Allen Compton's guest appearances

Allen Compton

The Landscape Architecture Podcast

HomeLandLab Podcast

Sam Harris

Greg Miller

Richard Rothstein

Michael Todoran

Tim Harris

Alan Graham

Josh Rosen

Mike O'Brien

John Wilson

Leslie Smith

Tori Kjer

Falon Mihalic

Robert Andrade

Billy Fleming

Matthew Leasure

OwlTail

Rachel Allen

On today’s podcast I interview Allen Compton, Principal and Founder of SALT Landscape Architects and Rachel Allen of Rachel Allen Architecture, who, among other projects, are helping to reimagine one of the more contested public spaces in America: Pershing Square. Our conversation in their studio space in Downtown LA’s Fashion District, was discursive and exploratory, probing the themes of homelessness, architecture, landscape architecture and urban design and exploring how those design disciplines are poised to respond to the challenges of homelessness in a city where the phenomenon is most prevalent and widespread. We explore the deliberate design of Skid Row, Allen’s work for the Skid Row Housing Trust and the future of downtown LA’s open spaces, but we started the conversation with their reflections not as designers, but as Angelinos.

<p>On today’s podcast I interview Allen Compton, Principal and Founder of <a href="http://s-a-l-t.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SALT Landscape Architects</a> and Rachel Allen of <a href="http://www.rachelallen.net/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rachel Allen Architecture</a>, who, among other projects, are helping to reimagine one of the more contested public spaces in America: Pershing Square. Our conversation in their studio space in Downtown LA’s Fashion District, was discursive and exploratory, probing the themes of homelessness, architecture, landscape architecture and urban design and exploring how those design disciplines are poised to respond to the challenges of homelessness in a city where the phenomenon is most prevalent and widespread. We explore the deliberate design of Skid Row, Allen’s work for the Skid Row Housing Trust and the future of downtown LA’s open spaces, but we started the conversation with their reflections not as designers, but as Angelinos.</p>

Episode 17: Rachel Allen and Allen Compton

Claire Latané

Claire Latané& Allen Compton