Eliza Rodrigs
Bachelor of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning
The Culture-Conscious Landscape
Our world is getting smaller and cultural boundaries are beginning to blur. It is necessary to foster design from a purely social level. How do we use the earth, plants and the human experience to celebrate and preserve culture?
Amherst Chinese Christian Church, Amherst, Massachusetts Balancing the Christian community with Chinese Cultural Traditions
The Livable City
It is expected that 70% of the worlds population will be urban by 2050. How do we explore the opportunities of future urban planning? How do we create the ‘Livable City?�
Sluseholmen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hammarby sjรถstad, Stockholm, Sweden
Havana, Cuba
Sketching & Analysis
Istanbul, Turkey
The Livable Landscape How do we merge the landscape and the city to create a model for the future? How do we weave the two together to create a sustainable hybrid landscape?
øresundskollegiet, Copenhagen, Denmark Fostering Growth, Play, and Education in a unique residential urban context
Understand Community Connections
Preserve, Develop & Densify
Siljansgade, Copenhagen, Denmark
Activate Recreational Greenspace
Facilitate Human Movement
Reinventing a post-industrial site by creating the framework for a residential & mixed-use development with new access to open space
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Lawrence, Massachusetts Sustainable Greenway Analysis & Development
Context
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Life
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Infrastructure
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Space
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Buildings
Lawrence, MA Reconceiving Cultural Landscape Heritage Through Urban Agriculture
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Celebrating the Sun
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METHUEN
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Community Connections
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Commercial Farms
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LAWRENCE
Community Farms
NORTH ANDOVER
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Community Gardens Institutional Farms
ANDOVER
NTS
Commercial Land Use/Zoning Proposed Agricultural Areas Proposed Rail Trail Corridor
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0.175 0.35
0.7 Miles
New Neighbors
LAWRENCE NORTH ANDOVER
ANDOVER
NTS
Mixed Use w. Restaurant Compost & Soil Complex
Proposed Hydroponic Complex
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0.175 0.35 0.7Farm Miles Community
Greenhouse Complex
Pedestrian Corridor & Community Gardens
Pedestrian Corridor & Community Gardens
Riverfront Open Space
Relocated Parking
Proposed Hydroponic Complex
Relocated Parking
Community Farm
Riverfront Open Space
Eliza Rodrigs elizarodrigs@gmail.com