University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents:

Molly Bourne, RLA, ASLA & Principal of MNLA [1], New York City

Lecture title:  "Process and Practice at MNLA"

Molly Bourne sees landscape architecture practice as a medium to celebrate and explore the environment and our place within it. She is deeply dedicated to elevated design thinking that advances the public good. Since joining the firm in 1999, Molly has led award-winning, multidisciplinary teams on high-profile projects for waterfront parks, cultural institutions, and urban revitalization. Activating public space dialogue, tackling climate change, reclaiming industrial sites and shorelines, and protecting pollinators are her professional passions.

Developing the next generation of practitioners, Molly is a visiting lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design and volunteers with the ACE Mentor Program for New York City high school students. She enjoys engaging with the profession and public alike, speaking widely, leading site tours, and exchanging inventive ideas about how to better urban environments.  Viewing landscape architecture as a way to improve the human condition, Molly received her BA at the University of Florida, aspiring to design open spaces on a major stage. New York City and MNLA’s visionary practice provided an ideal opportunity.

Image:  Master plan digital image of Governor's Island Park and Public Spaces, NYC

Molly’s key projects include the East Side Coastal Resiliency Project, Governors Island Park and Public Space, Waterline Square, South Bronx Greenway Master Plan and Implementation, the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary and Audubon Center Master Plan and Implementation, and the Renovation of Roberto Clemente State Park.

Lecture kindly supported by SSHRC Grant and the Ontario Association of Landscape Architects (OALA) [2].  All welcome to attend.

Contacts:  Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Coordinator:  Nadia Amoroso [3], Associate Professor.  
Videoconference link to the lecture for external individuals:  please contact our F22 Speaker Series Student Assistant: Alya Al-Rajab [4].