Kate Orff
SCAPE Founder | Landscape Architecture & Urban Design
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Kate Orff is the founder of SCAPE, a landscape architecture and urban design studio based in New York City. Orff's visionary approach integrates ecology, engineering, and community engagement to transform urban environments.
Her award-winning projects, including the Rebuild by Design initiative, have pioneered new models for resilient, nature-based infrastructure. Orff's TED Talks and books like 'Toward an Urban Ecology' challenge audiences to reimagine the relationship between cities and the natural world.
Her keynotes offer tangible strategies for designing sustainable, livable communities that enhance human and environmental wellbeing.
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Reviving New York's rivers -- with oysters!
Landscape architect Kate Orff sees the oyster as an agent of urban change. Bundled into beds and sunk into city rivers, oysters slurp up pollution and make legendarily dirty waters clean -- thus driving even more innovation in "oyster-tecture." Orff shares her vision for an urban landscape that links nature and humanity for mutual benefit.
Kate Orff at Aspen Ideas Festival 2018
| Event | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Aspen Ideas Festival | 2018 | |
| TED | 2010 | 🇺🇸Long Beach, United States |
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