- Sustainable Site Development & Engineering
- Urban Planning
- Natural Building
- Landscape Art & Design
- Youth-Inspired Community Design
- Experiential Learning
- LARC 261: Landscape Architecture 2.1
- LARC 262: Landscape Architecture 2.2
- LARC 268: Landscape Architecture Construction (Site Engineering)
- LARC 357: Landscape Architecture 3.2
- LARC 383: Architectural Site Design
- LARC 460: Landscape Architecture 6.0
Elizabeth Graff
Department of Landscape Architecture
Assistant Professor
Home Town
New Jersey, USA
- Moscow
2007
Phone: (208) 885-9821
Email: Elizabeth Graff
Mailing Address:
Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Idaho
PO Box 442481
Moscow, Idaho 83844-2481
Curriculum Vitae
Earth From Above Exhibit
Beyond One Bottle
Landscape students use hands on techniques
- Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Cultural Landscapes, 1997
- Bachelor of Science, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, Landscape Architecture, 1993
Elizabeth merges the art and science of landscape architecture in teaching methods of design and site engineering. Educated by her professional practice experience in the realms of landscape architecture, civil engineering, and architecture, her approach to designing, planning and maintaining the built environment is multi-disciplinary and holistic. Her experience includes historic preservation of Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace in Boston with Pressley Associates, Inc., site planning and engineering throughout New England with Mohr & Seredin Landscape Architects, residential architecture and planning in Texas with Lake|Flato Architects, Inc., and teaching landscape architecture at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. She also spent two years learning, living and practicing organic architecture and planning at the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Spring Green, Wis. Elizabeth is currently Principal Investigator of Emerge Studio, serving as a sustainable design advisor and collaborator in bringing Earth From Above to the United States.
Recent Publications
- “Green Map Exercises as an Avenue for Problem-Based Learning in a Data-Rich Environment,” Journal of Geography/National Council for Geographic Education/Taylor & Francis, Washington DC, vol. 106, 2007.
- “Integration von Jugendlichen in die Stadtplanung,” Garten + Landschaft, Munich / Callwey Verlag, Munich, Germany, Issue No. 4, 2007.
Scholarship Projects
Earth From Above USA/NYC, NYC, NY, USA, March 2007 - Present
International environmental art exhibit by Yann Arthus Betrand has travelled to over 80 cities around world. I am principal investigator/landscape architectural designer/ sustainability consultant/manager on multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional team to bring exhibit to the United States for its premiere here.
Faculty Art Exhibit, Prichard Art Gallery, Cascading Resources, Moscow, Idaho, December 2008
Faculty Art Exhibit, Prichard Art Gallery, Park2 and Path, Moscow, Idaho, November 2007
Outreach & Engagement Projects
Designing with Vision: Planning for Growth, Cascade, ID, US, November-December 2008.
Exploration of the larger ramifications of local growth in context of bioregional development. We will identify, document and incorporate resources that make Cascade special and work to preserve and enhance these elements via design. We will integrate community desires and provide a forum for information and idea generation by collaborating with Cascade youth.
Green Mapping, Elizabeth, NJ, US, Summer 2007.
Green Mapping community outreach project with under-served youth to increase environmental awareness.
Honors
- Certificate of Appreciation & Recognition for dedication and professionalism of Green Mapping community outreach project in NJ, Future City Inc., June 13, 2007.