artists statement:
As we connect more intimately with our landscape, both individually and publicly, we will not only have chances for greater resilience but also for greater joy.
Jody Beck received his Bachelor of Architecture from Rice University, served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines, and is a registered architect. He received is PhD in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania where he wrote a dissertation about the political underpinnings of John Nolen’s landscape design. Jody is on the Board of Directors of the Association for Community Design and is currently a lecturer in landscape architecture at Lincoln University in New Zealand. His current research interests include the impact that global declines in oil production will have on our patterns of landscape inhabitation and encouraging greater interaction between people and their landscapes.