Instructor: Damon Arrington
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Damon Arrington is a Landscape Urbanist who focuses on crisis landscapes and their subsequent effect on the people that inhabit them, he is dedicated to exposing environmental injustice. Damon obtained a Master's Degree in Landscape Architecture from The City College of New York where he was a scholar for the J. Max Bond Center for Inclusion and Equity. His notable Landscape Architecture projects in NYC include The Hills on Governors Island, Jamaica Bay Restoration Project and park spaces for The New York Housing Authority. His work bridges science and architecture with art and community. Damon is owner of Verru Design, a landscape design firm in Brooklyn, NY which focuses on research and community as a way to generate design thought. Visit his website at verrudesign.com |
Classes by this instructor
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Landscape Design Summer IntensiveIn four weeks, earn 25% of the course hours required for the NYBG Certificate in Landscape Design. Including interactive classes with top landscape architects, designers, and guest lecturers; trips to historic sites; and the Garden's incomparable resources, this summer program more... |
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231LAN960 | 07/11 | Mo | 9:00am-5:00pm | Merritt Poccia Arrington Ruggiero | NYBG |
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Landscape Design I: Site Analysis and Schematic Design - ONLINEThis class will take place online. Registered students will receive login instructions.Turning a vision into a plan is the designer's first challenge. Learn how to analyze existing landscapes and formulate the programmatic and functional requirements of a more... |
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224LAN401BO | 06/01 | We | 6:00pm-9:00pm | Arrington | ONLINE |