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Thinking beyond the constraints of a traditional public meeting, how can designers prioritize community engagement as a method for building trust, sharing power, and strengthening a sense of belonging? This talk presents case studies of community engagement as critical to the design process, exploring the inherent tension between outside input and local knowledge.

Join us Wednesday, November 12, 2025, at 6PM EST in person at the BAC or !

Estello is a landscape architect and a Senior Open Space Planner with the City of Somerville. Prior to working in the public sector, Estello practiced at various Cambridge-based landscape architecture firms, working on and managing the design, planning, and construction of public projects across the country. He received his Masters in Landscape Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, where he was the University Olmsted Scholar. In addition to having projects and drawings published in many landscape journals, his work has been recognized by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects, where he serves as Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Co-Chair. Estello remains interested in landscape architecture’s power to forge links between our natural/built environments and individual/collective memory of place, folding this ethos into his work.