The Width and Depth of Landscape Architecture
Two Extremes - Brightwater and One Island East

is the title of a lecture by landscape architect Scott Smith scheduled for Monday, November 2, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 212 of the K-State Student Union. The presentation is open to the public without charge and sponsored by the College of Architecture, Planning and Design at Kansas State University.

As a principal at Hargreaves Associates of San Francisco, Scott Smith designed and managed the firm’s quality assurance program and oversaw the firm-wide standards for documentation, specifications and services during construction. Smith, along with several other principals, participated in leading the firm toward the creation of landscapes with higher degrees of sustainability.

Smith has extensive and diverse technical project experience in habitat restoration, urban waterfront construction and construction on-structure at an architectural scale. He has spent the majority of his career as the design or technical director where his inquiry explores the forms and energy of materials in a broad range of landscape narratives.

As project manager of the American Society of Landscape Architects award-winning Brightwater, Smith’s team changed a 114-acre brownfield site into a Waste Water Treatment Facility serving a million customers for King County, Washington (with Mithun Architects). Three quarters of its area is dedicated to public use and habitat. The project was designed to a $1.48 billion total project budget with a consultant team in excess of 300 people and is scheduled for completion in 2012.

As principal in-charge of One Island East, a corporate plaza in support of a new office tower, (with Wong-Ouyang Architects), Smith commanded the transformation of Taikoo Place, one of the most densely populated places on earth, into one of the most significant outdoor spaces in Hong Kong for Swire Properties.

Smith received the master of landscape architecture in 1981 from Harvard and the bachelor of science in landscape architecture in 1979 from the Ohio State University.

This lecture is funded by the K-State Student Fine Arts Fee. Attendance at the lecture can be submitted as continuing education credit by design professionals by contacting Diane Potts.

For more information, contact:
Katie Kingery-Page, 785.532.5371
Diane Potts, 785.532.1090