The Landscape Architecture Department would like to wish you all a warm welcome back from Winter break--we hope you were all able to catch your breath! If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to visit our department office in Dexter building 34, room 251. Our doors are open Monday-Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. See you all soon, and good luck with your new classes!

Fall quarter is over! Please make sure to clear out all studios by Friday, December 16th--or else! ;) If you are unable to take your studio supplies home, you can put your belongings in the lockers until next quarter. Have a great Winter Break, have a happy and safe holiday, and we'll see you in January!

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We hope you all had a great Thanksgiving Break! Don't forget that Landscape Arch Final Reviews are coming up during the week of December 5th-9th. We highly encourage all CAED faculty and students to attend. Can't wait to see what our talented students have done this quarter!

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Mustangs--today's the day! Go out and exercise your right to vote! Chumash Auditorium will be open for voting from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. See you there!

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Over the summer we were able to upgrade our second year studio desks, countertops and partitions. Check out the before and after photos!

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Announcing our first CAED Photo Contest of Fall 2016! With mid-reviews going on, we want to see your best work! Submit your photos via Facebook message to Cal Poly College of Architecture & Environmental Design of your favorite projects and we will be selecting a winner late next week. Woodwork, hand drawings, 3D renderings, even metalwork; we want to see what our students create. Prizes include plotter cards for the runner-ups and a choice of plotter, dFab or El Corral bookstore gift card! The winners of each week's entries will get their photograph published on the CAED Instagram and Facebook page. The deadline for the submission is November 14th at 8AM! Share with us your photographic visions.

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We want to thank the CP alumni, faculty, family and students that made the trip to New Orleans to attend the 2016 ASLA Annual Meeting - good times!

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The Hearst Lecture Series is back! Cal Poly's College of Architecture and Environmental Design brings you the Fall 2016 Hearst Lecture Series. Please join us. The lectures will take place on Fridays in the Business Rotunda (Building 3, Room 213).

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Hey Mustangs! For the first time ever Cal Poly is collaborating with TedTalks to create TEDxCalPoly! The theme is "Plot Twist," which explores the stories of individual's real life plot twists, and how they can teach us and shape us. Our very own Landscape Architecture alum Sara Bendrick, who hosts the DIY Network series "I Hate My Yard," will be sharing her story along with a few other Cal Poly alumni, students and professors. "Plot Twist" is happening from 5:00 pm-9:30 pm on October 21st in the Performing Arts Center, don't forget to order your tickets at www.tedxcalpoly.com/#tickets Can't wait to see you all there!!

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WELCOME BACK MUSTANGS!! We hope you all have a great Fall quarter, and don't forget to study your 25-35 hours a week!

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Dear Alumni and Friends, "Meet Me on the Mississippi in New Orleans" Oct. 22 Alumni Reception Hosted by the Landscape Architecture Department and CAED. The Landscape Architecture Department Chair Omar Faruque and College of Architecture and Environmental Design Dean Christine Theodoropoulos invite you for a complimentary reception during the ASLA Annual Meeting. This will be a great opportunity to catch up on current events, network with your former classmates, and forge new friendships. Thank you to our event sponsors, Rick Engineering Company and BrightView! Saturday, Oct. 22 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Hilton New Orleans Riverside - River Room Near the Morial Convention Center

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2016 ASLA STUDENT AWARDS RESEARCH CATEGORY AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Feasibility Study of the Integration of Epiphytes in Designed Landscapes San Luis Obispo, CA, USA | Brandon Cornejo, Student ASLA | Graduate | Faculty Advisor: David J. Watts, ASLA California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Landscape architects are the designers of a brilliant amount of surfaces. There is distinction, however, between surfaces’ abilities to foster plant life. The first major distinction divides landscape surfaces into hardscapes and softscapes. Traditionally, hardscapes, in comparison to softscapes which are comprised of soils or soil-like media for plant life, have not been designed to host plant life. Epiphytes, plants with the ability to grow without soil, however, could bring life to hardscapes where traditional planted systems have not thrived. This project contextualizes epiphytes for the landscape architect by describing elemental epiphyte relationships and preliminarily exploring the feasibility of hardscape materials as hosts for a representative epiphytic plant, the rabbit’s foot fern. A better understanding of epiphyte relationships, can facilitate future human developments as suitable hosts for epiphytes. Increased opportunities for biodiversity through the use of epiphytes can improve the dynamism and resilience of integrated landscape systems in the built environment. https://www.asla.org/2016studentawards/index.html CONGRATULATIONS!

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