Professor Ann Komara holds a BA in Classical Studies (Penn State) and Masters in Landscape Architecture and Architectural History (University ofVirginia). She chaired the Department of Landscape Architecture (2009-19). Her teaching and research focus on landscape architecture history andtheory and design. Her research on urban landscapes of Second Empire Paris has been supported by the Graham Foundation, Camargo Foundationand Dumbarton Oaks (2019-20 Fellow in Garden & Landscape Studies). She was a Fulbright Teaching and Research Fellow in Finland in 2008, and hasled numerous study abroad programs to Finland and France. Her publications include the award winning Lawrence Halprin’s Skyline Park (2012), andCivilian Conservation Corps ANF-1, which won a national HALS Documentation Award. Both projects reflect the high caliber of her collaborative workwith CAP students in landscape studies and documentation. In fall 2020 Professor Komara taught the MLA Immersive Semester with a focus on “water inthe West” during which students explored the many issues surrounding water in our semi-arid climate. They studied the causes and effects of systemicinequity in the distribution and use of water, and developed design approaches to projects that were grounded in understanding cultural and historicpatterns and practices.
Landscape architecture design, history and theory, Urban studies: Second Empire Paris, Cultural landscapes (designed and vernacular), Water in thesemi-arid west including inequity in use and distribution, and cultural patterns in its systems and relationship with plants and design, Women in design.
Professor Ann Komara holds a BA in Classical Studies (Penn State) and Masters in Landscape Architecture and Architectural History (University ofVirginia). She chaired the Department of Landscape Architecture (2009-19). Her teaching and research focus on landscape architecture history andtheory and design. Her research on urban landscapes of Second Empire Paris has been supported by the Graham Foundation, Camargo Foundationand Dumbarton Oaks (2019-20 Fellow in Garden & Landscape Studies). She was a Fulbright Teaching and Research Fellow in Finland in 2008, and hasled numerous study abroad programs to Finland and France. Her publications include the award winning Lawrence Halprin’s Skyline Park (2012), andCivilian Conservation Corps ANF-1, which won a national HALS Documentation Award. Both projects reflect the high caliber of her collaborative workwith CAP students in landscape studies and documentation. In fall 2020 Professor Komara taught the MLA Immersive Semester with a focus on “water inthe West” during which students explored the many issues surrounding water in our semi-arid climate. They studied the causes and effects of systemicinequity in the distribution and use of water, and developed design approaches to projects that were grounded in understanding cultural and historicpatterns and practices.
Landscape architecture design, history and theory, Urban studies: Second Empire Paris, Cultural landscapes (designed and vernacular), Water in thesemi-arid west including inequity in use and distribution, and cultural patterns in its systems and relationship with plants and design, Women in design.
Professor Ann Komara holds a BA in Classical Studies (Penn State) and Masters in Landscape Architecture and Architectural History (University ofVirginia). She chaired the Department of Landscape Architecture (2009-19). Her teaching and research focus on landscape architecture history andtheory and design. Her research on urban landscapes of Second Empire Paris has been supported by the Graham Foundation, Camargo Foundationand Dumbarton Oaks (2019-20 Fellow in Garden & Landscape Studies). She was a Fulbright Teaching and Research Fellow in Finland in 2008, and hasled numerous study abroad programs to Finland and France. Her publications include the award winning Lawrence Halprin’s Skyline Park (2012), andCivilian Conservation Corps ANF-1, which won a national HALS Documentation Award. Both projects reflect the high caliber of her collaborative workwith CAP students in landscape studies and documentation. In fall 2020 Professor Komara taught the MLA Immersive Semester with a focus on “water inthe West” during which students explored the many issues surrounding water in our semi-arid climate. They studied the causes and effects of systemicinequity in the distribution and use of water, and developed design approaches to projects that were grounded in understanding cultural and historicpatterns and practices.
Landscape architecture design, history and theory, Urban studies: Second Empire Paris, Cultural landscapes (designed and vernacular), Water in thesemi-arid west including inequity in use and distribution, and cultural patterns in its systems and relationship with plants and design, Women in design.