Course Description: This course surveys the evolving socio-ecological conditions resulting from urbanization, climate dynamics, evolving economies and technological innovation. Landscape architects around the world increasingly engage these complexities in the built environment to create new possibilities for the economic, social, and environmental performance of landscapes in public, private, and infrastructural territories. Students will use contemporary projects as a basis for understanding multi-scalar design approaches, technical details, and maintenance regimes. Emphasis will be placed on built landscapes and living systems as integral parts of more dynamic, resilient, and sustainable approaches to landscape design, implementation, and management across scales from the site to the watershed.
urban wildness
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project by Josie Tunnell, Spring 2022
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project by Aubrey Bader, Spring 2021
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project by Abbey Stubblefield, Spring 2021
Its Alive!
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Spring 2022
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Spring 2021
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project by Caleb Brackney, Spring 2020
Its About Time
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Evy Vandivort, Spring 2022
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Mia Roark, Spring 2022
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Olivia Gingerich, Spring 2022
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project by Seth Zanoni, Spring 2021
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project by Stormie Tibbs, Spring 2021
EXERCISE-unpacking performance
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project by Christina Conrad, Spring 2020
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project by Gerald Gorham, Spring 2020