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An interdisciplinary symposium that brings together experts from the worlds of wildfire adaptation, fire management, design, forest management and sustainable forestry to explore the interlinked challenges of designing and managing landscapes for fire resilience in the face of a changing climate. Organized by Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Nicholas Pevzner. 

Faculty for the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design and the McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology will present the state of the art of thinking and research about landscape architecture’s role in re-imagining the role of nature in the contemporary city.

With:

Catherine Seavitt, Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism, Faculty Co-Director, The McHarg Center

Matthijs Bouw, Professor of Practice in Landscape Architecture / Architecture, Fellow for Risk and Resilience, The McHarg Center

Rebecca Popowsky, Wilks Family Director, The McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology

David Gouverneur, Associate Professor of Practice in Landscape Architecture / City Planning

Yadan Luo, Lecturer, co-founder YH LAB

The Department of Landscape Architecture seeks qualified applicants for selection as the McHarg Fellow for the 2026-2027 academic year. The application deadline is Wednesday, December 31, 2025.

Join us to celebrate the first installment of Perspectives interviews. This event will feature presentations from LARP faculty and their McHarg Center research assistants, followed by a student-led panel discussion. Come hear about recent work from fellow students and faculty and share ideas.