In the 1930s, the Tennessee Valley Authority transformed an entire region through electrification. This piece explores how the TVA exercised power at multiple scales: the dam, the map and the electrical appliance.

Living With Water, is paradigm shift from a drain-pipe-pump mentality toward a system that values water as an asset.

The landscape we see happens above ground, yet much of its true intelligence lies beneath the surface.

Migration is an instinct shared across many species, and a fundamental process for communities’ survival. Today, all kinds of populations are on the move in unprecedented and dramatic ways. Some migrations bring threats, perceived or real. The design of cities, landscapes and infrastructure can support or inhibit migrations. Scenario 6 explores selected facets of this complex topic, told from a range of disciplinary perspectives.

Project: Living Breakwaters Location: Staten Island, NY Firm: SCAPE / Landscape Architecture Year: 2013 Competition: Rebuild by Design Website: Rebuild by Design – Living Breakwaters  Project Description: The Living Breakwaters concept design was developed by the SCAPE / Landscape Architecture team for the U.S. Department of … Continue reading →

Rejecting the notion of passive ‘greening,’ Queens Plaza reactivates an underutilized space and the surrounding urban fabric created by unplanned infrastructural layering.

When landscape is modified and inhabited, it becomes the medium through which humanity can produce, move, and live. As landscape fulfills these roles, it becomes infrastructural.

Lessons from Lloyd Crossing and Portland EcoDistricts Initiative showcase new tools for measuring ecological impact, human health, and the concrete results of design and planning interventions.

The deployment of offshore wind power on a massive scale is driving new forms of marine management and cartographic representation, and upending traditional ideas about what constitutes national territory.

The urban character of the Los Angeles industrial corridor is a paradoxical blend of functionality and disregard. To move beyond industrial use and create an integrated economic, residential, clean energy, and cultural engine for the city, the team explored high performance infrastructures and landscape strategies to develop a highly contextual strategy based on re-using existing and under-utilized resources on the site.