.BridgingCultures/Building
Communities:Landmines+Sweat+Tears=Questions.ErasingBoundaries2ndNationalSymposium:EducatingattheBoundaries,CommunityMatters.HunterCollege.NewYork,NY.April29-30,2011.pp.25.(panel,co-author)
2010 Spencer,Ben.2010.Design,EcologyandHealthinLomasdeZapallal.LandscapeLegacy: LandscapeArchitectureBetweenArtandScience.CouncilofEducatorsinLandscape ArchitectureandInternationalStudyGrouponMultipleUsesofLandConference Proceedings.Maastricht,Netherlands.March11-14,2010.pp.56. Spencer,Ben.2010.Community-BasedCulturalHeritageTourismatHuacaVentarron. EDRA41PolicyandtheEnvironment.Proceedingsofthe41stAnnualConferenceofthe EnvironmentalDesignResearchAssociation.WashingtonD.C.June2-6,2010.pp. 147.Peer-reviewedPosterPresentations2013 Andrews,Leann,SusanBolton,SharaFeld,RekhaRavindran,FranciscaSalazar,Ben
SpencerandJoachimVoss(alphabetical).2013.“Gardens,GreenSpaceandHealthintheInformalUrbanSettlementsofLima,Peru.”GlobalWACh&PERLASymposium:GlobalHealthforWomen,ChildrenandAdolescents:MakingaDifferenceAcrosstheLifespan.Seattle.November7,2013.(equalauthorship)
2012 Yocom,Ken,BenSpencer,KevinBogleandVirginiaWerner.2012.“GreenSideUp:
AssessingthePerformanceofGreenRoofInfrastructureinthePugetSoundCascadiaRegion.”EDRA43Seattle,EmergentPlaceMaking.Seattle.May30-June2,2012.(secondauthor)
Bolton,Susan,BenSpencerandJoachimVoss.(alphabetical)2012.“DesigningBuildingandSustainingHealthyUrbanEnvironments.”9thAnnualWesternRegionalInternationalHealthConference:AtaCrossroads:ChoosingHiddenPathsinGlobalHealth.UniversityofWashington.Seattle.April27-29,2012.(equalauthorship)
2011 Bolton,Susan,JoachimVoss,BenitaBeamon,SooHyungKim,JoshLawler,CeliaLowe,
ScottMeschke,JulianOlden,LuanneThompson,JuddWalsonandBenSpencer.2011.“CriticalReviewofMetricsforAssessmentofHealthandEnvironmentalCo-benefitsfromAdaptationStrategiesinResponsetoClimateChange.”ConsortiumofUniversitiesforGlobalHealth.Montreal,Quebec,November13-15,2011.(equalauthorship)
2010 Beamon,Benita,SusanBoltonSooHyungKim,JoshLawler,CeliaLowe,ScottMeschke
JulianOlden,BenSpencer,LuanneThompson,JoachimVoss,JuddWalsonandDongshengZang(alphabetical).2010.“AdaptiveSolutionsforHumanHealthandtheEnvironment:JointGlobalHealth-EnvironmentFellows:Education,ResearchandServiceModelforthe21stCentury.”ConsortiumofUniversitiesforGlobalHealth2010AnnualMeeting.UniversityofWashington,Seattle.September20-21,2010.(equalauthorship).
2009 Gavazzi,Adine,IgnacioAlva,BenSpencer,StepahanieWascha,KeasaJones.2009.
“Ventarron:TheRiseandFallofCivilizationontheNorthernCoastofPeru.”49thAnnualMeetingoftheInstituteforAndeanStudies,UniversityofCalifornia,Berkley.BerkeleyCalifornia.January9-10,2009.(thirdauthor)
Peer-reviewedComments2008 Spencer,Ben.“FurtherResources.”CommentinSuarez,Pablo.2008.“ClimateRelated
Disasters,HumanitarianChallengesandReconstructionOpportunities.”PlacesJournal,20(2):67.
JournalArticles(nonpeer-reviewed)2009 Spencer,Ben.2009.“UpgradingSlumUpgrading.”Column5.v23:64-69.Self-publishedWorks(nonpeer-reviewed)2014-present Spencer,Ben.2014.“TheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative.”Website.Websiteto
disseminateinformationontheIUCI.www.be.washington.iuci/wp.
Spencer,Ben,SusanBoltonandJorgeAlarcon.2014.“InformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative,CommunidadEcologicaSaludable,GardensGreenSpaceandHealth.”film.FilmedandeditedWhiteNoiseProductions.ReleasedMarch12,2014.
Theses2004 Spencer,Ben.2004.LearningfromLaVega.MLA,MArchThesis.UniversityofVirginia
SchoolofArchitecture,Charlottesville,VA.1997 Spencer,Ben.1997.TheGlasgowSchoolofArtandtheNatureofSocietalEvolution:An
AnalysisoftheWorkandLegacyofCharlesRennieMackintosh.UndergraduateThesis.PrograminPoliticalandSocialThought.UniversityofVirginia,Charlottesville,VA.
InvitedPresentations|Panels2018 Invitedpresenter.“UniversityofWashington,KathmanduUniversityCollaboration/
InterActionNepal”UWNepalSymposiumApril18th,2018.
Invitedpresenter.“InterActionNepal”KathmanduUniversitySchoolofArts.January8th,2018.
Invitedpresenter.“InterActionNepal”TribhuvanUniversity,InstituteofEngineering.
January14th,2018. Invitedpresenter.“DesignDevelopmentNepal”KathmanduUniversitySchoolofArts.
August8th,2018
Invitedpresenter.“InformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative”TribhuvanUniversity,InstituteofEngineering.August,2018.
2017 Invitedpresenter.“FogWaterFarms”UniversityofWashingtonOfficeofExternal
Affairs,BusinessAdvisoryCouncilMeeting,May4,2016.2016 Invitedpresenter.“TheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative:PhnomPenh,Design
Activism,DigitalFabrication”RoyalUniversityofFineArts,PhnomPenh,March4,2016.2014 Invitedpresenter.“TheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative:CommunidadEcologica
Saludable,GardensGreenSpaceandHealth.”PublicInterestDesign-GlobalConference.EcoleSpéciald’Architecture,Paris,France,April18-19,2014.
Invitedpresenter.“TheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative:CommunidadEcologicaSaludable,SQWater.”StructuresforInclusion14,NewYork,NY,March22-23,2014.
2013 Invitedmoderator.“Evidence-basedDesignforHealth:fromCityscapetoIcescape.”
SeattleDesignFestival.Seattle,September16,2013. 2012 Inviteddiscussant.“SEED®,notLEED:MeasuringtheSocialImpactofDesign.”EDRA43
Seattle,EmergentPlaceMaking,Seattle,May30-June2,2012.WorkshoporganizedbyBryanBellandJeffreyHou.
Invitedpresenterbyproxy.“EscuelaEcologicaSaludable:ParquePrimariaPitagoras.”StructuresforInclusion12,NewYork,NY.March23-25,2012.ProjectpresentedbyDanShaw,LeanneAndrewsandCocoAlarconduetobirthofchild.
2011 InvitedPresenter.“TheArchitect’sRoleinMitigatingPoverty.”InternationalArchitect
Encounter.AssocazioneCanova,Piedmont,Italy.June28,2011.2010 InvitedPresenter.“GuaduayElPaisajeCulturaldeVentarron.”UniversidadCatolicade
SantoToribiodeMogrovejo,Chiclayo,Peru.August24,2010.
InvitedPresenter.“GuaduayElPaisajeCulturaldeVentarron.”UniversidaddeSanMartindePorres,Chiclayo,Peru.August27,2010.
InvitedPresenter.“ArchitectsWithoutBorders-Seattle/DisasterRecoveryinHaiti.”HelpingHaiti-Designers4Haiti,UniversityofWashington.Seattle.April19,2010.
Exhibitions2017 Spencer,BenandtheIUCIteam.“FogWaterFarms”MuseumofLondon.CityNow/City
FutureExhibition/Season.May2017-April2018.2012 Spencer,Ben,SusanBolton,JorgeAlarcon,LeannAndrewsandDanShaw.“Escuela
EcologicaSaludableInitiative.”StructuresforInclusion12:People’sChoiceExhibit.UniversityofTexasatAustin,Austin,TX.March24,2012.(equalauthorship)
Spencer,Ben,SusanBoltonandJorgeAlarcon.“EscuelaEcologicaSaludable:ParquePrimariaPitagoras.”EDRA43SeattleEmergentPlacemaking.GreatPlacesAwardsExhibit.Seattle.May30-June2,2012.(equalauthorship)
Spencer,Ben,SusanBoltonandLeannAndrews.“EscuelaEcologicaSaludable.”VideosegmentproducedbytheDepartmentofGlobalHealthandtheProductionNetwork.PathwaystoGlobalHealthExhibit.TheNextFifty.SeattleCenter,Seattle.July2-August19,2012.(equalauthorship)
2010 Spencer,Ben.“LomasdeZapallal,PuentePiedra:HealthEcologyandtheBuilt
EnvironmentinthePueblosJovenesofLima,Peru.”UniversityofWashingtonDepartmentofGlobalHealthOpenHouse.Seattle.May27,2010.
2009 Spencer,Ben,StephanieWaschaandKeasaJones.“HuacaVentarron.”Designinthe
PublicInterestMakingChangeExhibition.SeattleAIA.Seattle.March17-April282009.(equalauthorship)
2007 Spencer,Ben.“VenilaleCommunityCenter.”InternationalBambooBuildingDesign
Competition,VisionaryTreehouseandBambooDesignsforEcologicalLivingTravellingExhibition.VenuesincludeKunsthochshuleKassel,Kassel,Germany,SociedadColombianadeArquitectosSCA,Bogota,Columbia,Lima,Peru,InternationalBambooandRattanExhibition,Guangzhou,ChinaandTheGreatHallofthePeople,Beijing,China.2007-2008.(designerwithgraphicssupportformBrianGerich)
2004 Quale,John,BenSpencer,BrianShields,MeriTepperandJenShields.“ecoADD-ONS.”
InternationalContemporaryFurnitureFair,Raw:TheNextGenerationExhibition.JacobK.JavitsConventionCenterNewYork.May15-17,2004.(student/contributedlayeredblindsconcept)
2003 Spencer,BenandBrianGerich.“Wearhouse.”HOMEHouseProjectTravelingExhibition. VenuesincludeContemporaryArtMuseumofVirginia,Baltimore’sCenterforVisualArt andCulture,Atlanta’sMuseumofDesign,WeismanMuseuminMinneapolis.2003- 2006.(equalauthorship)
Spencer,BenandBrianGerich.“Wearhouse.”HOMEHouseProjectExhibition.SoutheasternCenterforContemporaryArt.Winston-Salem,NC.May-July,2003.(equalauthorship)
DocumentariesandProfiles(byothers)forthcoming “ProfilesofDesignandPlanningProfessionalsinUniversityandCommunityPractice”.
Interviewandrevisions.MallikaBoseandPaulaHorrigan.2015and2016.ResearchonpersonalhistoryasadesignactivistandcurrentworkaspartoftheInformalUrbanCommunitiesforeventualpublicationinabookorotherformat.
2013 “ClimateofChange-FogHarvesting.”2013.DianeDuthweiler.UWTV,UW360.3:35.
ReleasedOctober25,2013.DocumentaryfilmontheSQWater:FogCollectionprojectinprogress.Previouslyreleasedas“MakingFog”,April7,2013.(principalinvestigator)
2012 “SEEDocs:EscuelaEcologica.”2012.TheUpTake.SponsoredbytheSEEDNetwork.9:54.
ReleasedOctober25,2012.FilmdocumentingtheEscuelaEcologicaSaludableandincludingfootageofconstructionandinterviewsduringon-siteactivitiesinLomasdeZapallalinAugustof2012.(projectlead)
“ThePuentePiedraProject.”2011.FilmedbyJebWyman,editedbySam
Bender.5:46.ReleasedMarch7,2012.DocumentaryfilmincludingfootageoftheconstructionofthePitagorasPrimarySchoolParkandinterviewswithstudentsparticipatinginthe2011ExplorationSeminar.(projectlead)
PublishedProjects2015 “CommunidadEcologicaSaludable,Gardens,GreenSpaceandHealth.”Casestudyin: Abendroth,LisaM.andBryanBell(Eds.)PublicInterestDesignPracticeGuidebook:SEED
Methodology,CaseStudiesandCriticalIssues.2015.Routledge.(principalinvestigator)2014 “SQWater:FogCollection.”Referencedin:CarlosAngelSanchezRecio,ZakiAhmadand TonyF.Diego.“NanotechnologyinPassiveAtmosphericWaterCapture.”DavidE. Reisner,T.Pradeep(Eds.).2014.Aquananotechnology:GlobalProspects.CRCPress, BocaRaton.(principalinvestigator)2011 “VenilaleCommunityCenter.”Competitionentryin:DavidGreenbergandRobert
Hendrickson(Eds.).2011.BambooArchitectureinCompetitionandExhibition.RonoreEnterprises,Hawaii.Bookadaptedfrompreviouspublication,VisionaryBambooDesignsforEcologicalLiving.(designerwithgraphicssupportformBrianGerich)
“CentralChemicalFarm.”Studentprojectin:DanielBluestone.2011.Buildings,Landscapes,andMemory:CaseStudiesinHistoricPreservation.W.W.NortonandCo.,NewYork.Textadaptedfrompreviouspublication“ToxicSitesasPlacesofCultureandMemoryAdaptiveManagementforCitizenship.”(studentdesigner)
2010 “BenSpencer,VenilaleMeetingHall,Baucau,EastTimor.”Casestudyin:Geoffrey
Makstutis.2010.Architecture:AnIntroduction.LaurenceKingPublishers,London.(designer)
2009 “TrojanGoat.”and“SolarLuminaire.”studentprojectsin:JacaboKrauel(Ed.).2009.
SustainableHomes.LinksInternational,Barcelona.(student/co-designer/builderwithUVaSolarDecathlonteam)
2008 “Core.”99KHouseCompetitionwinningprojectin:NonyaGranader.2008.99kHouse
Competition.RDA/AIA,Houston.(co-designerwithHybrid/ORA)2007 “CentralChemicalFarm.”Studentprojectinbookchapter:DanielBluestone.“ToxicSites asPlacesofCultureandMemoryAdaptiveManagementforCitizenship,”inGreggP. MaceyandJonathanZ.Cannon(Eds.).2007.ReclaimingtheLand;RethinkingSuperfund Institutions,MethodsandPractices.Springer,NewYork.(studentdesigner)
“VenilaleCommunityCenter.”Competitionentryin:ShyamPaudel,DavidGreenbergandRobertHenrickson.2007.VisionaryBambooDesignsforEcologicalLiving.INBAR,BlueMoonFoundation,IFAD,Beijing.(designerwithgraphicssupportformBrianGerich)
2006 “TrojanGoat.”and“SolarLuminaire.”Studentprojectsin:JohnQuale.2006.Trojan
Goat:ASelfSufficientHouse.UniversityPressofVirginia,Charlottesville.(student/co-designer/builderwithUVaSolarDecathlonteam)
2005 “Wearhouse.”HomeHouseProjectCompetitiondesignin:SteveBadanes,David
J.Brown,BenNicholson,andMichaelSorkin.2005.HomeHouseProject,TheFutureofAffordableHousing.TheMITPress,Boston,Mass.(co-designerwithBrianGerich)
SelectedReferencesinPress2017 “TheFogCatchers”NewYorkTimes.Daily360.March3,2017.360degreevideoofthe
FogWaterFarmsproject2017 “Lima’sHealthGardens:InformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative”BBCHealthCheck.
February15,2017.RadiobroadcastontheFogWaterFarmsproject.2016 “ASeatintheStreet”TimothySchuler.LandscapeArchitectureMagazine.December
2016,Vol.106.No.12.21-22.ArticleontheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiativePocketStreet|Parkproject.
2016 “PocketStreet|Parkproject”TV3,PhnomPenhCambodia.May13,2016.Television
broadcastoftheopeningoftheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiativePocketStreet|Parkproject.
2015 “IntheMidstofDrought,WhyNotHarvestWaterfromtheAir?”AllThingsConsidered,
NationalPublicRadio.May11,2015.RadiointerviewonfogcollectionasapotentialwaterresourceinCalifornia.
2014 “ASLAStudentAwards,StudentCollaborationHonorAward,GardensGreenSpaceand
HealthinEliseoCollazos,Lima,Peru.”LandscapeArchitectureMagazine,October2014,Vol104.No10.84.MagazinearticleontheGardensGreenSpaceandHealthprojectasanASLAawardwinner.
“ProjectSeedsFutureofDesolatePeruCommunity.”BobbiNodell.UWToday.March 31,2014.ArticleonIUCI,GardensGreenSpaceandHealthProject.
“SEEDAwardwinnersforExcellenceinPublicInterestDesign.”Bustler.net.Feb1st,2014.OnlinearticleannouncingCommunidadEcologicaSaludableasa2014SEEDAwardwinner.
“KnowaGreatPlace?”TheDirt,ASLA.JaredGreen.January16,2014.OnlinearticlereferringtoEscuelaEcologicaSaludableasaninnovativeresearchprojectthatwonthe2012EDRAAward.
“SEEDAwardwinnersforExcellenceinPublicInterestDesign.”JustineTetado,ArchinectNews.Jan31,2014.OnlinearticleannouncingCommunidadEcologicaSaludableasa2014SEEDAwardwinner.
“2014SEEDAwardWinnersAnnounced.”PublicInterestDesign.org.January23rd,2014
OnlinearticleannouncingCommunidadEcologicaSaludableasa2014SEEDAwardwinner.
2013 “SixProjectsSelectedasPublicInterestDesignGlobalAwardWinners.”RoryStott.Arch
Daily.Dec.20th,2013.OnlinearticleannouncingofCommunidadEcologicaSaludableasa2014PIDGlobalwinner.
“StanfordUniversityWinsASCESustainableDevelopmentAwardatEPACompetition.”
DougScott.ASCENews.April22,2013.ArticleannouncingthattheUniversityofWashington’s“SQWater:FogCollection”projectreceivedthe2ndPlaceASCESustainableDevelopmentAward.
“UWprojectseekstoharvestfogforirrigation.”SandiDoughton.SeattleTimes.March15,2013.FrontpagearticleontheSQWater:FogCollectionproject.
“UWstudentscreate,harvestfogincampus“hoophouse.”SandraHines.UWToday. March18,2013.ArticleontheSQWater:FogCollectionproject.
“UWteamharvestsfogfornationalcompetition.”UWDaily.AmyBusch.April4th,2013.ArticleontheSQWater:FogCollectionproject.
2012 “ASLAStudentAwards,CommunityServiceHonorAward,EscuelaEcologicaSaludable Intitiative.”LandscapeArchitectureMagazine,September2012,Vol102.No9.86.
MagazinearticleontheEscuelaEcologicaSaludable:ParquePrimariaPitagorasProjectasanASLAawardwinner.
“TheLatestSEEDoc:EscuelaEcológicainLima,Peru.”VanessaQuirk.ArchDaily.Oct.
25th,2012.Onlinearticleannouncingthereleaseofadocumentaryfilmonthe“EscuelaEcologicaSaludable:ParquePrimariaPitagoras”project.
“TwoprojectsintheDepartmentofLandscapeArchitecturewinnationalawards.”CatherineODonell.UWToday.June20,2012.ArticleannouncingEscuelaEcologica
Saludable:ParquePrimariaPitagoras’receiptofthe2012EDRAGreatPlacesDesignAward.
“SFI12:DesignisRelational.”DailyDesignIdea.GiselaGarrett.April8th2012.BlogprovidinganoverviewofthepresentationofEscuelaEcologicaSaludableattheSFI12conference.
“APeruvianslumgetsamassivegreenmakeover.”JeffHodson.UWToday.February
13th,2012.Articleonthe“EscuelaEcologicaSaludable:ParquePrimariaPitagorasproject.
2010 “Tacklingnewterrain:climatechangeandglobalhealth.”EmilyLee.UWToday. December8th,2010.ArticleontheGlobalHealthandEnvironmentFellows.
“Bigturn-outforlaunchofglobalhealthcollaborationinLatinAmerica.”LeilaGray.UWToday.November30th,2010.Articlediscussing2010activitiesinLomasdeZapallal.
“UWteambringsrooftopgardentocampusgreenhouse.”ErinFlemming.UWDaily.April19th,2010.ArticleonthegreenroofconstructedattheUWbotanygreenhouseaspartofthePugetSoundGreenRoofStudyandDemonstrationProject.
“Bringingcreativitytothebanal:Studentscreatebenchestailoredtotheircampussites.”CatherineO’Donell.UWToday.January7,2010.ArticleonthebenchesstudentsdesignedandbuiltduringtheLARC332Materials,MakingLandscapeArchitectureclass.
2009 “DesignerProfile,BenSpencer.”JuliaLevitt.ForumMagazine.AIASeattle,Vol.1,No.3, Winter,2008/09.ArticlediscussingworkinEastTimorasaPeaceCorpsVolunteerand AWB-Seattleprojects.2008 “The$99,000Question,CananEcosensitiveHousebeAffordable?”LisaGray.Houston Chronicle.September2,2008.ArticleonHybrid/ORA’swinningsubmissiontothe 99KHouseCompetition. “GreenDesignonaDimeinSeattle?”ShawnaGamache.SeattleDailyJournalof Commerce.April28,2008.ArticleonHybrid/ORA’swinningsubmissiontothe 99KHouseCompetition2007 “AffordableHousingMayComeFactoryBuilt.”AubreyCohen.SeattlePost-intelligencer, October11,2007.ArticleonHybrid’sInHabitatproject. “Web2.0GoestoWork.”JesseScanlon.BusinessWeek.com,July9,2007.Articleonthe
OpenArchitectureNetworkwebsitefeaturingVenilaleprojects.2002 “Scatterings:StudentsShedLightonSolarBasedLiving”KimDouglas.Opticsand
PhotonicsNews.Vol13No12,December2002.ArticleontheSolarLuminairedevelopedincollaborationwithOakRidgeNationalLaboratoriesaspartofthe2002SolarDecathlon.
SelectedDesign|ConstructionProjects
2013 KennebagoCabin.KennebagoLake,Maine.Designandconstructionadministrationto convertanopenwoodshedintoawinterizedcabin.(designer)2008-2009 99KHouse.Houston,TX.HybridArchitectureandORA.Lowcostsustainablesingle
familyhouseinHouston,TX,constructedbasedon99kHouseCompetitionwinningdesign.(co-designer)
2007-2008 RemingtonCourtTownhouses.Seattle.HybridArchitecture.Fourunitsustainable
townhousedevelopmentinsouthCapitalHillneighborhood.(co-designerandconstructionadministratorduringinitialconstructionphases)
InHabitatPrefab.Seattle.HybridArchitectureandMithunArchitects.Prefabricatedmodularaffordableurbanhousingprototype.(co-designer)
3n2Mod.Seattle.unbuilt.HybridArchitectureandMithunArchitects.Fourstory
modularlyconstructedapartmentprojectinSeattle,WA.(co-designer)LandryTownhomes.Seattle.HybridArchitecture.unbuilt.Sevenunittownhouseprojectusingcostcompetitivepre-engineeredsteelframedconstruction.(co-designer)
2005-2006 VenilaleWomen’sCenter.Venilale,EastTimor.unbuilt.PeaceCorpsEastTimor. HeadquartersfortheVenilaleWomen”sAssociationwithbambooroofstructureand
hybridcookstove/earth-cooledpantry.(designer/communitydevelopmentvolunteer)Projecttabledduetocivilunrest.
VenilaleMeetingHall/CommunityCenter.Venilale,EastTimor.PeaceCorpsEastTimor.Subdistrictmeetinghalloriginallydesignedwithpreservedbambootimber.(designer/communitydevelopmentvolunteer)Constructiondelayed,budgetreducedanddesignmodifiedduetocivilunrest.CentruAuVicoza.Venilale,EastTimor.partiallybuilt.PeaceCorpsEastTimor.Bamboopreservationfacility.(designer/communitydevelopmentvolunteer)Constructionunderway,thentabledduetocivilunrest.ResidenciaVicoza.Venilale,EastTimor.unbuilt.PeaceCorpsEastTimorincollaborationwithDalanEngineering.RenovationofanhistoricPortugueseresidenceasaneco-tourismheadquarters,guesthouseandproductivegarden.(designer/communitydevelopmentvolunteer)Constructionimminent,thentabledduetocivilunrest.
VenilaleMasterplan.Venilale,EastTimor.PeaceCorpsEastTimor.Regionalmasterplanaimedatspurringeconomicgrowth,improvinghealthandrevitalizingecosystemsdevelopedincollaborationwiththeVenilalesub-districtadministration,villagechiefsandcommunityrepresentatives.(designer/communitydevelopmentvolunteer)
2004 ParalignShadingSystem.Designandprototypefabricationofnewcategoryofwindowblindsthatallowsusertomanipulatethepenetrationoflightandviewthroughthewindowasindependentvariables.(inventor)
2003 SarahHeinzHouseBoysandGirlsClub.Pittsburg,PA.WilliamMcDonoughandPartners
incollaborationwithSiteWorksStudio.ConceptualdesignofbuildingadditionandlandscapeattheSaraHeinzHouseBoysandGirlsClub.(interndesigner)
2002 AtlantaInternationalMuseumExhibition.Atlanta,GA.WilliamMcDonoughand
Partners.GraphicdesignforanexhibitionofWilliamMcDonoughandPartnerswork.(interndesigner)
TrojanGoat.Washington,D.C.,Charlottesville,VA.UVaSolarDecathlonTeam
Sustainablehousedesignedandconstructedforthe2002DepartmentofEnergySolarDecathlon.(student/co-designer/builder/teammember)
SolarLuminaire.Washington,D.C.,Charlottesville,VA.Lightingsystemthatutilizesaparabolicmirrorthattracksthesunandchannelssunlightthroughfiber-opticcablestolightinteriorspacesdevelopedincollaborationwithOakRidgeNationalLaboratoriesforthe2002SolarDecathlon.(student/co-designer/fabricator)
2001 DesignforDisassemblyRebarStructuralSystem.Austin,TX.TheCenterfor MaximumPotentialBuildingSystems.Kitofpartsrebarstructuralsystemthatiseasily disassembledandadaptedtonewuses.(inventor/interndesigner)1998-1999 PacificaInn.Seattle.RenovationContractors.Conversionofanhistoricresidencein
Seattleintoabedandbreakfast.(constructionprojectmanager)
OlympusHotel.Tacoma,WA.RenovationContractors.RenovationofanhistorichotelindowntownTacoma.(assistantconstructionprojectmanager)
1997-1998 PetworthMetroStation.Washington,D.C.ClarkConstruction.ConstructionofanI.M.
PeidesignedWashingtonD.C.Metro(subway)station.Workinvolvinginteriorstationplatforms,entrystairsandexteriorgrading,sidewalksandstreets.(fieldengineer/surveyor)
Patents|PatentApplications2013 FogCollectionandIrrigationSystem.ProvisionalPatentApplicationNo.61/765,569.
Applicationdate:February15,2013.(co-inventor)2005 LayeredBlinds.UnitedStatesPatentNo.US7,537,041B2,Applicationdate:November
18,2005.Issuedate:May26th,2009.Continuationissuedate:May13,2014(inventor)2004 LayeredBlinds.ProvisionalPatentApplicationNo.60/637,247.Applicationdate: November24,2004.(inventor)_____________________________________________________________________________________
4.TEACHINGTeachingAssignments(2013-2017)
Quarter Course# Title Credits Role.
Autumn 441 DigitalMediaII 3.0 PrimaryInstructor 332 Materials,Making,LA 3.0(prev.4.0) PrimaryInstructor
Winter 502 DesignActivismStudio 6.0 PrimaryInstructor 433 DesignImplementation3.0(prev.6.0) Instructor/Advisor 440 DigitalMediaI 3.0 OverseeContent/TA
702A MLACapstoneI 6.0 PrimaryInstructor Spring 503 McKinleyFutures 6.0 Co-instructor 503/495 DACambodia 12.0 PrimaryInstructor 702B MLACapstoneII 6.0 PrimaryInstructor
Pre-Autumn N/A DigitalPre-orientation 0.0 AdvisoronContentCoursesTaughtDigitalMedia DigitalOrientation(0).Pre-Autumn2012-2015,2017.Digitalorientationfor incomingstudentsintroducingbasicsoffilemanagement,digitalgraphicsand3D modeling.Coursecontentupdatedonayearlybasis.(advisoroncoursecontect)
LARC440-DigitalMediaI(3).Winter2009-2015.LandscapecomputingclasswithanemphasisondigitalgraphicsCADdraftingand3Dmodeling.Coursecontentupdatedonayearlybasisandsignificantlyalteredin2013toreflectemergingtrendsindigitalmediaandchangesinthedigitalcurriculumasawhole.(primaryinstructor,2010),(instructor,muchofcoursetaughtbyateachingassistant2009,2011-2012)(coordination/advisortolecturersorteachingassistants,2013-2015,2017).
LARC441-DigitalMediaII(3).Autumn2008-2015,2017-2018.ComputingclassfocusingonadvancedcomputerapplicationsinLandscapeArchitectureincluding3Dsolidsmodeling,digitalterrainmodeling,parametricmodeling,digitalfabrication,animationandenvironmentalanalysis.Coursecontentand/orsoftwareupdatedonayearlybasisandsignificantlyalteredin4ofthe7yearstaughtinresponsetoprofessional/faculty/studentfeedback,emergingtrendsindigitalmediaandchangesinthedigitalcurriculumasawhole.(instructor)
Construction
LARC331-SiteGradingandDrainage(4).Spring2009.Coreclassinsiteengineeringintegratingthedesignandtechnicalaspectsofgradinganddrainage.(co-instructorwithLuanneSmith).
LARC332-Materials,Making,LandscapeArchitecture(3).Autumn2008-2010,2012-2015,2017-2018.Corematerialsclassfocusingonhands-onmaking,material
assembliesandtheenvironmentalandsocialethicsofmaterialselection,constructionanduse.Coursecontentand/orassignmentsregularlyupdatedinresponsetochangesinco-instructors,classsizeandcreditsandsoastooptimizethebalanceoflecture,siteandshop-basedlearning.Autumn(co-instructorwithDanielWinterbottom,2008-2009,4credits)(co-instructorwithKimoGriggs,2010,4credits),(instructor,2012,4credits),(instructor,2013-2015,2017-2018,3credits).
LARC433-DesignImplementation(3).Spring2011,2013,winter2014.Classfocusingonlargescalelandscapeconstructionprocessesandconstructiondocumentationincludingdrawingsandspecifications.Coursecontentand/orassignmentsupdatedeachyeartaughtandsignificantlyalteredin2014toaccommodatechangeto3credits.(co-instructorwithJulieParrett,2011,2013,6credits),(instructor,2014,3credits)
DesignStudio LARC302-SiteDesignintheUrbanContext(6).Winter2009.Firstyeardesignstudio withemphasisonurbansystems,modelbuildinganddesignprocess.(co-instructorwith LuanneSmith).
LARC502/503-DesignActivismStudio(6).Winter2011-2015.StudiobasedinLomas deZapallal,anurbansluminLima,Peruintroducingstudentstothechallengesof urbanizationindevelopingcountriesanddesignindevelopingurbancontexts.Course
contentupdatedonayearlybasistoaddressdifferentsitesandthemesandsignificantlyalteredin2013and2015toaccommodatetheEPAP3andEnvironmentalInnovationChallengeCompetitions.(instructor)
LARC503/ARCH504–McKinleyFuturesStudio(6).Spring2015.InterdisciplinaryStudio focusingonprojectivedesignthatrepondstoclimatechangeimpactsandhuman migrationinsistersitesontheLARiver/LosAngelesPortandSeattle’sInterbay neighborhood(co-instructorwithDaveMiller)
BE598-BELab-ConstructedFrontiers(6).Spring2010.InterdisciplinaryBELabstudioexploringtheintersectionofecology,industry,environmentaljusticeandtheremediationoftheDuwamishWaterwaySuperfundsite.(co-instructorwithBrianGerichandSusanJones)
LARC702A/B–MLACapstoneStudio(12).Winter/Spring2017-2018.2018Capstone StudioclocatedinKathmanduandSeattle,focusingoncommunitydrivendesigninthe urbanslum,Hyumat,Kathmandu.2017Capstonestudiofocusingontheintersectionof LandscapeArchitecture,UrbanAgricultureandMakingincollaborationwithSeattle TilthatRainierBeachUrbanFarmandWetlands.On-SiteServiceLearning
LARC495/ESRM489-InternationalExplorationSeminars,Summer,EarlyFallandSpringSessionStudyAbroadProgramsandIndependentStudyinLima,Peru,PhnomPenh,CambodiaandKathmandu,Nepal(5-15).Summer/EarlyAutumn/Spring2010-
2018.On-siteservicelearning,design/buildprogramtoexplorethelinksbetweenenvironment,health,povertyandurbanizationandundertakemodestdesigninterventionsincollaborationwithcommunitymembersinLomasdeZapallal,Lima,Peru,PongroSenchey,PhnomPenhCambodiaandHyumat,KathmanduNepal.Coursecontentalteredonayearlybasisbasedonprojectsiteandcommunityprioritiesandconstraints.(co-instructorinPeruwithSusanBolton,RobertLimanekinCambodiaandDavidCitrin,LaureHeland,BrianGerichandSabinNiglekhuinNepal)
Seminars
LARC498-FogCollectionSeminarI(2).Autumn2012.Interdisciplinaryseminarfocusedonresearchingfogcollectionsystemsandprototypes.(instructor,withsomesupportfromSusanBolton)
LARC598/BSE490-FogCollectionSeminarII(3).Winter2013.Interdisciplinaryseminarfocusedonthedevelopmentandconstructionoffogcollectionsystemsandprototypes.Taughtinconjunctionwiththe2013DesignActivismStudio.(co-instructorwithSusanBoltonandSharaFeld).
LARC598-LivingMachines(3).Fall2009.ClassexploringwaterissuesinthePacificNWconstructedwetlandsandlivingmachinetechnology.(supportiverolewithco-instructorsKenYocomandDeanHeerwagen)
ThesisCommittees2018 Perception+Precision:AnExploratoryProcess-
TowardsGenerativeSiteAnalysis.JackAlderman,MLA(committeemember)ReverberatingSystems:ShiftingtheFrameworkofanAlpineMosaic,GinaChristofonelli,MLAandMargotChalmers,MLA.(committeechair)
2017 “Abandoned:VacantPublicLand,EnvironmentalJustice,andTemporarySolutionsin SouthPark”MartaOlson,MLA
“TactileMapTile:WorkingTowardsInclusiveCartography”JessHamilton,MLA(committeemember)
2016 “ThePowerofParticipation:DefiningSuccessforacommunitybuildinPongroSenchey, anurbanpoorsettlementinPhnomPenhCambodia”GraysonMorris,MLA(committee chair) “ExploringRelationshipsbetweenVector-BoneDiseasesandLandscapeArchitecture: Aedesspp.andLandscapeArchitecture”CocoAlarcon,MLA(committeechair)2015 “Rootbound:ExploringValueandProductioninSeattle’sUrbanForest.”ScottBoetjer, MLA(committeechair) “FreshHillBehind:DesigningActivitiesThroughLearningFood.”HirokiBaba,
MLA(committeemember) “UrbanLivingRoom:TransitStationPlazaDesignfortheHomeless.”NikkyZhang, MLA(committeemember) “AugmentingSocialandSpatialCognition:IntegrativeAnalysisProcessesforSan Francisco’sBayviewDistrict.”ErikMurillo,MLA,MUP.(committeechair)2014 “OasisofResilience:HealingandEmpoweringSyrianChildreninZa’atarirefugeecamp.”
MaldaTakiedienne,MLA.(committeemember)2013 “LandscapeofExperimentation:PioneeringandSuccessiononHarborIsland.”Taj Hanson,MLA.(committeechair) “DesigningforGenderEqualityintheDevelopingContext:DevelopingaGender- IntegratedDesignProcesstoSupportDesigners’Seeing,ProcessandSpaceMaking.” GingerDaniels,MLA.(committeemember)
“TheBenefitsofBackyardGardeninginLomasdeZapallal.”(DGHCapstone).LeanneAndrews,MLA/CertificateinGlobalHealth.(committeechair)
“DesignToolsforWaterSecurityintheIndianHimalayas.”DeliaLacson,MLA.(committeechair)
2012 “ReinventingtheSpaceinBetween:UrbanLilongCommunityDesigninNorth SichuanRoad,Shanghai.”TianwenZhou,MLA.(committeemember)2011 “OpensourceLandscape:TranslatingAlleysintoInformationSyntaxintheUrban Environment.”JenniferKempson,MLA.(committeechair) “FromtheGroundUp:TheOn-goingInvestigationofaSeattleGreenRoof.”David Bramer,MLA.(committeemember)
“ReclaimingStormwater,TransformingWaterfronts.”LeslieBatten,MLA.(committee member) 2010 “FacilitatingFlux:LandscapeasCoastalInfrastructure.”VictoriaHalligan,MLA.
(committeemember)
“UrbanInterchange:ExploringtheLandscapeVoid.”RoenHohlfeld,MLA.(committee member)
“WholeSystemDesignfortheOldRainerBreweryTurnedArtistCommunity:Cultivating Food,Culture,andCommunitythroughaRe-designoftheRooftopNetwork.”Selina Hunstiger,MLA.(committeemember)
“ArmatureUrbanism:TrailDesignintheContoursofMetropolitanInfrastructure.” HeideMartin,MLA.(committeemember)2009 “RisingAbovetheValley:APortraitofPossibilitiesforProductiveUrbanLandscapeson theRooftopsofGuanajuato,Mexico.”RiisaConklin,MLA.(committeemember)
“(Re)constructingtheOrphanageLandscape:AnEcologicalDesignFrameworkforShalomChildren’sHomeinSouthernIndia,”SzuYuHuang,MLA.(committeechair)
“SustainableDesigninColdClimates:Re-designingthePedestrianStreetwith SustainableSolutions”MeritLesta.MLA.(committeemember)DissertationCommittees2014-2015 “HealthImpactAssessmentintheDuwamishWatershed.”JonathanChilders,Ph.D. PrograminBuiltEnvironments.(committeemember)2012-2014 “Multi-disciplinaryapproachtoAddressWaterScarcityinInformalSettlementsinLima, Peru:FogWaterCollection,TheFogResourceandtheHealthContext.”SharaFeld,Ph.D. PrograminCivilandEnvironmentalEngineering.(committeemember)
“NeighborhoodNetworksandTheirLinkedSocialEnvironments;ACaseStudyinLakeCity(Seattle),Washington.”AmberTrout,Ph.D.PrograminBuiltEnvironments.(committeemember)
NationalandInternationalAwardsforTeaching2014 CELAAwardofExcellenceinServiceLearning,JuniorLevel.CouncilofEducatorsin LandscapeArchitecture,International,0-1awardsannually.Forcareerachievementin servicelearningeducationamongstfacultywith3-10yearsofteachingexperience.NationalandInternationalAwardsforStudentWork2017 NationalASLAStudentCommunicationsDesignHonorAward.AmericanSocietyof LandscapeArchitects.National,0-1AwardofExcellenceand2Honorawards
annually.ForTactileMapTile:WorkingtowardsInclusiveCartography’.JessHamilton.(thesisadvisor)
2017 NationalOlmstedScholar.LandscapeArchitectureFoundation.National,1
OlmstedScholarannually.DavidDelaCruz.(InstructorduringIUCIstudyabroadprogramsinLima,PeruandPhnomPenh,Cambodia,co-authoroffacultysupportletter)
2016 NationalASLAStudentResidentialDesignAwardofExcellence.AmericanSocietyof LandscapeArchitects.National,0-1AwardofExcellenceand2-3Honorawards
annually,atotalof21ASLAstudentawardsselectedfromover500entriesfrom77schools.ForResidentialGardensasaHealthStrategyinImpoverishedCommunitiesinDevelopingCountries:ACaseStudyinIquitos,Peru.JorgeAlarcon.(thesischair)
2016 NationalOlmstedScholarFinalist.LandscapeArchitectureFoundation.National,1
OlmstedScholarand3finalistsannually.JorgeAlarcon.(IUCIcollaborator,instructorforLARC503MckinleyFuturesStudio,teachingsupervisorforLARC433DesignImplementation,thesischair,co-authoroffacultysupportletter)
2014 NationalASLAStudentCollaborationHonorAward.AmericanSocietyof LandscapeArchitects.National,0-1AwardofExcellenceand2-3Honorawards
annually,atotalof21ASLAstudentawardsselectedfromover500entriesfrom77schools.ForGardensGreenSpaceandHealth.BrookeAlford,LeanneAndrews,SharaFeld,GaynaNakajo,RehkaRavindran,FranciscaSalazar(students),BenSpencer(primaryfacultyadvisor),SusanBolton(facultyadvisor),JoachimVoss(facultyadvisor),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator).
NationalOlmstedScholarFinalist.LandscapeArchitectureFoundation.National,1OlmstedScholarand3finalistsannually.Vera-EveGiampietro.(criticalfacultyadvisor,instructorforLARC503DesignActivismStudioandEPAP3Competitionin2013,teachingsupervisorforLARC440DigitalMediaIin2012and2014,principalauthoroffacultysupportletter)
TheBest25Submissions.IFLAInternationalStudentLandscapeArchitectureDesignCompetition.International,morethan400submissions.ForOperativeInterventionsinEliseoCollazos.LARC502Studio.GuanyiGao.(instructorandcompetitionadvisor)
2013 EPAP3StudentChoiceAward.USEnvironmentalProtectionAgency.National,1award
annually.ForSQWater:FogCollection.Votedbestprojectatthe2013NationalSustainableDesignExpositionbystudentsonEPAP3Competitionfinalistteams.PeterCromwell,VeraGiampietro,SharaFeld,GaynaNakajo,studentsparticipatinginthe2012ExplorationSeminar,the2012and2013FogCollectionSeminarsandthe2013DesignActivismStudio,BenSpencer(primaryfacultyadvisor),SusanBolton(facultyadvisor)
NationalOlmstedScholar.LandscapeArchitectureFoundation.National,1awardannually.ConsideredthehighesthonoralandscapearchitecturestudentcanreceiveintheUnitedStates.LeannAndrews.$25,000prize.(criticalfacultyadvisor,instructorforLARC503DesignActivismStudioandLARC495ExplorationSeminarin2011andLARC498FogCollectionSeminarIin2012,chairofGlobalHealthcapstoneproject,madesignificantcontributionstofacultysupportletter)
2012 NationalASLAStudentCommunityServiceHonorAward.AmericanSocietyof LandscapeArchitects.National,typically0-1AwardofExcellenceand2Honorawards
annually.ForEscuelaEcologicaSaludable:ParquePrimariaPitagoras.JonathanJue,LeanneAndrews,DanShaw(students),BenSpencer(primaryfacultyadvisor),SusanBolton(facultyadvisor),JorgeAlarcon(on-sitecoordinator)
NationalOlmstedScholarFinalist.LandscapeArchitectureFoundation.National,1OlmstedScholarand3finalistsannually.TeraHatfield.(criticalfacultyadvisor,instructorforLARC440DigitalMediaI,LARC441DigitalMediaIIandLARC332Materials,MakingLandscapeArchitecturein2011andLARC503DesignActivismStudioin2012,contributedtofacultysupportletter)
2011 WaterfrontCenterAnnualHonorAwards,StudentAward.WaterfrontCenter.For
MLAThesis.ReclaimingStormwater/TransformingWaterfronts.LeslieBatten,MLA(committeemember)
RegionalAwardsforStudentWork2015 AlaskaAirlinesEnvironmentalInnovationChallengeFinalist.AlaskaAirlines.
PacificNorthwest,22finalistsselectedannuallyfromUniversitiesinthePacificNorthwest.ForGeopopCSSgeocellproductandbusinessplan.Studentsparticipatinginthe2015LARC502DesignactivismStudio(students),BenSpencer(facultyadvisor)
2014 AmericanSocietyofLandscapeArchitects,WashingtonChapter(WASLA)Honor Award.UrbanSeeSaw.LARC332.AimeeRozierandConnorMcGarry,BLA.(instructor)
WASLAHonorAward.CompostedLandscapes.LARC502Studio.PatrickPirtle,YuhanYang,MLA.(instructor)WASLAMeritAward.[Retain]Space.LARC502Studio.HirokiBaba,ThanakornWongphadungtham,MahshidGharibimarzancola,MLA.(instructor)WASLASpecialMention.SidewalkSpirograph.LARC332.AliMasterson,JamesDay,BLA.(instructor)WASLASpecialMention.OasisofResilience,HealingandEmpoweringSyrianChildren.MLAThesis.MaldaTakieddine,MLA.(committeemember)
2013 WASLAHonorAward.SQWater:FogCollection,SiteDesign.LARC503.BrookeAlford,BetsyAnderson,EricaBush,VeraEveGiampietro,JordanLewis,Yu-TingLin,andPhilipSyvertsen,MLA.(instructor)
WASLAMeritAward.SQWater:FogCollectionSystemandPrototypes.LARC503. BrookeAlford,BetsyAnderson,LeannAndrewset.al.,MLA.(instructor)
WASLAMeritAward.DesignToolsforWaterSecurityintheIndianHimalayas.MLA Thesis.DeliaLacson,MLA.(committeechair)
WASLAMeritAward.LandscapeofExperimentation:PioneeringandSuccessionon HarborIsland.MLAThesis.TajHanson,MLA.(committeechair)2011 WASLAHonorAward.MetabolicInfrastructure–CreatingtheFrameworktogrow,
maintainandrespondtotheenvironment–DuwamishRiver,Seattle,WA.BE598BELabStudio.JennyKempson,MLAandWeilanZhang,MArch.(co-instructor)
WASLAHonorAward.ConstructedFrontiers,DuwamishRiver,SouthParkBridge,Seattle,WA.BE598BELabStudio.BreanneGearhart,MLAandBetsyJacobson,MUP.(co-instructor)WASLAMeritAward.OpensourceLandscape-AlleysasInformationSyntax.MLA
Thesis.JennyKempson,MLA.(committeechair) WASLAMeritAward.ModularLandscapesEliseoCollazos.LARC503. JordanBell,EastonBranham,TeraHatfield,andDeliaLacson,MLA.(instructor)
2010 WASLAMeritAward.FrontPorchSwingforTerryHall.LARC332.LoriTang,Kristi Park,BrianMonwai,MLA.(co-instructor)2009 WASLAHonorAward.SoundingBoard:StartingtheConversationonTransit.LARC 302.JennyKempson,MLA.(co-instructor)
WASLAMeritAward.SiteDesigninUrbanContext.LARC302.JimmyMounivong,BLA.(co-instructor)
WASLAMeritAward.ModelofLitStairBench.LARC332.HeideMartin,MLA.(co-instructor)
InvitedLectures|PresentationsattheUniversityofWashington2017 Invitedpresenter.“TheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative:TheRolesofFacilitators
andCommunityMembers”UniversityofWashingtonCBEDesignActivistCollectiveSeminarSponsor:BrianMacClaren,ChairofArchitectureDepartment,April11,2017.
2015 Guestlecturer.“GardensGreenSpaceandHealth.”GH571.EssentialsofClinical CareandCapacityBuildinginLowIncomeCountriesSeminar.Sponsor:JoeZunt, AssociateProfessor,GlobalHealth.Winter,2015.2014 Invitedpanelist.“ConnectionsinProgress.”BEConnectedSymposium.Sponsor:BEPhD
Program.Spring2014.
Guestlecturer.ENGR202.“TheInformalUrbanCommunitiesInitiative.”EngineeringandSocialJusticeSeminar.Sponsor:DeanChahim,Lecturer.Engineering.Winter,2014.
Guestlecturer.“ComunidadEcologicaSaludable.”GH571.EssentialsofClinicalCareandCapacityBuildinginLowIncomeCountriesSeminar.Sponsor:JoeZunt,AssociateProfessorofGlobalHealth.Winter,2014.
2013 Guestlecturer.“GardensGreenSpaceandHealth.”LARC590.CapstoneSeminar.
Sponsor:JeffHou,AssociateProfessor,LandscapeArchitecture.Autumn,2013.
Guestlecturer.“SQWater.”GH500.GlobalHealthSeminar.Sponsor:SarahGimbell-Sherr,AssistantProfessor,GlobalHealth.Spring,2013.
Guestlecturer.“EscaleraSecundariaPitagoras.”GH571.EssentialsofClinicalCareandCapacityBuildinginLowIncomeCountriesSeminarSponsor:JoeZunt,AssociateProfessorofGlobalHealth.Winter,2013.
2012 Invitedpresenter.“WorkingWithoutBorders.”IncomingCBEStudentOrientation.
Sponsor:AbigailCrossen,AssistantDeanforCollegeAffairs,CollegeofBuiltEnvironments.Autumn,2012.
Guestlecturer.“EscuelaEcologicaSaludable.”LARC598.CityandSocialJusticeSeminar.Sponsor:LynneManzo,AssociateProfessor,LandscapeArchitecture.Spring2012.
Guestlecturer.“AtmosphericWater.”ESRM429.WaterSeminar.Sponsor:SusanBolton,Professor,EnvironmentalandForestSciences.Spring,2012.
Guestlecturer.“AtmosphericWater.”ENGR380.DesignforSustainabilityintheDevelopingWorldSeminarSponsor:SusanBolton,Professor,EnvironmentalandForestSciences.Spring,2012.
Guestlecturer.“EscuelaEcologicaSaludable.”LARC212.DesigningtheFutureSeminar.Sponsor:IainRobertson,AssociateProfessor,LandscapeArchitecture.Spring,2012.
Guestlecturer.“EscuelaEcologicaSaludable.”GH571.EssentialsofClinicalCareandCapacityBuildinginLowIncomeCountriesSeminarSponsor:JoeZunt,AssociateProfessor,GlobalHealth.Winter,2012.
2011 Guestlecturer.“VentarronMasterPlan.”LARC212.DesigningtheFutureSeminar. Sponsor:IainRobertsonandJulieJohnson,AssociateProfessors,Landscape Architecture.Spring,2011.
Guestlecturer.“SlumMaterials.”ARCH498.TraditionalBuildingMethods,NewAdaptationsSeminar.Sponsor:ElizabethGolden,AssistantProfessor,Architecture.Spring,2011.
Guestlecturer.“CaseStudiesinUrbanSlumTechnology.”GH571.EssentialsofClinicalCareandCapacityBuildinginLowIncomeCountriesSeminar.Sponsor:JoeZunt,AssociateProfessor,GlobalHealth.Winter,2011.
2010 Guestlecturer.“Urban/Rural”ESRM304.EnvironmentalandResourceAssessment
Seminar.Sponsor:SusanBolton,Professor,EnvironmentalandForestScience.Autumn,2010.
Guestlecturer.“ARCH-LARC,Why?II.”ARCH591.ArchitectureintheLandscapeSeminar.Sponsor:ThaisaWay,AssistantProfessor,LandscapeArchitecture.Spring,2010.
Guestlecturer.“Bamboo.”ARCH498.TraditionalBuildingMethods,NewAdaptationsSeminar.Sponsor:ElizabethGolden,Lecturer,Architecture.Spring,2010.
Guestlecturer.“ThinkVirally/BottomUp/TopDown.”GH571.EssentialsofClinicalCareandCapacityBuildinginLowIncomeCountriesSeminar.Sponsor:JoeZunt,AssociateProfessor,GlobalHealth.Winter,2010.
2009 Guestlecturer.“TipsfortheBuddingDesignActivist.”URBDP598J.SichuanBELabSeminar.Sponsor:DanAbramson,AssociateProfessor,UrbanDesignandPlanning.Spring,2009.
Guestlecturer.“ARCH-LARC,Why?I.”ARCH591.ArchitectureintheLandscapeSeminar.ThaisaWay,AssistantProfessor,LandscapeArchitecture.Spring,2009.
Guestlecturer.“ArchitectsWithoutBorders.”LARC571.DesignActivismSeminar.Sponsor:JeffHou,AssociateProfessor,LandscapeArchitecture.Winter,2009.
5.SERVICESelectedService|Department|College|UniversityDepartmentofLandscapeArchitecture2018 CommitteeMember.StudyAbroadAdvisoryCommittee.Contributedtoinitialdiscussion
ofcraftingdepartmentalpoliciesrelatedtosponsoredstudyabroadprograms2017 ActingChair.OversawLandscapeArchitectureDepartmentadministrationduringsix
weekfallquarterabsenceofdepartmentchair2017 FacultyAdvisor.DesignJusticeSeattle.Studentgroupdedicatedtopublicinterest DesigninSeattle.2016 Contributor.MLAAccreditationSelfEvaluationReport:Facilities,Equipmentand
Technologysection.2015 ActingGraduateProgramCoordinator.Oversawdepartment’sMLAprogramand
advisedmaster’sstudentsoncurricularandadministrativeissues.2014 Contributor.BLAAccreditationSelfEvaluationReport:Facilities,Equipmentand
Technologysection.2013-2017 Reviewer.MasterofLandscapeArchitectureadmissions. 2010 DesignerandFabricator.MLAaccreditationvisitfacultypublicationdisplaycaseand studentworkexhibitionkiosk.2009 CommitteeMember.LandscapeArchitectureDepartmentCurriculumCommittee.
2008-present LandscapeArchitectureDepartmentRepresentative.CollegeofBuiltEnvironmentsFabricationLaboratoryandFabricationLaboratory.
LandscapeArchitectureDepartmentRepresentative.CollegeofBuiltEnvironments DigitalFacilities.CollegeofBuiltEnvironments2018 LandscapeArchitectureDepartmentRepresentative.CBECollegeCouncil.2017-2018 CommitteeMember.CBECurriculumCommittee.Grouptaskedwithreviewingproposed curricularchangeswithintheCBE2017 CommitteeMember.CBEDiversityCommittee.Groupcomposedoffaculty,staffand studentsfocusedonpromotingdiversitywiththecollege.2011-2015 FacultyAdvisor.ArchitectsWithoutBorders-UWStudentChapter.Studentgroup dedicatedtopublicinterestdesign.Groupwastherecipientofthe2011Bernhard EndowedFund,organizedthe2012YouthCareStudioandcollaboratesintermittently withtheAWB-Seattleprofessionalchapter.2011-2012 CommitteeMember.CBEAdHocStrategicPlanningCommittee.Interdepartmental
committeetodevelopanactionablesetofalternativestoimprovetheinterdepartmentalintegrationoftheCollegeofBuiltEnvironments.
2010 Coordinator.DigitalExchangeWorkshops.Peer-to-peerdigitallearningprogramUniversityofWashington2012 CommitteeMember.SPHStrategicPlan2012-2020,GlobalEnvironmentalChangeand HumanHealthWorkGroup.WorkinggrouptogeneratenewideastogrowSPH programinglobalenvironmentalchangeandtargetnewfacultyhires.2011 PrincipalOrganizer.NextEcoCitySymposium.UniversityofWashington,EmergingCities
Session.Seattle.April7-8,2011.
PrincipalOrganizer.NowUrbanismSymposium.UniversityofWashington.InformalUrbanism:SlumCitiesandGlobalHealthSession.UniversityofWashington.Seattle.January13,2011.(withJoeZuntandSusanBolton)
SelectedService|Professional2017-present Co-Chair,ServiceLearningandCommunityEngagement.CouncilofEducatorsin
LandscapeArchitecture.2016 PeerReview.ReviewofchapterssubmittedforpublicationinBryanBellandLisa
Albendroth(Eds.).PublicInterestDesignEducationGuidebook:Curricula,Strategies,andSEEDAcademicCaseStudies.
2014 SessionChair.Track08,PaperSession05.EDRA45,BuildingWithChangeNewOrleans,
LA,May28-31,2014.2012 Juror.2012VirginiaGreenInnovationAwards.VirginiaSustainableBuilding Network.June18,2012.2010 PeerReview.Conferencepresentationabstracts.CouncilofEducatorsinLandscape
ArchitectureandInternationalStudyGrouponMultipleUsesofLandConference.Maastricht,Netherlands.March11-14,2010.
SelectedService|PublicRegional2007-2015 DirectorandPresidentEmeritus(2011-present),President(2009-2011),VicePresident
(2007-2009).ArchitectsWithoutBorders-Seattle(AWB-S).Non-profitbasedinSeattlewithdesignprojectsincountriesworldwide.AWB-Seattleworksincollaborationwithunderservedcommunitiestodesignandimplementecologicallysensitiveinterventionsinthebuiltenvironment.Keyactivitieshaveincludedco-definingAWB-Smission,co-draftingAWB-S2009-2012StrategicPlan,hiringfirstAWB-SExecutiveDirector,grantwriting,projectmanagement,chairingmonthlymeetings,boarddiversification,projectmanagement,fundraising,eventorganization,presentationsandadministration.
National2014-present DirectorandARC-PeaceLiaison.Architects,DesignersandPlannersforSocial
Responsibility-USA(ADPSR-USA).Nationalnon-profitadvocatingforpeace,environmentalprotection,ecologicalbuilding,socialjustice,andhealthycommunities.ADPSR’spublishingarm,NewVillagePress,specializesinbooksabouturbanecology,community-basedarts,environmentalandsocialjustice,andcitizen-initiatedactivism.LiaisontoARC-PeaceInternational,2015LewisMumfordAwardschair.
International2018-present Co-founder.Traction|Nepal|Seattle|Peru.Organizationthatworksin collaborationwithresourcelimitedcommunitiestodesignandimplementprojectsthat leveragelocalassetsandcreatetransformative,groundedchange.Traction’s landscapes,buildings,productsandresearchinitiativesaimtoimprovehumanand environmentalhealthandspursocialandeconomicdevelopment.Bridgingdisciplinary boundariesandmergingacademic,professionalandlocalknowledge,Traction’swork catalyzesandcultivatesinnovativeactionwithsubstantiveimpacts.2014-present DirectorandADPSR-USALiaison.ARC-Peace,InternationalArchitectsDesigners PlannersforSocialResponsibility.ARC-Peaceisaninternationalnon-profitwithspecial consultativestatus(categoryII)withtheEconomicandSocialCounciloftheUnited
Nations.Ithasmemberorganizationsin15countriesworldwide.ARC-Peaceadvocatesfornon-violentconflictresolutionamongnations,fortheprotectionofournaturalenvironmentandforresponsibledevelopmentofourbuiltenvironment.LiaisontoADPSR-USAandcontributetoARC-Peace’ssocialmedia.