Julia Czerniak, Fall 2026 Lecture Series: The Resilient Campus

Join us in 175 Warren Hall for a lecture by Julia Czerniak, The Resilient Campus. This lecture is part of the Department of Landscape Architecture's fall 2026 lecture series, How Can Landscape Architecture Have Actual Agency?

Julia's lecture will explore contemporary design approaches for imagining, visualizing, and building resilient environments using the schemes for the recent international competition, The Resilient Campus.

Julia Czerniak, Dean and professor of the School of Architecture and Planning, is an internationally recognized design thinker. Educated as both an architect and landscape architect, her research and practice draws on the intersection of these disciplines.

Czerniak’s work focuses on the physical, cultural and ecological potentials of urban landscapes, particularly in deindustrializing cities. Her recent design research advances landscape as a protagonist in envisioning and creating biodiverse, climate resilient cities.

Czerniak’s work as a designer is complemented by her work as educator and writer: She has authored and edited over 30 publications, including three edited volumes, 25 essays and reviews, and has participated in more than 50 conferences, panels and events globally. She has been invited as a public speaker and guest juror at over 40 schools in North America, South America, Australia, Europe and Asia.