This fall, the Landscape Architecture Foundation launched their new multi-year program coined LAF Ignite, which is a comprehensive Scholarship + Internships + Mentorship program for BIPOC college students, providing participants with an annual scholarship, annual paid summer internship, and access to mentors throughout their educational path.Įach year, 3 students are accepted into Ignite and participate until they have completed their landscape architecture degree. GGN continues to contribute annually to make scholarship funds more available to BIPOC students. Initiated in 2020, both scholarship funds are now fully endowed. Washington State University’s School of Design and Construction and the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments are working together with Site Workshop, GGN, and Berger Partnership to create an endowed scholarship in their respective landscape architecture programs to support students who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC). View the full press release at Octo– GGN is pleased to contribute to diversity scholarships at the University of Washington, Washington State University, Landscape Architecture Foundation, and Black Landscape Architects Network. “The design concepts honor these relationships to the River, while acknowledging the complexities of the site.” The water is at the heart of them all,” said Kjersti Duval, project director of The Falls Initiative. “Members of the Native Partnership Council, tribal communities, and the general public have shared their personal stories and connections to this place. The Council’s vision statement calls for restored connections to the river, honoring Dakota culture and language, and ongoing care for the land and water. Friends of the Falls, the Native American Community Development Institute (NACDI) and CDA Enterprises convened the group of elected tribal leaders, Native artists, and elders to set guiding principles for the project. The early design ideas depicted in concept drawings by GGN, in partnership with local architect VJAA, were the result of direction from the Native Partnership Council. These early design ideas for the Mississippi River Lock & Dam Land honor Dakota history as the project transitions to Native leadership. Army Corps of Engineers announced its intention to discontinue use of the lock, has been exploring new uses of the facility and surrounding land. The group, which formed in 2016 after the U.S. FebruToday Friends of the Falls unveiled early design ideas for the land adjacent to the St.
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