Alexander Robinson

  • Assistant Professor, USC School of Architecture, Landscape Architecture Program and Urbanism Program
  • Spatial Sciences Affiliate
Office: (747) 234-8222

Expertise Summary

Expert in landscape architecture, landscape infrastructure and landscape urbanism

Expertise

  • landscape architecture
  • landscape infrastructures (green infrastructure)
  • sustainable landscape system, technologies, and materials
  • landscape aesthetics
  • natural landscape form, function, and process, including fractals
  • landscape surveying
  • engineering and landscape architecture
  • urban heat island
  • landscape urbanism
  • GIS mapping
  • tactical urbanism
  • Owens Valley and Owens Lake Dust Control Project
  • the intersection of water politics, infrastructure and open space
  • Los Angeles River, history of design and contemporary work
  • Hydraulic modeling and other design technologies
  • contemporary parks and open space

Additional Information

  • Worked on original Los Angeles River Revitalization Master Plan
  • Wrote a popular book on advanced landscape architecture systems, called Living Systems: Innovative Materials and Technologies for Landscape Architecture
  • Currently working on a book about the Owens Lake and how to design landscapes in the Anthropocene
  • Contributed to podcasts, panel discussions, and magazine articles in the past.
  • Member, American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA)