Urban green stormwater infrastructure facilities come in many forms, which include
variation in the number and types of plant species. How plant diversity in stormwater
facilities is perceived and valued by the public, ...
Planning for uncertain, future climates has become a dominant framework
in resource management fields, and has recently expanded into cultural resource
strategies within the National Park Service (NPS). However, because ...
In seeking to develop a design approach inspired by African American culture,
jazz emerged as a deep source of creativity in art and design. This project looks
at the invariable features of jazz—improvisation, syncopation, ...
Memories of displacement, loss, and discrimination are oten present in designed sites. A decline in
memory and story sharing has let these memories lingering on sites, open wounds waiting to be unearthed,
discussed, and ...
Federal-tribal collaborations in resource
management are becoming more common,
but successes are difficult to duplicate and
recommendations for future partnerships are
often vague, nontransferable, or dependent
on a ...
is project examines the potential applicability of Video Game
Engines to the representation of landscape architectural designs.
Video Game Engines present a unique and novel format for design
representation in that they ...
Extending the workflow of Building Information Modeling (BIM) to the field of
landscape architecture has significantly improved the workflow across design
disciplines. This project explores how BIM can assist landscape ...
Butterfly populations face many challenges, none so great as the loss of
habitat do to urbanization. The practice of clearing native vegetation and
replacing it with an exotic plant palette forces many urban butterflies ...
In our rapidly densifying urban environment, diversifying
family types, and evolving urban demographics, it is of great
value to reconsider ways to design residential landscapes that
are adaptable to natural and cultural ...
Climate change impacts the world at different rates and scales. This project examines the
effects of climate change in the residential landscape in the Midwest, an under-examined— but crucial—topic in climate change ...
This project sought to explore ways in which algorithmic
modeling may lend a methodology to the landscape
architecture design process. Specifically, a
computational design framework originating from industrial
engineering ...
As American cities transition from decades of automobile
dependency to walking, biking, and transit, new and
emerging forms of mobility such as ride-sharing, microvehicles,
and autonomous vehicles offer a new paradigm
of ...
Ecological restoration is a field that is constantly evolving as we learn more
about how much we do not know about our surroundings. This research looks at
the potential to co-create with native animals as a way to provide ...
Using a study site in rural coastal Oregon (within the City of Coos Bay) this project generated a transferable process for rural coastal towns in need of efficient and pragmatic flood-mitigation plans. By observing the ...
In consideration of climate change and the increasing trend of extreme weather events, communities see more urgent needs for preparation,
especially for protecting their vulnerable populations. Given the growing climate ...
Despite their remote location and green veneer, landfills, like
many industrial sites, have become monuments to consumerism.
Every day in Lane County, Oregon, the equivalent of six pounds
of waste per resident joins the ...
Many US cities are experiencing exceptionally high
housing costs and housing shortages, this is especially true in
California, where housing costs greatly exceed those of the rest of
the nation. State law-makers and ...
Portland Oregon’s Forest Park— one of the largest
urban forests in the United States—usership is in a
state of inequitable distribution, disproportionately
allocating “the benefits and burdens of [urban]
growth and ...
Climate change, capitalism, globalism, densification of cities, and the rise of large
scale monocrop farming have created an environmental landscape of food instability and a lost
opportunity for human connection to and ...
Landscape architects have the potential to contribute to climate change
mitigation through natural climate solutions that sequester carbon in
ecosystems. However, landscape architects lack resources on how to design
landscapes ...