Landscape Architecture Department 50th Anniversary
50th Anniversary Celebration and Class Reunion
Friday April 22 and Saturday April 23, 2022
The Cal Poly Landscape Architecture Department is so excited to welcome our alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends back to celebrate its 50th anniversary! We will start the celebration on Friday evening, April 22nd and continue through Saturday, April 23rd. We would also love for you to consider this event a class reunion with prizes for the group with the highest percentage of alumni in attendance from your graduating class!
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Please reach out to the department at landscapearchitecture@calpoly.edu if you have any questions.
Anniversary Events:
Friday – April 22nd:
Mixer at SLO Brew Rock - FULL
To be added to the waitlist, please email: landscapearchitecture@calpoly.edu
5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
855 Aerovista Ln
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Join us for a fun evening at the Rock to get together with past classmates, faculty, staff, colleagues, friends, and current students. The event will be held outside at the Rock’s Beer Garden. Enjoy tacos, wine and SLO Brew beer. Visit The Rock’s website: https://slobrew.com/the-rock/ for more information including directions.
Saturday – April 23rd:
Hike to Poly Canyon/Design Village - FULL
To be added to the waitlist, please email: landscapearchitecture@calpoly.edu
9:30 am – 10:30/11:00 am
Poly Canyon Road,
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
Meet at the Gate on Poly Canyon Road near Village Drive
Student volunteers will lead a hike into Poly Canyon for alumni to reminisce and for those who have never been in the canyon to experience this amazing open space right in our back yard. Students will lead a hike to the Architecture Experimental Lab where Design Village, an annual architecture student design competition will be taking place. Enjoy the judging of student projects or continue hiking on your own to other parts of the canyon.
For more information about the Architecture Design Village, visit: https://designvillage.wixsite.com/designvillage/thecompetition
Walking Tour of Downtown San Luis Obispo - FULL
To be added to the waitlist, please email: landscapearchitecture@calpoly.edu
10:30 am – 12:00 pm
San Luis Obispo Mission Plaza (meet near the fountain)
751 Palm Street
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Join Michael Codron, Director - City of San Luis Obispo Community Development, for a walking tour of downtown San Luis Obispo to learn about how the town center has changed and developed in recent years as well as exciting plans to increase the vibrancy of downtown SLO.
For more information, visit: https://www.slocity.org/government/department-directory/community-development/planning-zoning/specific-area-plans/downtown
Presentation at the Octagon Barn Milking Parlor - FULL
To be added to the waitlist, please email: landscapearchitecture@calpoly.edu
Hosted by Shaun Cooper, Senior Planner at the County of San Luis Obispo Parks and Recreation and Emeritus Professor Dale Sutliff
1:15 pm – 3:00 pm
4400 Octagon Way
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Join Emeritus professor Dale Sutliff and Shaun Cooper, Senior Planner - County of San Luis Obispo Parks and Recreation, for a talk about progress that the county and The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County has made to preserve open space and provide recreational amenities, including the planned Bob Jones Pathway extension between the Octagon Barn trail head and the existing Bob Jones Pathway and trail head at Ontario Road. This amazing talk will be held at the Milking Parlor of the newly restored Historic Octagon Barn Center on lower Higuera, one of the restoration projects of the Land Conservancy. A brief tour of the grounds of the barn will follow the talk.
Visit the Octagon Barn’s website: https://octagonbarn.org/ and the Land Conservancy’s website: https://lcslo.org/ for more information.
Visit the County Parks Bob Jones Pathway website for more information:
https://slocountyparks.com/planning-projects/bob-jones-pathway-san-luis-obispo-to-ontario-road/
Barbecue at the Berg - FULL
To be added to the waitlist, please email: landscapearchitecture@calpoly.edu
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Cal Poly University
1 Grand Avenue
Building 05, Room 105
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
For our last event, we are excited to have the Ribline come and barbecue in the newly remodeled Legacies Courtyard with exhibits in the adjacent Berg Gallery of student work, videos, and images from the department over the years. You may even see yourself or your work from your time at Cal Poly! See the information below if you would like to share work or photos from your time at Cal Poly.
Call for Submissions:
If you are interested in sharing photos, stories or projects from your time at Cal Poly, we would love to display them at our 50th anniversary exhibit. Please send them to: landscapearchitecture@calpoly.edu
Campus Map:
To view an interactive campus map (including buildings and places to park) visit: https://maps.calpoly.edu/
Parking on Campus:
Parking permits are not required on Saturdays apart from event lots, spaces labeled "Staff 24/7" & Residential parking areas. Applicable event rates apply in event lots. "24/7 Meter" parking is enforced when indicated on the meter. Limited time zones (example G2 Lot; Green Curbs labeled 20 Min. Max.) and all spaces in Residential parking areas are always enforced.
https://afd.calpoly.edu/parking/parkingoncampus/visitingthecampus/
Hotels:
San Luis Obispo hotels feature a variety of options from the elegant downtown hotels and the budget-friendly chains to the more personal homestays in San Luis Obispo. For more things to do in San Luis Obispo, visit the link HERE.
