Judith Stilgenbauer
MLA, University of California Berkeley | Dipl.-Ing. Univ., Technische Universitӓt München (TU Munich)
License: Germany (landscape architect)
Judith Stilgenbauer, ASLA, is a professor in landscape architecture and urban design. Her creative work in teaching and applied research focuses on the role of process, performance, and placemaking in ecological urbanism and public open space design across diverse spatial and temporal scales. Stilgenbauer’s recent design research has focused on urban land-water relationships and adaptive coastal resilience design.
Judith Stilgenbauer serves as Director of the Master of Landscape Architecture program. Stilgenbauer is a director on the national American Society of Landscape Architects’ Board of Trustees. She further serves on national ASLA’s Climate Action Committee, CLARB’s Foresight Network, and the City & County of Honolulu’s Board of Parks and Recreation.
Areas of Interest:
Landscape architecture
Public open space design
Coastal resilience
Climate and SLR adaptation
Ecological urbanism
Sustainable urban design
Brownfield development
Green infrastructure
Nature-based solutions
UHCDC Principal Investigator for:
Waikīkī Resilience and SLR Adaptation Project (WRAP)
Community-Participatory Proof-of-Concept Design for ʻAʻala Park
South Shore Promenade and Open Space Network Study
Wahiawā Freshwater State Park Recreation Area Study
UHCDC Co-Investigator for:
OHA Kūkaniloko Wahiawa Lands
UHCDC project-related courses:
Spring 2023 ARCH 743 “Waikīkī Resilience & SLR Adaptation Project Studio”
Spring 2022 ARCH 743 “Nature-based Climate Adaptation Design Concepts for Waikīkī”
Spring 2020 ARCH 743 “Visioning a Climate-Resilient Sand Island”
Spring 2018 ARCH 743 “Resilience & Connectivity by Design”
Fall 2017 ARCH 415 “Wahiawa Freshwater Park”