Jason Kentner, RLA Education Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture Knowlton School of Architecture The Ohio State University 275 West Woodruff Ave. Columbus, OH 43210 o 614 292 6795 f 614 292 7106 e kentner.14@osu.edu 2002-2004 Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA Master in Landscape Architecture MLA Two-year post-professional degree 1994-1999 The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA Bachelor of Landscape Architecture BLA Five-year first-professional degree Teaching Appointments 2006-present The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture Landscape Architecture Section Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture Courses Taught: LA 321, 322, 323, 620, 622, 624, 626, 640, 642, 658, 760 2005-2006 The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture Landscape Architecture Section Visiting Lecturer in Landscape Architecture Courses Taught: LA 355, 321, 322, 361, 620, 622, 626 2004-2005 The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture Master's Program in Landscape Architecture Visiting Lecturer in Landscape Architecture Courses Taught: LAR 380, 390, 390K, 385K, 696 2003-2004 Harvard University Graduate School of Design SP 2003 Teaching Assistant 6206: Landscape Technology Prof. N Kirkwood AU 2004 Teaching Fellow 1111: Landscape Architecture Core Studio H. Clarke, M. Blier, M. Van Valkenburgh SP 2004 Teaching Assistant 6206: Landscape Technology Prof. N Kirkwood
Honors and Awards 2011 Semi-Finalists, Harborport: Water Management and Transit Networks One Prize: NYC 6 th Boro. Organized by Terreform 01 and Planetary One Final Jury Results Announced July 28th Design Team: Jason Kentner, Knowlton School of Architecture Karen Lewis, Knowlton School of Architecture Sean Burkholder, Penn State University Matt Banton, Louisville Kentucky 2009 Honorable Mention, Inner Space: Alternate Public Spaces for the Grand Concourse Intersections: The Grand Concourse Beyond 100. Sponsored by the Bronx Museum of Art and Design Trust for Public Space Design Team: Jason Kentner, Knowlton School of Architecture Karen Lewis, University of Kentucky School of Architecture Jury: Stan Allen AIA, Architect and Dean of School of Architecture at Princeton University; Carlos Brillembourg AIA, Principal, Carlos Brillembourg Architects, New York City; Belmont Freeman Principal, Belmont Freeman Architects, New York; Anthony Greene, Education Director of the Bronx County Historical Society; Walter Hood, Landscape Architect and Professor at UC Berkeley; Dr. Clara E. Rodriguez, Professor of Sociology at Fordham University s College at Lincoln Center; Tim Rollins, Artist, New York; Wilhelm Ronda, Director of Planning and Development, Bronx NY; Galia Solomonoff, Architect, New York; Susan Szenasy, Editor-in-Chief, Metropolis Magazine; TATS CRU, Bronx-based muralist group, New York. 2006 Honorable Mention, 110% Juice: New England's Working Landscape WindScape: An Ideas Competition Envisioning Renewable Energy for Cape Cod. Sponsored by the Boston Society for Architects, Boston, MA Design Team: Jason Kentner, Knowlton School of Architecture Karen Lewis, University of Kentucky School of Architecture Jury: Robert Campbell FAIA, Architecture Critic The Boston Globe; Winka Dubbeldam, Principal, Architectonics, New York City; William G. Reed AIA, LEED, Integrative Design, Collaborative; Michael Singer, Artist; Laura Solano, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates. 2005 Finalist, Memory Trail: A Memorial Landscape Flight 93 National Memorial Design Competition Sponsored by the Partners of Flight 93, which include the National Park Service, the Flight 93 Advisory Commission, the Flight 93 Memorial Task Force, and the Families of Flight 93. Design Team: Jason Kentner, Knowlton School of Architecture Karen Lewis, University of Kentucky School of Architecture
Frederick Steiner, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture E. Lynn Miller, University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture Stage 1 Jury: M. Paul Friedberg, FASLA, M. Paul Friedberg and Partner; Donna Graves, Arts and Cultural Planning Consultant; Richard Haag, FASLA, Hon AIA, Richard Haag & Associates; David Hollengerg, National Park Service; Carole O'Hare, Family Member; Michael Rotondi, AIA, RoTo Architects; W. Cecil Steward, FAIA, Dean Emeritus, University of Nebraska; Susan Szenasy, Editor-in-chief of Metropolis; Sarah Wainio, Family Member. Stage 2 Jury: Julie Bargmann, Principal, D.I.R.T. Studio; Gerald Warren Bingham, Family Member; Thomas E. Burnett, Sr., Family Member; Robert Campbell, FAIA, Architecture Critic for the Boston Globe; Barbara V. Catuzzi, Family Member; G. Henry Cook, Somerset Trust Bank; Dr. Gail Dubrow, Dean or the Graduate School and Vice- Provost, University of Minnesota; Sandra Felt, Family Member; Ilsa Homer, Family Member; Connie Hummel, Principal, Shanksville High School; Jonathan Jarvis, National Park Service; Laurie Olin, FASLA, the Olin Partnership; Thomas Sokolowski, Director, Andy Warhol Museum.
Lectures, Presentations, and Exhibitions 2012 Competition/Exhibition OH/MISS: National Wetlands Park (working title) Open Design Competition in development for January 2012 Call for Proposals Jason Kentner - Competition/Exhibit organizer. Open International Design Competition is being organized among various Universities and research partners including the Society of Wetland Scientists, USGS National Wetlands Research Center. Competition will focus on proposals for a national wetlands park in the Ohio and Mississippi River watersheds to address issues of non-point source pollutions and regional flooding. 2011 Symposium After Effects: Emerging Metrics in Landscape Architecture Knowlton School of Architecture Fall 2011 Symposium organizer 2011 Presentation Next Nature? Novel Ecologies as Sustainable Urban Nature CELA Los Angeles Spring 2011 Abstract accepted in 2010 2011 Panel Discussion Integrative Design: 4 Models for Design Implementation Practice and Pedagogy CELA Los Angeles Spring 2011 Panel Organizer, Fellow Panelists Tim Baird (Penn State), Linda Jewell (UC Berkeley), David Celento (Penn State), and Sean Burkholder (Penn State) 2011 Panelists LA Futures Ohio Chapter of ASLA Annual Meeting Spring 2011 Invited Panelist 2011 Lecture Technical Integration Design Process Low Impact Development Seminar Columbus OH Fall 2011 Invited Speaker 2009 Exhibition Intersections: The Grand Concourse Beyond 100 Center for Architecture New York, NY Innerspace and model featured in Gallery Exhibit 2009 Lecture Influx KSA Lecture Series: Confluence Spring 2009 KSA Faculty Lecture 2009 Exhibition Monuments of Columbus The Ohio State University Urban Arts Space FLAT (digital image) included in Gallery Exhibit 2008 Lecture x10 100 Talk 20 Event, Knowlton School of Architecture invited by event coordinator Isabela Gould 2008 Lecture dencity vs. scarcity On Scarcity mini-symposium at Knowlton School of Architecture invited by organizer John McMorrough, Assistant Professor in Architecture
2007 Lecture Space Race Redux Ohio River Valley Sustainable Redevelopment Conference, Louisville Kentucky invited presentation and panel discussion w/ Karen Lewis and Jane Amidon 2007 Lecture Space Race The Pennsylvania State University peer reviewed abstract CELA Annual Conference 2006 Exhibition Alumni Works The Pennsylvania State University 110% juice and Flight 93 included in Gallery Exhibit and Publication 2007 Lecture Suburban Infrastructure University of Kentucky College of Design invited lecture as part of Karen Lewis s Architecture Seminar on Infrastructure 2006 Lecture blur: landscape's shifting image Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio invited lecture as part of Lecture Series and William B. Post Photography Exhibit 2006 Exhibition Synthetic Landscapes: ACADIA Conference 2006 University of Kentucky, Louisville, KY "110% juice" included in Conference Gallery Exhibit and Proceedings Publication 2006 Exhibition WindScape Ideas Competition Traveling Exhibition Recognized Entry "110% juice" Exhibit Locations include but are not limited to: Boston Society of Architects, Boston, MA NESEA's Building Energy Conference, World Trade Center, Boston, MA Massachusetts State House, Boston, MA Zuiderkerk Amsterdam Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA Ministry of VROM Aterlier Rijksbouwmeester Den Haag 2006 Lecture Flight 93: Competition Entry Review Knowlton School of Architecture, Columbus, OH invited Speaker in Jane Amidon's LA 253 2005 Exhibition Flight 93 Memorial Competition Finalists Exhibition Somerset, PA and Washington D.C. 2005 Lecture Flight 93: Competition Experience w/ Karen Lewis UT School of Architecture Summer Academy, Austin, TX
Papers, Publications, and Citations 2011 Publication STOSS LU: SURFACE CAPACITIES (working title) Source Books in Landscape Architecture #7 Jason Kentner, Series Editor Expected Publication Date December 2011 2011 Publication Third Coast Atlas Editors: Clare Lyster, Charles Waldheim, Mason White Upcoming 2011/2012 Project Featured: Great Salt Lake 2.0 a proposal for an ecological divide between Great Lakes and Mississippi River Basin 2011 Citation Design for a Vulnerable Planet by Fritz Steiner University of Texas Press 2011 Chapter 18 In Search of a Fitting Tribute: The Flight 93 Memorial 2011 Abstract & Paper Presentation Next Nature? Novel Ecologies as Sustainable Urban Nature CELA Los Angeles Spring 2011 2010 Publication Tom Leader Studio: Three Projects Source Books in Landscape Architecture #6 Jason Kentner, Series Editor Princeton Architectural Press 2007 Paper Presentation Space Race: How Population Growth and Renewable Energy are Restructuring the American Landscape 2007 CELA Conference Negotiating Landscapes at Penn State University 2006 Citation "The Digital Exchange: An Exhibition of Digital Manufacture and Visualization" Editor Gregory A. Luhan (Mansfield, OH: ACADIA Publications, 2006), p.56. 110% Juice graphics from exhibit shown in catalog 2006 Citation "Synthetic Landscapes: ACADIA 2006 International Conference Proceedings" Editors Gregory A. Luhan, Phillip Anzalone, Mark Cabrinha, Cory Clarke (Mansfield, OH: ACADIA Publications, 2006), p.123. 110% Juice graphics from Synthetic Landscapes Exhibit 2006 Citation "A Time to Heal, A time to Reflect" by Scott Gowans, WOSU, Columbus, Ohio quote provided for article 2005 Publication Architectural Record, March 2005 "Finalists Named for Flight 93 Memorial" Publication Texas Architect, March 2005 "UT Team Among Finalists for Flight 93 Memorial" Publication Landscape Architecture Magazine, March 2005
"Landscape Memorials" Publication Landscape Architecture Magazine, April 2005 "Commemorative Landscape" Publication The Washington Post, September 8, 2005 "Flight 93 Memorial Designs Unveiled"
Professional and University Service and Outreach 2009 to Friends of Goodale Park Columbus, OH present 2011 President Board of Trustees 2010 Secretary Board of Trustees 2010 ASLA Annual Meeting Washington D.C. Attended as KSA Faculty Representative and member of Education and Emerging Professionals Committees 2008 OSU Freshman Seminar Shrinking Cities + Super Sizing Populations OSU Freshman Seminar Program Rod Romesburg, Program Director Freshman Seminars are open to all first-year students at OSU and serve as a means of exposing students to on-going faculty research. It is also the hope that this course will serve as a recruiting tool for the LArch program and KSA. 2007 ASLA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA Attended as KSA Faculty Representative. 2007 LABash at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA Attended as KSA Faculty Representative and SCASLA Advisor for Recruiting purposes. 2007 Ohio Chapter ASLA Student Awards Jury Jury for National ASLA Award KSA Faculty Rep with Jane Amidon Served as coordinator for jury which included contacting student nominees and scheduling the jury as well as production of final awards certificates. 2007 OCASLA Professional Awards Jury KSA Faculty Representative 2006 Tremont Elementary Master Plan Studio Exercise Upper Arlington School District Dr. Maria Wilkes, Principal Construction Studio developed site master plan alternatives for Tremont Elementary in Upper Arlington. Plans focused on issues related to am/pm student drop-off and pick-up safety issues as well as image of school. Student designs were presented to the school, parents, and board members with final design ideas serving as basis for development of professional project by Meyers Welsh Architecture + Design. 2006 Landscape Installations Studio Exercise Highbanks Metro Park Richard Rapp, Park Manager Construction Studio developed site-specific landscape installations for public display along the park s riverside trail. The installations were in place for five weeks and served as an added attraction to the park and demonstration of students work at the KSA. 2006 Ohio Chapter ASLA Student Awards Jury Jury for National ASLA Award KSA Faculty Rep with Jose Parral
2006 Sustainable Public Housing Studio w/ Dayton Metro Housing Authority Dayton Metro Housing Authority Mary DelRaso, Planning and Development Studio jointly taught w/ Jose Parral focused on research and development of sustainable landscape models for a number of DMHA properties. Students research/designs were published for the DMHA in a reference text following public presentation of the work. 2006 KSA ULI Student Urban Design Competition OSU Faculty Coordinator Knowlton School of Architecture, Columbus, OH Facilitated and organized participation of students and faculty from each section of the KSA, Fisher College of Business, as well as regional professionals. In 2007/08 ULI Central Ohio will be sponsoring annual student participation in this competition. Additionally faculty from each section (Jennifer Evans-Cowely, Lisa Tilder, myself) have committed to developing this effort. 2005 OCASLA KSA Faculty Rep to Executive Committee to present Ohio Chapter of American Society of Landscape Architects 2005 SCASLA Faculty Advisor to ASLA Student Chapter to present Knowlton School of Architecture, Columbus, OH 1999 ASLA National Student Design Competition Juror while acting as Student Representative to ASLA Board of Trustees 1998/99 ASLA Board of Trustees Elected National Student Representative
Professional Work 2007 to present influx studio, llc Partner Columbus, OH Works: Private Collection Sculpture Garden Columbus OH Baltimore Farm Baltimore Township Ohio Urban Loft + Garden Columbus Ohio 2002-2005 Jason Kentner Design - Owner Columbus, OH (previously Austin, TX and Cambridge, MA) Completed Works: Private Residence 01 Newton, MA Private Residence 02 Newton, MA Sert Conference Website Harvard GSD Hashim Sarkis original firm website Wagner McCann Studio original firm website Reed Hilderbrand Associates original firm website 1999-2002 Reed Hilderbrand Associates Technical Assistant and Project Designer Watertown, MA Principals Douglas Reed and Gary Hilderbrand Project Experience: Harvard Life Sciences Courtyards Cambridge, MA First Church of Christ Scientists Boston, MA Bennington College Houses Bennington, VT Brandeis University Houses Waltham, MA North Shore Music Theater Beverly, MA Mount Auburn Cemetery Cambridge, MA Private Residence Cambridge, MA Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Pier Boston, MA The Arnold Arboretum Shrub and Vine Collection Jamaica Plane, MA Private Residence Bermuda Fargo Lane Residence Irvington, NY Monte Vista Residence San Antonio, TX Old Whitewood Estate The Plains, VA Upland Road Residence Cambridge, MA Waccabuc Estate Waccabuc, NY Taft Museum Cincinnati, OH Parrish Art Museum Southampton, NY Simon's Rock College of Bard Great Barrington, MA The Clark Art Institute Williamston, MA AP Farm Cross River, NY
Professional Affiliations, Registrations, and Development 2010-present American Society of Landscape Architects Member Emerging Professionals Committee (2010-2012) Education Committee (2010-2012) 2010 Continuing Education Course Rhino Workshop Rhino 3D Modeling for Educators 2010 Council of Landscape Architecture Registration Boards (CLARB) Registered Landscape Architect in the State of Ohio #1001245 2007-present Ohio State Olentangy River Wetland Research Park Affiliate Member Professor William J. Mitsch, Ph.D., Director 2007 Continuing Education Course Artful Rainwater Design Professors Stuart Echols and Eliza Pennypacker of Penn State University 2006-present Urban Land Institute Central Ohio Chapter Member as part of OSU Faculty 2006-2009 American Society of Landscape Architects Associate Member 1994-2000 American Society of Landscape Architects Student Member 2005-present Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Faculty Member Member as part of OSU Faculty