Emily Vogler

Associate Professor
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BA, University New Mexico Albuquerque
MLA, University of Pennsylvania

Emily Vogler is a landscape architect whose research, design and teaching investigate social-ecological systems surrounding water infrastructure, sense of place and climate uncertainty. She has ongoing research projects looking at the irrigation ditches in New Mexico, aging dam infrastructure in New England and coastal adaptation strategies in Narragansett Bay.

In her research and design practice, Vogler investigates methods to address regional environmental and cultural issues at the site and material scale; novel approaches to engaging the public in the design and decision-making process; and strategies for strengthening the collaboration and communication between designers, artists and scientists.

Vogler served as Landscape Architecture department head at RISD from 2017–19. Prior to teaching at RISD, she was a senior project manager at Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates and the 2010 National Olmsted Scholar.

Courses

Fall 2023 Courses

LDAR 22ST-02 - ADVANCED DESIGN STUDIO ELECTIVE
Level Graduate
Unit Landscape Architecture
Subject Landscape Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

LDAR 22ST-02

ADVANCED DESIGN STUDIO ELECTIVE

Level Graduate
Unit Landscape Architecture
Subject Landscape Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: TTH | 1:10 PM - 5:10 PM; T | 9:40 AM - 11:40 AM Instructor(s): Emily Vogler Location(s): Weybosset St Studios, Room 200C Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This Advanced Elective Studio will be structured around design research into the political, spatial, social, spiritual, technological, and ecological aspects of rivers and coastlines. We will frame rivers, oceans, and the adjacent landscapes as the Hydro Commons and explore how art and design can strengthen stewardship, resilience, and senses of place to work toward environmental and climate justice. We will use design as a tool to uncover and weave together these histories, living cultures, and ecologies to explore new possible approaches to dealing with uncertain climate futures. Some of the overarching questions we will be asking in the studio include:

  • How does the concept and the practice of the commons push back against the privatization and enclosure of water and the adjacent landscapes? What are the rules, laws and ideologies that created the commons and that continue to facilitate communal management and stewardship of water and land.
  • How can the land that is retreated from due to climate change be reclaimed as a commons to help build resilience to climate change and work towards environmental and climate justice?
  • How can creative art and design practices engage communities in designing and shaping these commons to help build social and ecological resilience and strengthen sense of place?
  • Who has the power and agency to shape the future of our rivers and coastlines? How can we build landscape literacy, landscape imagination and a sense of stewardship through the public process? How can we use our creativity and design tools, to design an inclusive public process?

Estimated Cost of Materials: $200.00

Enrollment is limited to Landscape Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | MLA-I, MLA-II Landscape Architecture

Spring 2024 Courses

LDAR 2203-01 - SITE | ECOLOGY | DESIGN STUDIO
Level Graduate
Unit Landscape Architecture
Subject Landscape Architecture
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
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End date

LDAR 2203-01

SITE | ECOLOGY | DESIGN STUDIO

Level Graduate
Unit Landscape Architecture
Subject Landscape Architecture
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: TTH | 1:10 PM - 5:10 PM; T | 9:40 AM - 11:40 AM Instructor(s): Emily Vogler Location(s): Weybosset St Studios, Room 200 Enrolled / Capacity: 14 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

What do these words mean and what is their relationship to each other in the architectural design disciplines? Each word is packed with complex and evolving meanings that reflect the state of human knowledge about the environments in which we live and in which we intervene. Each word reflects our understanding of systems, physical, cultural and social, biotic and abiotic, as well as our aspirations to conserve, restore, or reshape those systems. Each word is ubiquitous in the contemporary quest to construct a sustainable, resilient future. But do we really understand what they mean? Are they critically interdependent or can they be considered separately? This studio will examine these questions with the twin objectives of establishing an evolving and dynamic understanding of the terms and generating working methods that respond to the complexities of scale encountered in the landscape.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $250.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Preference given to Landscape Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | MLA-I, MLA-II Landscape Architecture

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BA, University New Mexico Albuquerque
MLA, University of Pennsylvania