Selected Works K Y M B E R LY WARE
BSLA 2019
MLA II 2021
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FLOODING ARCADIA Autumn 2020 - Harvard GSD Thesis Research (wip)
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MECK PLAYBOOK Summer 2020 - Agency Landscape + Planning Planning
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AQUAPONIC ASSEMBLAGE Spring 2020 - Harvard GSD Landscape Design
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PHARMACEUTICALS IN SOIL FORMATION Spring 2020 - Harvard GSD Research
Flooding Arcadia
Designing for food sovreignty in the North Carolina coastal plain. Advised by: Montserrat Bonvehi Rosich
Crop & livestock land uses in the North Carolina coastal plain
work in progress
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NORTH CAROLINA INNER COASTAL PLAIN
By accepting that we cannot sustain the industrial agriculture model nor solve accessibility issues with small regenerative farms, this thesis is a restructuring of how we produce, access, process, and distribute food through spatial design. As large-scale poultry farms along the North Carolina coast begin to retreat in the wake of increasing climate pressure, Flooding Arcadia
will focus on transforming one of these abandoned sites into a productive space that is ecologically regenerative and economically viable. The design will create a democratized food sovereignty system for the communities that have long since been the neighbors of nuisance industrial farming.
Flooding Arcadia
Proposal for a floodplain agricultural land trust— blending recreational and productive lands.
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Following the drainage and channelization of the Back Swamp in the lower portion of the state, community perception of risk shifted to where people now live and farm in areas of the landscape that had historically been regularly inundated. This diagram depicts the
transformation of the floodplain and former swamp footprint into an agricultural land trust where cultivation practices are oriented in relation to their proximity to surficial water and ground water as well as frequency of flood cycles.
Flooding Arcadia
Dietary and production pallette based on subsistence farming and swamp fishing/foraging before the swamp was drained.
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Potential future dietary and production pallette combining contemporary large scale farming and historic landscape knowledge.
Meck Playbook
Visualizing planning principles for a growing and evolving county parks department. Collaborators: Agency LP Planning team, Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation, Neighboring Concepts, Kimley Horn and Berry Dunn
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MECKLENBURG COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
To adapt to shifting community needs, CharlotteMecklenburg County Park and Recreation has begun the process of developing a comprehensive plan for the diverse communties across its county-wide district. Meck Playbook serves as a robust roadmap for soliciting public engagement and developing innovative and implementable recommendations that
address challenges and aspirations of the park and recreation system. I worked alongside the planning team to create drawings for engagement workships to help participants visualize the Playbook’s principles and encourage new ideas and discussions of what is possible.
Meck Playbook
After taking inventory of county assets along the river, this diagram identifies potential partnerships to improve access and connectivity.
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In an effort to facilitate conversations about untold stories, this drawing depicts the potential for interpretive programming to uncover hidden local histories.
This diagram expresses how an existing park can provide connections and amenities that benefit the community beyond its footprint.
Aquaponic Assemblage
Designing new economies for a post-industrial river town in Western Massachusetts. Advised by: Martha Schwartz and Paola Sturla
wetland basins
smokestack tower
water gardens
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HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS
fishway overlook
market plaza
fish markets
Aquaponic Assemblage is a productive public landscape that brings the community to the river. By engaging with the city’s fishing culture, creating opportunities for new agricultural technology to thrive, while also
mitigating excess carbon and water pollution, this dynamic park is simultaneously a new economic, programmatic and ecological destination for the city of Holyoke.
Aquaponic Assemblage
wetland basin 01
high point lawn
tower platform
water garden teraces
midway deck
wetland basin 02 water garden teraces
ath tp oo el f v e nl
afforestation ramble
de gar
wetland basin 03
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wetland basin 01
wet meadow
seepage layer existing industrial fill
On the site of a former paper mill, the design implements a series of wetland basins to drain water from the city’s canal system before it enters into the Connecticut River. The basins also filter into smaller water gardens where native edible fish species are
raised in terraced ponds with hydroponic vegetables. These goods are then processed and sold in the reclaimed fish market on site—creating jobs, food security and ecotourism that will help to jump start the struggling local economy.
Aquaponic Assemblage
Visitors experience the site year round via an elevated board walk.
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The smokestack of the former paper mill is preserved as a relic in celebration of the city’s industrial heritage.
Pharmaceuticals in Soil Formation An investigation of soil as a record of diet and public health crises in Mexico City. Collaborators: Olivia So and Seth Denizen
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MEXICO CITY AND THE MEZQUITAL VALLEY
Mexico City’s sewer system, servicing 18 million residents, is connected with the irrigation channels of the Mezquital Valley’s agricultural fields. The wastewater generated from the city contains pharmaceuticals, in their altered or processed form following their excretion from the human body. High
concentrations of antidiabetic and anticonvulsant medications in the water and soils are indicative of a public health crisis driven by globalized food systems. This project sought to challege conventional understanding of soil as a purely geologic formation and re-present it as an anthropogenic formation.
Pharmaceuticals in Soil Formation
The algorithmic soil profile was generated using characters of the anthropogenic soil.
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The Mezquital Valley is a microcosm of Mexico’s economic, ecological, and public health landscape in the wake of the North American Free Trade Agreement. From land privatization to the use of wastewater irrigation that is highly concentrated with anti-diabetic, anticonvulsant drugs and their
byproducts, this ground has been witness to the beginning and end of a food system that has fueled a public health crisis. At the end of the project, Olivia and I spent the summer curating the Thinking Through Soil website as a culmination of the various soil research projects.
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