Allen Compton is a licensed landscape architect and award-winning designer who has worked for AHBE Landscape Architects and Rios Clementi Hale Studios. He holds a BS in physics from Davidson College, a BSLA from Cal Poly Pomona, and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. Allen has designed a wide array of public and private projects, ranging from streetscapes to public parks to college campuses to urban housing, and from urban design guidelines to master plans for private, commercial, and institutional clients. His designs integrate the unique character of each site and seek to respond to the human needs of the project.

SALT Landscape Architects, www.s-a-l-t.com

To prepare for Allen’s visit:
View “The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces” by William H. Whyte. This a Vimeo video, approximately 58 minutes long. According this Allen, this is “A classic in landscape architecture / urban design. He was one of the first (perhaps the first) to use a camera to investigate how people used / populated public spaces in the city.”

Allen’s presentation here.

Documentation of Allen’s visit and fantasy project by Angie Son: Angie Son_Allen Compton