Slide Kelly is a Design Critic in Landscape Architecture and Visiting Faculty at Harvard Graduate School of Design. He teaches GIS, digital design technology, and media core studio sequences, as well as seminars and option studios focused on geospatial applications, design, and climate adaptation. As a designer, researcher, and technologist, Slide works at the intersection of landscape architecture and environmental planning, with a research focus on data-driven design methods that promote reciprocity and support anticipatory spatial practices. His contributions include research into scenario planning for coastal communities in New England and site design for managed wildfire areas in California's wildland-urban interface. Slide's personal work emphasizes the establishment of planted forests that address social priorities and species conservation, particularly in remediating compromised U.S. public lands. He holds a Master of Landscape Architecture and a Master of Design Studies in Risk and Resilience, as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies from Tufts University. Slide's professional experience includes roles at Sasaki Associates, SWA Group, and Harvard's Office of Urbanization, among others.
Continental Divide Trail Coalition • Rocky Mountains, USA
Supported landscape infrastructure planning to connect communities in the headwaters of the Rocky Mountains.
Harvard Graduate School of Design • Cambridge, MA, USA
Teaching courses in landscape architecture and engaging in research related to climate adaptation and geospatial design.