Xtreme Challenge - Austin
Kalamazoo, MI – For the third year, Landscape Forms, an award-winning designer, manufacturer and marketer of outdoor commercial furniture and accessories, has announced that it will host Xtreme Challenge, an intense 2-day charrette event calculated to challenge and inspire emerging Gen-X design leaders. These 12 young landscape architecture professionals will be identified by their firms to join 12 outstanding landscape architecture students selected from The University of Texas at Austin master’s degree program as best-in-class, and will be divided to work in two teams under “celebrated” team leaders. This event scheduled for September 22 – 23, 2010 will foster creative thinking, teambuilding and facility of expression in an extraordinary opportunity to create designs for critical urban initiatives in one of the country’s most vibrant cities; Austin, Texas.
This impressive professional development program is intended to provide exposure and experience that will benefit both the participants and the firms in which they work. The young professionals will be mentored by prominent landscape architects and will, in turn, have the opportunity to mentor promising students preparing to enter the profession. The plan is to provide a memorable experience that is stimulating, educational and fun.
Xtreme Challenge Co-Hosts
• Bill Main, Honorary ASLA and President, Landscape Forms
• Barbara Deutsch, Executive Director, Landscape Architecture Foundation
• Frederick Steiner, Dean, School of Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin
Xtreme Challenge Team Leaders Share Impressive Backgrounds
Renowned landscape architects/urban designers with extensive experience in urban revitalization projects worldwide will mentor the teams.
• Susannah C. Drake RLA, RA, Principal, dlandstudio
• Sarah Kuehl, Partner, Peter Walker and Partners Landscape Architects
• Dean Almy, Director Landscape Architecture, The University of Texas at Austin
Guest speakers will include municipal leaders and environmental advocates directly involved in shaping Austin’s future.
