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The field of landscape architecture, founded in patriarchy, white supremacy and colonization, must change. It is essential for the profession to identify, challenge, and reform the values, structures and behaviors that perpetuate systemic racism and sexism. Atlas Lab Principal, Kimberly Garza, together with Diana Fernandez PLA, ASLA Andrew Sargeant, Jose Leal and Kona Gray, deliver a powerful keynote on Wednesday, November 18, 2020, to share a collective acknowledgement of racism in the profession and examine what it is like to navigate the profession as people of color, culminating in a unified expression of hope for change and growth in the profession. Please join #reVISIONASLA2020 to gain insight on how to build a new value system. bit.ly/reVISIONsched

2020 OCASLA VIRTUAL SPEAKER SERIES Principal, Kimberly Garza, will discuss the role of tactical urbanism and urban prototyping in her practice, Atlas Lab, and how it can be used as a tool to engage communities, create authentic experiences and empower designers to improve the built environment using low cost, small scale strategies. #landarch... #landscapearchitecture #tacticalurbanism #urbanprototyping #asla #design See more

PLACEMAKING IS A PROCESS Ah-Lo’-Mah’, basket in the Miwuk language, is a temporary, placemaking installation located in Mariposa, California. @atlaslab was awarded the Mariposa County Creative Placemaking Master Plan in 2019 by the County of Mariposa and the Mariposa Arts Council, through a National Endowment for the Arts grant. ... For this master plan effort, we employed tactical strategies to embrace the community during the process. Working closely with the Mariposa Placemaking Strategy Advisory Committee, made up of residents, business owners, and community activists, the committee selected a concept that celebrated the Miwuk practice of basket making. This, in turn, established a collaborative relationship with the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, who was involved in the design and execution for the duration of the placemaking installation. The intent of the installation is to engage the public, garner feedback through an online survey and showcase an example of placemaking to the community. But the impacts of Ah-Lo’-Mah’ go far beyond that. The basket making process engaged native women who had never weaved before, learning from experienced tribal members, to create their first baskets that adorn the installation. Moreover, the installation recently secured additional grant funding to expand the project along the Mariposa Creek Parkway. The project is a display of the positive affect that small scale placemaking installations, done with a limited budget but ample collaboration, can have on a community. Special thanks to Mikey Goralnik and Cara Goger! Prime Consultant: Atlas Lab Inc. (Master Plan Vision) Client: County of Mariposa and the Mariposa Arts Council Consultant: Smart Growth America Partners: Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation Contractor: Solanen Construction Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts

WE’VE MOVED! We are psyched to call the @theiceblocks our new home away from home! During the pandemic, we’ve had to reset how and where we work. We have joined the ‘Spaces’ community to provide us the flexibility to meet as a team, host small and large meetings (when the time comes), brainstorm in the various breakout rooms, all the while taking advantage of all the amazing amenities on R Street and Midtown. This stunning building is one of the first contemporary, timber-framed mid-rise structures in NorCal. Crazy to think we created the PORTAL installation 5 years ago on this same block and now we are calling it home! #atlaslab #newchapter

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This Friday, @atlaslab Principal Kimberly Garza will be sharing insights from her career journey and how young professionals can make an impact in their communities. Join the @asla.norcal virtual event titled, Touching Base - Looking Toward the Future event. The goal of the panel discussion is to inspire all professionals and students to find their voice through their career journey. Friday, July 10, 2020 from 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM PDT Event info: Link in Bio #atlaslab

Groundbreaking at The Mansion! Vertical construction has begun to transform the former Mansion Inn/Clarion Inn site into a 186 unit mixed-use development. Atlas is developing the landscape architecture for the project, including interior courtyards, residential patios and alley sculpture walk. The proposed landscape echoes the mid century character of the former Mansion Inn and blends the interior and exterior spaces. The Mansion is developed by SKK Developments and designed by C2K Architecture. #atlaslab @ Midtown

Join us next Tuesday for the Resilient by Design 2 Year Anniversary Webinar Series: Thinking Beyond the Traffic Lane. Atlas Lab Principal, Erik Prince, will be discussing our work with ‘Team Common Ground’ as it relates to envisioning multi-benefit solutions for major transportation climate adaptation projects. Register here: https://bit.ly/2CK3OCN About: The webinar provides project update on Team Common Ground’s design proposal to re-imagine the SR 37 corridor, support ongoing restoration of the Bay Area’s largest continuous marsh system, and equitably connect communities around San Pablo Bay through a resilient and diverse transportation network. #atlaslab #teamcommonground @ San Pablo Bay

Kicking off 10th Street landscape renovation project with social distance site walk! @atlaslab is leading design effort to renovate 10th street parkway in downtown Sacramento with improved outdoor cafe areas, drought tolerant plantings, wayfinding and artwork. #landscape... #landarch #landscapearch #urbandesign #streetscape #sacramento #sac @ Sacramento, California See more

Support Sacramento Black Artists www.BlackArtistsFund.org The Black Artists Fund was started by Sacramento Black creatives to address inequity in arts funding. Through micro and small grant-giving we are attempting to close the gap that Black artists face in beginning and sustaining their art careers. With funding, artists are able to expound on their creative practice with new ideas, larger-scale works, innovative experimentation, community... projects, and overall an increased capacity to produce culturally relevant work. Donations are collected from generous patrons, organizations, philanthropists, collectors, and everyday people that understand the value in establishing and sustaining an environment for Black creative production. Fine, applied, and creative artists using all mediums are encouraged to apply www.BlackArtistsFund.org

We are thrilled to welcome Brenna Castro Carlson to the Atlas Lab team! Brenna is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley's College of Environmental Design - Master of Landscape Architecture program. While at UCB, she received the ASLA Student Honor Award for Ground Up Journal Issue 08 and the 'Excellence in Landscape Design Award' for an innovative design and research project that proposed changes to the spatial structure urban landscapes to significantly improve their connectivity... to regional ecologies. Brenna's work focuses on sustainable, resilient design that is grounded in the principles of urban ecology and fueled by curiosity about the plants and ecosystems of California. She is committed to a design approach that is both optimistic and pragmatic, and which reflects the desires and vision of the community. A licensed landscape architect, Brenna brings experience with planting design, conceptual design, master planning, construction documentation, construction administration, and community outreach. In addition to professional practice, she teaches a course on Sustainable Cities and Landscapes at UC Berkeley. Help us welcome Brenna to the ATLAS Lab Team! #atlaslab See more

Atlas Lab / DLR Group Selected for the Vision & Master Plan for the Yuba Water Agency Water Education Center part of the Yuba Watershed Experience. The Yuba Water Agency Board of Yuba County, Calif., has selected DLR Group and Atlas Lab for visioning and master planning services to develop a modern, sustainable, and interactive Water Education Center. The new facility will be part of the Yuba Watershed Experience, an initiative to educate local students and patrons about the impact of the Yuba River watershed on the environment, flooding, water supply, and more, and subsequently, the impact to the community. The visioning and master planning process includes land-use planning, site feasibility study, and community engagement to build consensus for the project. www.atlaslab.com

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Happy International Women’s Day! We are celebrating this year’s theme of gender equity by highlighting impactful female designers. First, to our foremothers, the giants whose shoulders we all stand upon. From the turn of the century to the modernist movement, these are the women who laid the foundation for the profession, making major contributions as designers, educators, writers, artists, and craftswomen. Second, to our mentors, the women who guide and support us both dire...ctly and obliquely. We have read their articles, attended their classes, and visited their projects with awe and admiration. Lastly, to the future, the female leaders that are shaping the profession. The bravery to start their own practices, push the boundaries of innovation and design and be agents of change inspire us daily. #EachforEqual #IWD2020 #atlaslab See more

We are thrilled to share we have been selected as the landscape architects for the Aggie Square project! Partnering with @relm_studio we will design 5 acres of open space, including market plaza, outdoor collaboration areas and gardens. About: Aggie Square is a planned innovation district located on the UC Davis Sacramento campus. The project will house business partners and community-based programs with UC Davis innovation and research to create a stronger and healthier sha...red community. We are especially excited for anchor tenant, Alice Waters Institute for Edible Education. The institute will bring together experts from across disciplines such as education, health care, agriculture, policy and business to create new solutions for healthy, sustainable and equitable food systems. The project is led by Wexford Science & Technology and GMH Capital Partners, UC Davis and ZGF Architects. #atlaslab

Thrilled to officially share a sneak peek of our public art proposal for the Sacramento Convention Renovation project! Over the next year, we will be working to realize the sculpture, with slated completion Fall 2020! About the Sculpture: Towering redwoods, pines, cedars and firs comprise most of California’s hillsides and mountain landscape. This landscape has served as a haven for contemplation, adventure and wonder. Over the last decade, shifting climate patterns, have c...ompromised this landscape, causing a loss of 147 million trees. In response, the sculpture aims to highlight this threatened landscape by collecting and reinterpreting the trees lost, into a vertical mosaic. The sculpture itself is a series of wood planks (from salvaged trees lost due to climate change) supported by cylinder frame, that echoes a tree form. Community members are invited to interact with the sculpture through an outward and internal experience. Internally, wood planks frame a view of the sky, as the soaring trees do in the landscapeevoking a contemplative and whimsical experience. Special thanks to @sort_studio supporting ATLAS with parametric modeling! @ Sacramento, California