Landscape Infrastructure: Case Studies by SWA

Ying-Yu Hung is a principal of SWA Los Angeles, co-founder of Infrastructure Research Initiative, and a Studio Professor at the University of Southern California.

Gerdo Aquino is president of SWA and adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture at the University of Southern California. He received his Master of Landscape Architecture in 1996 from Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Pierre Bélanger is a landscape architect and Associate Professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. His academic research and public work focus on the convergence of urbanism, landscape, and ecology in the interrelated fields of planning, design, and engineering.

Charles Waldheim is the John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture, Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design, and principal of Urban Agency, a multi-disciplinary consultancy in design and contemporary urbanism. He coined the term "landscape urbanism" to describe the recent emergence of landscape as a medium of urban order for the contemporary city.

Julia Czerniak is an Associate Professor of Architecture at Syracuse University and the inaugural Director of UPSTATE. She is founder of CLEAR, an interdisciplinary design practice.

Adriaan Geuze, landscape architect and urban designer, is founder of West 8 urban design and landscape architecture, with offices in Rotterdam, Brussels, Toronto, and New York.

Matthew Skjonsberg, architect and urban designer, is a practitioner with strong roots in design theory and research, and works closely with Adriaan Geuze. He has obtained degrees from Taliesin and ETH-Zurich.

Alexander Robinson, a graduate of Harvard University Graduate School of Design, is an Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Southern California. His book, Living Systems (2007) is an exploration of the new potentials of landscape architecture materiality.