Chris Reed

Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture, Co-Director of the Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design Degree Program

Contact

Office Location

Gund 508

Websitewww.stoss.net/

Research Areas

Design & Social Equity
Ecology
Infrastructure
Parametric Design
Practice
Risk & Resilience
Sustainability
Urbanism

Landscape Architecture

Chris Reed is Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture and Co-Director of the Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He is also Founding Director of Stoss Landscape Urbanism. He is recognized internationally as a leading voice in the transformation of landscapes and cities, and he works alternately as a researcher, strategist, teacher, designer, and advisor. Reed is particularly interested in the relationships between landscape and ecology, infrastructure, social spaces, and cities. His work collectively includes urban revitalization initiatives, climate resilience and adaptation efforts, speculative propositions, adaptations of infrastructure and former industrial sites, dynamic and productive landscapes, vibrant public spaces that cultivate a diversity of social uses and cultural traditions, and numerous landscape installations. His work can be found in cities as diverse as Boston, Los Angeles, St. Louis, Dallas, Detroit, Galveston, Long Beach, Seoul, and Kingstown (St. Vincent & the Grenadines). His work through Stoss has been recognized with the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for Landscape Architecture; the Topos International Landscape Award; and various other practice- and project-based awards from Progressive Architecture, the American Society of Landscape Architects, the HOLCIM Sustainability Awards, Azure’s AZ Awards, World Landscape Architecture, the Architectural League of New York, the Waterfront Center, EDRA / Places, and the Boston Society of Architects.

Reed is the co-editor of Projective Ecologies with ecologist and planner Nina-Marie Lister, and author of the upcoming book Mise-en-Scéne: The Lives and Afterlives of Urban Landscapes with photographer Mike Belleme, a study on contemporary cities and the issues that inform his the practice at Stoss. Reed is a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, and was the 2017 Mercedes T. Bass Landscape Architect in Residence at the American Academy in Rome. Reed received a Master in Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and an AB in Urban Studies from Harvard College.