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Matson, Zannah

Assistant Professor

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  • Infrastructure, Territory, Extraction, Landscape

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Teaching

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  • ENVD 1030 - Studio 1: Introduction to Landscape Architecture
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2024
    Exposes students to concepts and strategies inherent to the practice of landscape architecture. Students design for biodiversity, climate resilience and human and beyond human physical and mental health within an urban context. Course is part of a co-requisite sequence: ENVD 1030, Studio 1: Introduction to Landscape Architecture, taken the first 8-weeks of the semester, followed by ENVD 1040, Studio 1: Introduction to Sustainable Planning and Urban Design, taken in the second 8-weeks of the semester, along with ENVD 1012, Technology 2: Visual Communications, a 16-week class that is taught alongside the two 8-week studios.
  • ENVD 1130 - Studio 2: Fundamentals of Landscape Architecture
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2023
    Building on skills learned from the introductory studio, this course expands the skills and knowledge needed for the practice of landscape architecture. With a focus on resilient design and an exploration through multiple scales, students design ecological systems in an urban context.
  • ENVD 4979 - Honors Thesis
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024 / Spring 2025 / Fall 2025
    Working with an advisor, students prepare, complete, and defend a research-based honors thesis project, in an area of Environmental Design. May be repeated up to 3 total credit hours.
  • LAND 4100 - Capstone in Landscape Architecture
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
    Emphasizes individual project development and well-defined design concepts. Capstone experience introduces critical strategies, advanced design techniques, and representation skills to address pressing issues in landscape architecture.
  • LAND 4114 - Landscape Architecture Theory
    Primary Instructor - Fall 2024 / Fall 2025
    Students research and interrogate the boundaries of landscape architecture theory and practice. Analyzing the values and concepts that have shaped landscape architecture throughout its history into the present. The course further focuses on connecting central theories to lived experiences, studio practices and contemporary design that exemplifies these theoretical approaches.
  • PLAN 3102 - Strategies and Techniques for Sustainable Planning and Urban Design
    Primary Instructor - Spring 2024 / Spring 2025 / Spring 2026
    Explores analytical strategies and techniques in applied research and professional skills needed in sustainable planning and design. Includes quantitative and qualitative methods used by planners and designers to make informed decisions.

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