Event details
Apr
16
SoA Lecture Series Spring 2026_Kate Orff
Please join us in welcoming Kate Orff, FASLA, Founder of SCAPE, on Thursday, April 16th for her lecture, “Throughlines” at 6pm in Betts Auditorium.
Orff focuses on retooling the practice of landscape architecture relative to the uncertainty of climate change and creating spaces to foster social life, which she has explored through publications, activism, research, and projects. She is also the Director of the Urban Design Program, Co-Director of the Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes (CRCL), and Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). Orff was the first landscape architect to receive the MacArthur Foundation’s ‘Genius’ Fellowship in 2017.
Orff focuses on retooling the practice of landscape architecture relative to the uncertainty of climate change and creating spaces to foster social life, which she has explored through publications, activism, research, and projects. She is also the Director of the Urban Design Program, Co-Director of the Center for Resilient Cities and Landscapes (CRCL), and Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). Orff was the first landscape architect to receive the MacArthur Foundation’s ‘Genius’ Fellowship in 2017.
Speakers
Kate Orff
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Date
April 16, 2026Time
6:00 p.m.Location
Architecture Building, N101 Betts AuditoriumAudience
University Sponsors
School of Architecture