Lois A. Brink, M.L.A. (Master of Landscape Arch.), B.A. (Environmental Design), University of Pennsylvania, is a landscape architect and tenured professor at the University of Colorado. She is the principal leader in Denver Public Schools’ Learning Landscapes project, a $50 million design and construction initiative that in 2012 completed 96 elementary schoolyards after a 12-year build out.
Professor Brink’s knowledge and experience of playground development—coupled with her 30 years as a landscape architect—is critical to other similar initiatives. A faculty member at the University of Colorado for 25 years, she has been Director of Learning Landscapes for twelve years. Learning Landscapes is an innovative schoolyard redevelopment program with a threefold mission: 1) design and construct environments for healthy living; 2) empower children and communities through school and after-school activities, community organizing, healthy eating and active living, and 3) evaluate and research these activities in a comprehensive manner.