From Dividing to Connecting: The meshing of ecological functions and inclusive resources in public space design
| dc.contributor.author | Ketterer, Hana | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-13T22:13:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-06-13T22:13:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-06-13 | |
| dc.description | 144 pages. Committee chair: Liska Chan | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This project develops design strategies for landscape architects, planners, city officials, and public space designers that improve the provision of public space resources. Productive public landscapes that combine ecosystem services with inclusive community resources have potential to create more socially and ecologically resilient cities. Landscape architects have a major role in shaping how public spaces integrate these networks. Currently, there are 135 public parks in Eugene, Oregon. Yet they are used primarily for recreational purposes. With so many people facing precarity, I propose that a reassessment of what public space can provide for human and non-human users of a city. The design strategies I propose include 1) building urban food forests as novel ecosystems, 2) re-imagining urban waterways as a social and ecological artery, and 3) developing a cadence of amenities. As a speculative design project, I applied these design strategies through four facets of coexistence in public space: 1) spatial design and environment, 2) operations and maintenance, 3) program and activation, and 4) rights, rules, and accountability (Huttenhoff 2021). Using these design strategies, I developed a network of productive urban public spaces along Amazon Creek in Eugene, Oregon. Each space exemplifies a program of learning, harvesting, or sharing. Reframing Amazon Creek as a social and ecological artery of the city allows for human and non-human users to gain tangible resources such as food or habitat to support social infrastructure and ecological function. The strategies are intended to be transferable to projects and sites in a variety of locations that re-establish the potential of urban public space. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1794/26343 | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | University of Oregon theses, Landscape Architecture Program, M.S.; | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-US | en_US |
| dc.subject | urban ecology | en_US |
| dc.subject | connecting | en_US |
| dc.subject | Eugene, Oregon | en_US |
| dc.subject | Amazon Creek, Eugene, Oregon | en_US |
| dc.subject | inclusion | en_US |
| dc.subject | public space | en_US |
| dc.subject | park | en_US |
| dc.subject | food forest | en_US |
| dc.subject | amenity | en_US |
| dc.subject | waterway | en_US |
| dc.title | From Dividing to Connecting: The meshing of ecological functions and inclusive resources in public space design | en_US |
| dc.type | Terminal Project | en_US |