In the 1939 article “Landscape Design The Urban Environment” as appeared in the Architectural Record, Daniel Urban Kiley and Garret Exkbo listed five design mandates for bringing wellness to the city, 

1. Integrate landscape and building

2. Be flexible

3. Be multi-utile

4. Exploit mechanization

5. Be social, not individual, in its approach

Eighty years later, these same attributes remain at Capitol Park, the now iconic Daniel Kiley - Chlothiel Woodard Smith collaboration in southwest Washington. 

This presentation will look to the future by looking at the past, exploring the planning, architecture and landscape architecture of Capital Park in particular and DC’s mid-century southwest urban renewal in general. Ideas promulgated, strategies employed, and lessons learned that can enhance the resilience and wellness of today’s cities and their architecture will be parsed and argued. 


Learning Objectives:   At the completion of this course, participants will be able to: Discuss how past community planning might influence future community planning; Identify attributes of resilient residential communities; Identify the benefits of integrating landscape and architecture to promote wellness; and Identify how mid-century advances in planning and construction influence building today.  


Speakers:
Linda Binsted - Senior Associate, AECOM
Gerald Briggs, FAIA - Director of Architecture at DC Metro, AECOM


Credits: 1.5 HSW|LUs; 1.5 GBCI Credits (Self-Report); 1.5 AICP; 1.5 LACES