Accessible to all people, public space embodies the unique opportunities and challenges of creating a more just and resilient society. But what defines public spaces and what role has it played in shaping our communities? At the same time, the groundswell of awareness around inequitable public projects places community-driven design rightfully at the forefront of the design community’s priorities. The engineered strategies of the last several decades have created as many problems as they have solved leading to an understood need for change. This talk will focus on public space’s evolving role and how the design process must adapt to create the type of impact all planners, architects, and landscape architects espouse.

1. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign

2. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign

3. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

4. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
“Across borders and beyond walls, from city
centers to the last wilderness, humanity’s
common ground is the landscape itself.”
Part I: Place: What is Public

5. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

6. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

7. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

8. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

9. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

10. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

11. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

12. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

13. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

14. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

15. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

16. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

17. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

18. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

19. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

20. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

21. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

22. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part I: Place: What is Public

23. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign

24. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part II: Pursuit of Good Design

25. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part II: Pursuit of Good Design

26. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part II: Pursuit of Good Design

27. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part II: Pursuit of Good Design

28. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part II: Pursuit of Good Design

29. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part II: Pursuit of Good Design

30. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part II: Pursuit of Good Design

31. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign

32. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part III: Process: How participatory Design Leads to Social Equity

33. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part III: Process: How participatory Design Leads to Social Equity

34. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part III: Process: How participatory Design Leads to Social Equity

35. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part III: Process: How participatory Design Leads to Social Equity

36. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
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Part III: Process: How participatory Design Leads to Social Equity

37. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign

38. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part IV: Call to Action

39. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part IV: Call to Action

40. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part IV: Call to Action

41. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part IV: Call to Action

42. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign
Part IV: Call to Action
Our time on earth is finite. What we can learn is infinite.

43. Jonathon Geels, PLA, ASLA
Landscape Architect | Troyer Group
@Jonathon Geels #landarch #sitedesign