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Grading & Drainage

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Through discussion, fieldwork, and homework, students will identify landforms and watersheds, calculate slopes, and manipulate contours to create garden rooms, and control water flow. Learn how to communicate design ideas to contractors and evaluate the opportunities and constraints of a project site.

Schedule:

Every week on Wednesday, starting on 01/27/27 and ending on 04/07/27 (excluding 03/24/27)

Times:

09:30am-12:30pm EST

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Instructor:

Annie Phaosawasdi Annie Phaosawasdi

Annie Phaosawasdi
Associate Principal

Annie Phaosawasdi is an Associate Principal at Hargreaves Jones (formerly Hargreaves Associates) and a registered landscape architect with over 10 years of experience. She has served as Project Manager and Project Landscape Architect for significant projects, including Zaryadye Park, a 32-acre park in Moscow, Russia, and University of California Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive; Penn's Landing Redevelopment; and Jamaica Bay Parkland Visions Plan, an Ecological Visions Plan for the 10,000-acre parkland on New York harbor. She is currently the project manager for the Central Access Philadelphia Project, which will cross I-95 and Columbus Boulevard to connect with the banks of the Delaware River.

Annie is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at The City College of New York (CUNY), Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, where she teaches Design Studio, Research Workshop and Design Seminar. She also serves as the ASLA-NY Chapter President and has created and spearheaded multiple programs promoting diversity and inclusion in the profession, through outreach and mentorship programs.

Annie holds an MLA from Harvard's Graduate School of Design and a BLA from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand.

Angela Moreno-Long
Angela Moreno-Long

Angela Moreno-Long

Angela Moreno-Long is a Senior Project Manager in the New York City office of LaGuardia Design Group where she leads the implementation of private and institutional landscape architecture projects across the Northeast. She holds a Master's degree in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design and a Bachelor's in Urban and Regional Studies from Cornell University.

Angela combines her background in urban studies, placemaking, and landscape architecture to bring a dynamic understanding of social and ecological contexts in the built environment. She is an active member of the ASLA-NY Chapter, promoting mentorship and inclusion for emerging professionals. Previously, she worked in the non-profit sector focusing on design and creative placemaking in rural America as Assistant Manager of the NEA Citizens' Institute on Rural Design program.

Location:

NYBG, Watson Room 305
2900 Southern Blvd
Bronx, NY 10458

Session Number:

273LAN428A

Price:

Price Non-Member : $1,003.00
Member : $927.00

Prerequisite(s):

Landscape Measurement
Landscape Design I--Site Analysis and Schematic Design
Graphics II: Hand Rendering

By signing up for this course, you acknowledge that you have successfully completed the necessary prerequisite(s).

Additional Sessions Available

March 11, 2027 to May 13, 2027 | 06:15pm-09:15pm | NYBG | Phaosawasdi, Martinovic