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The Unspoken Narratives of the Empty Quarter
(2021-05-18)
The desert, commonly understood as a barren and infertile landscape, is not empty. This thesis reads the desert landscape as an archive full of social, economic, and political narratives using the Empty Quarter as a case ...
Harnessing Dynamics: Exploring Scale & Coastal Infrastructure in the Arctic
(2022-04-01)
Infrastructure is crucial for survival in extreme environments. However, it is often built with little consideration for its environmental context or the broader needs of the community it serves. In the Arctic, small coastal ...
Design in the Convívio: Making Space for Landscape in Self-Built Communities
(2021-05-19)
This thesis examines the roles in which a landscape architect can operate respectfully within dense, self-constructed communities. Piloting a design process within the context of the “convívio” -- a socially rich but ...
Blurred Lines: From Fragmentation to the Common on the Urban Coastal Edges
(2021-05-20)
Landscape architects often regard sea level rise on urban coastal edges as solely an environmental issue, relying on the design of edges and lines to fortify the coast. However, this thesis believes that climate adaptation ...
Rest Stop Vending Machine, California (2033)
(2022-05-18)
In the federal highway rest stop there are parking spots, picnic benches, a shade structure or two, and an irrigated lawn. There is also a vending machine. Vending machines are, by law, the only commercial activity allowed ...
Throwing Shade: Heatwaves, Emergency Preparedness, and Produced Risk
(2021-05-21)
Throwing Shade introduces a series of public cooling landscapes designed to offer relief both daily and in emergencies. Through considering networks of infrastructure and public acupuncture, the design proposes heat escapes ...
The Sovereign Table: Embedding Knowledge Infrastructure within a Tribal Homeland
(2022-05-23)
As climate change exacerbates the consequences of Western land and resource mismanagement, landscape architects are increasingly soliciting traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). This thesis calls landscape architects to ...
Identities of Past and Present: Conservation and its Consequences
(2022-05-25)
This thesis explores the concept of “Radical Indigenism,” outlined by Julia Watson, as a critique of traditional notions of cultural heritage and preservation in landscape architecture. To investigate this concept, the ...
Unpaving Paradise : Envisioning a Healthy Hialeah
(2021-05-18)
Hialeah is a city of “unhealthy” urban character in terms of green coverage, economic opportunity, and medical care; however, its strong sense of community and interpersonal “weak ties” could help overcome these characteristics ...
Ovis Versatilis: Icelandic Sheep Farm as Land Art Museum as Evolution Lab
(2021-05-19)
This thesis explores the role of evolutionary biology in landscape architecture, examining designed landscapes as potential drivers for species evolution. It argues that any landscape design makes direct and immediate ...