Every April Canadian landscape architects join their colleagues around the world to celebrate our profession. April is the perfect month to share our profession and reach out to our communities, notable for Earth Day (April 22nd) and the birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted (April 27th), founder of the landscape architecture profession in North America.
The Purpose of the CSLA WLAM program is to provide resources to:
- bring local and national recognition and awareness to the profession, Landscape Architects, and works of landscape architecture in Canada;
- encourage public participation and interest in events and activities related to landscape architecture; and,
- encourage people (particularly young people) to consider a career in landscape architecture
Each year the CSLA sponsors a poster competition, and the winning poster design is distributed across the country to our component associations, schools, members and professional offices, and to public governments and organizations.
Who can enter the poster competition?
CSLA members and students of landscape architecture programs in Canada are eligible.
What is the theme?
The theme is “Water: friend or foe?” Whether existing as a liquid, gas or solid, water can be an asset or a liability in the landscape. Climate change and extreme weather events are giving rise to new challenges related to the role and the management of water in our landscapes. Posters should represent how landscape architects are applying an approach to the protective, regenerative or adaptive qualities of natural and built environments to conserve water and create resiliency in the context of uncertainty. Submitters are encouraged to focus on one element of the water management story.
How can I enter the competition?
Visit http://www.csla-aapc.ca/events/wlam-poster-competition to download the poster competition criteria.
What is the deadline for submissions?
The deadline is 28 February 2014.
What is the prize?
$1,000
