Ken Tamminga Distinguished Professor of     Landscape Architecture Penn State University

Welcome.     Here you'll find  an overview of my work in landscape architecture and spatial planning. I focus on contextual and ecology-informed design, novel and restored ecosystems, and green places in cities. I've collaborated with action research colleagues on resilience-building projects in rural locales in northern India, Nepal, Ghana and Tanzania - places that struggle with impacts of climate change and globalisation. Currently, I'm researching convivial greenstreets in dense urban cores.     I regularly teach advanced and intermediate studios and courses on landscape plants. My Pittsburgh Studio introduces students to the joys and challenges of designing in, and with, underserved communities. Occasionally, I teach a landscape film seminar that explores place-based ideas through critical viewing and videography.  Our new book!    My publications are on ResearchGate Green Play Infrastructure in Disinvested Communities (article)  Greenstreets  and Climate-Responsive Design (article)   Sustainable | Sustaining City Streets (editorial)   Designing With (article)     Urban Micromobility (video)    Urban Micromobility (article)       Pittsburgh Studio 2020 Convivial greenstreets     LArch Films     Heritage Plaza

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mailing address:       Department of Landscape Architecture       121 Stuckeman Building       The Pennsylvania State University       University Park, PA   16802-1912    U.S.A.

office:      428 Stuckeman Building    telephone:  +1 814 863 2377