Gerdo Aquino: Convergent Occurences

Gerdo Aquino, Adjunct Associate Professor at the USC School of Architecture’s Landscape Program, will discuss the point where landscape meets infrastructure. “Where the stealthiness of both converges to create a spectacle…a singular occurrence that yields surprising results for people and nature.” Gerdo Aquino teaches graduate design studios that focus on landscape infrastructure and its application to urban areas challenged by issues related to density, environmental degradation, health and accessibility. Aquino is currently the co-author/editor of an upcoming book illuminating the principles of this topic. Aquino is the Managing Principal of SWA Los Angeles, an international landscape architecture, urban design and planning firm. His studio furthers the notion of landscape infrastructure through competitions and projects and was the recipient of the 2008 ASLA research and analysis award for Chongming Island North Lake region that investigated the creation of new land through gradual alluvial deposits at the mouth of the Yantze River Delta. Professor Aquino is a register landscape architect in Arizona, Nevada, Pand Pennsylvania as well as California. He received his Master of Landscape Architecture in 1996 from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture in 1994 from the University of Florida. Lectures are free and open to the public. They are located in the Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, Harris Hall, on the University Park campus. No reservations are required. Parking is available on campus at Gate 1 off Exposition Blvd. USC School of Architecture