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Jennifer Nitzky is a landscape architect and ISA certified arborist with 20+ years of experience in urban planning and design, recreational design., and playground design. She is currently a Design Principal at Studio HIP and works in New York City. Nitzky has earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Architectural Design at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and a Master’s in Landscape Architecture at Ball State University in Indiana. She has been actively involved in the development of over 200 playgrounds at the Trust for Public Land’s NYC Playgrounds Program. These playgrounds pin in on green infrastructure, including features such as rain gardens, permeable pavement, and large turf areas for collecting stormwater. Nitzky is a 2-term past present of ASLA-NY (New York Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects) and is passionate about bringing people together and promoting wellness and sustainability.
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Christianna Bennett is a Landscape Scholar, Writer, Editor, Researcher, and Instructor. She teaches at the university-level in the Bachelors of Architecture and Masters of Architecture programs at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. Professor Bennett’s specializations include interdisciplinary coursework (bridging Landscape Architecture, Architecture, and Urbanism), and the History, Theory, and Criticism of Design.
Christianna’s research includes the subtopics of ecology, environmental ethics, and human geography as they pertain to the study of landscapes. She also studies the use of biomaterials and synthetic biology in landscapes; experimental horticulture, the history and philosophy of science, technology, and design, the futures of landscapes and botany, the invention of botanical-cyborg hybrids, and speculation on landscape-machines -- landscapes that generate architecture, and architecture that creates and shapes landscapes.
Her ongoing research examines the implications of merging biological and artificial systems -- questioning the physical, material, and spatial properties of mixed systems, as well as the socio-cultural implications for the stewardship and care of 'artificial x living’ matter.
Christianna’s scholarship pursues questions about the emotional power of images and the compelling force of environmental aesthetics to provoke hope, imagination, and stronger connections between humans and the environment in sustaining the futures of landscapes and ecologies. Professor Bennett’s research aims to deepen our imagination about the possible futures of horticulture and socio-technical and hydrosocial systems.
Email: [email protected] Website: christianna-bennett.com IG: christianna.grace