Brendan Harmon
Assistant Professor
Graduate Coordinator
225-578-1475 | 309 Julian T. White Hall
baharmon@lsu.edu
MLA Harvard Graduate School of Design
MPhil University of Oxford
PhD North Carolina State University
Brendan Alexander Harmon is an assistant professor of landscape architecture at LSU’s Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture. He received a Master of Landscape Architecture from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, a Master of Philosophy in Geography and the Environment from the University of Oxford, and a PhD in Design from North Carolina State University. Brendan’s research aims to ground design in spatial science by seamlessly integrating geospatial modeling into the creative design process through technologies such as tangible interaction, digital fabrication, and virtual reality. He co-designed Tangible Landscape, a tangible interface for geospatial modeling. His publications include a book, book chapters, and papers on tangible interaction, geospatial modeling, and digital design. He has given conference talks, workshops, and demos at venues such as ACM’s Tangible Embodied Interaction conference, the Royal Geographical Society, and the World Bank.
Courses
LA 2101 Landscape Representation III
LA 3001 Landscape Design III
LA 7032 Media III
LA 7102 Graduate Representation II