Martin Holland
- Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
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Commemoration and memorial preservation
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Landscape history
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Landscape conservation and preservation
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Design pedagogy
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The role of experiential learning in design
431 Stuckeman
- Email mxh6209@psu.edu
Biography
Martin Holland joined the Stuckeman School's Department of Landscape Architecture on Aug. 1, 2024. He was previously an associate professor and undergraduate program coordinator in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development at the University of Guelph (Ontario) where he taught history, theory and design studio courses.
Prior his time in Ontario, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Landscape Architecture at Clemson University for three years where he taught several classes including an introductory landscape architecture course and studio courses focused on technical graphics, basic design principles and site design. He also served as a visiting instructor in the Department of Art at Monmouth College in 2013-14.
Holland’s research interests include the role of commemoration and memorial practices within the built environment, landscape history, landscape conservation and preservation, design pedagogy and the role of experiential learning within the design fields.
In 2022, Holland coauthored “Representing Landscapes: One Hundred Years of Visual Communication” with Nadia Amoroso, published by Routledge. He also authored or coauthored several book chapters and journal articles on topics such as hybridized landscapes, landscape architecture history, environmental design and urban agriculture.
Holland has been involved with several professional organizations over the course of his career including the Landscape Research Group, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Society of Architectural Historians, Environmental Research Design Association, Library of American Landscape History and the American Society of Landscape Architects. In 2014 he joined the Alliance of Historic Landscape Preservation and currently serves as the organization’s president.
In practice, Holland with several design firms including Rosborough Partners in Libertyville, Illinois; EDAW, Inc. in Atlanta; Peter Walker and Partners in Berkeley, California; and D.I.R.T. Studio in Charlottesville, Virginia. He was also a planning associate with the MSM Regional Council, a private, non-profit regional planning and research organization in Princeton, New Jersey.