M A R IS S A ANGELL
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COVER IMAGE: SHIPPING BEYONCE: TOUR STOPS AROUND THE WORLD
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I N TH E S TU DIO “But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked. “Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “We’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.” “How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice. “You must be,” said the Cat, “Or you wouldn’t have come here.” -Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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Sectional explorations of the geological condition of the Hudson River invite the eye to view geological conditions from several angles, making only certain strata visible while obscuring others. Here, it is apparent that a simple alteration of perspective can illuminate an aspect of a site previously unseen while drawing in the viewer and forcing them to pause and scrutinize that particular condition, much like John Kensett’s redundant paintings of “the Rocks at Nahant.” Because of the fact that a quarry already makes its sectional condition explicit from the processes of excavation, we are immediately aware of the history and geological condition embedded within the site. While we as landscape architects may see the implicit cultural and aesthetic value within making the geology of a quarry so visible, others become quickly desensitized to this value, as little mystery remains in discovering the geology. However, these areas are prime ground for dealing with the issue of how we perceive landscapes, and how we see ourselves within and interacting with them. Often, quarries along the river are often forgotten, abandoned, filled, with water, or are blocked from view and deemed “unsightly” despite their complex and exciting geological condition and potential. Furthermore, these quarries are ceded to the course of nature in spite of the multitude of urban spaces that they have created-most notably, the Manhattan Cathedral created from the stone of the now-filled Verplanck quarry. Much like the sectional condition that becomes exciting and visible when the viewer changes his or her perspective, to uncover a quarry’s geological condition by obscuring parts of and varying the viewer’s relationship to it adds both visual interest while inviting the viewer to pause.
EELCO HOOFTMAN AND BRIDGET BAINES OF GROSS_MAX
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AGENTS OF OPPORTUNITY: A COLLABORATION WITH BRAD HOWE AND SONJA VANGJELI
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Reframing the discourse of climate change from resistance to adaptation, Agents of Opportunity proposes a strategic approach to drought management in the 12 and opportunistic United States by repurposing existing military infrastructure vegetation to maintain ecosystem services in fluctuating climatic conditions. The strategy challenges preconceptions about controversial military technologies and so-called invasive species, suggesting that public perceptions need to change along with the rapidly 7 shifting context, and questioning if the climate is changing, why aren’t we?
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Much like the strategy’s ability to capitalize on existing infrastructure, the methods also recognize the adaptations of opportunistic vegetation to drought. Agents of Opportunity takes advantage of the species’ morphologies (ie. movement, structure, growth) to gain agency over the condition. Smilax rotundifolia (common greenbrier), Ailanthus altissima (tree of heaven), and Digitaria sanguinalis (crabgrass) engage different speeds and scales of soil rehabilitation in the wake of drought conditions, spanning from the extents of the military base to national boundaries. The disturbance on the ground sparks the proliferation of the vegetation, further shaping the terrain and effectively reducing the negative impacts of drought. Where some may see a weed, Agents of Opportunity discovers potential for quick and effective soil rehabilitation, drought resistant cropping, and sustained ecosystem services.
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LANDSCAPE CORE II: ANITA BERREZBEITA, JILL DESIMINI, ROSETTA ELKIN, LUIS CAJELLAS 18
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FRANKLIN PARK: THE SEMI-PERM Once a widely celebrated creation of Olmsted, Franklin Park has since fallen into disrepair thanks to lack of both community investment and a maintenance regime. The following concept design proposal seeks to revitalize the 527 acre park situated in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts by implementing a strategy which focuses on opening up the threshold of the Western side of the park. Much of the strategy of “Franklin Park and the semipermeable membrane� is reliant on systematic and careful editing of existing vegetation, and the institution of select vegetation in other areas of the park to selectively provide canopy in some areas and open it up in others. Central to the proposal is a large grove of dawn redwoods, steadfast as the park itself.
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FEATURE: PLATFORM 6 Curated by Landscape Architecture faculty member Rosetta Elkin, Platform 6 features material that forms “a small part of the incredible range and diversity of proposals and visions that the GSD students and faculty have produced during the past academic year.�
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PASSAGE, PERMEABILITY, AND OCCUPATION Situated at the intersection of Broadway and Cambridge streets, the Cambridge fire station provides a promising canvas for the implementation of a plaza that must also deal with traffic flow, wind exposure, and a 30 percent slope gradient. The proposed “night garden” strives to provide a foil to oncoming traffic by capitalizing on vehicular movement through a dissolved boundary of the plaza towards the street. A planting strategy of a gradient of different heights of plants maximizes various types of user experiences, while strategic usage of lit pavers addresses the importance of lighting for safety at night in a busy city.
LANDSCAPE CORE I: SILVIA BENEDITO, JANE HUTTON, AND ZANETA HONG
IMAGES COURTESY OF JEREMY ELKIN
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RENDER COMMISSIONED FOR CONNECT KENDALL SQUARE COMPETITION, WITH IAN BRENNICK: RICHARD BURCK ASSOCIATES
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Structures of Coastal Resilience (SCR) is a Rockefeller Foundation-supported project dedicated to studying and proposing resilient designs for urban coastal environments in the North Atlantic region. SCR brings together a distinguished group of engineers, scientists, architects, landscape architects, and scholars to generate in depth and informed proposals for four sites on the North Atlantic. The Harvard GSD focused on Rhode Island. A porous shoreline and a strictly defined planting strategy favoring preservation along the Rhode Island coast creates a complex set of challenges for residents facing climate change. However, as Rhode Island has sustained less hurricane damage than other areas, it is an exemplary site for creating a pilot program addressing climate change through both hard and soft infrastructure. Storm surge presents obvious challenges to residents in the Narraganset watershed and coastal towns along the bay. This dynamic, coupled with urban runoff, forces some species to adapt while others die out. Plants tolerant to this high level of salt and inundation prove to be opportunists, pushing out the sought-after dune and marshscape. This process is one that designers can take advantage of-utilizing hardy plants to prevent dune loss and create a more resilient coastline. “This project proposes a combination of large stands of vegetation with minimal, precisely located, hardened coastal structures to provide cost-effective redundancy to coastline protection measures, add to the life span and effectiveness of traditional coastal structures, limit coastal erosion, and provide habitat and recreational space. The project focuses on three sites representative of three coastal conditions: Warren in Upper Bay is prone to seasonal flooding; the Greater Hummocks in Mid Bay is undergoing salt marsh migration; and Sachuest Point in Lower Bay is threatened by coastal erosion. The Graduate School of Design envisions coastal forests and shrub lands as a novel ecosystem, a cultural resource, and a social and economic opportunity.� -www.structuresofcoastalresilience.org
MICHAEL VAN VALKENBURGH + ROSETTA ELKIN
THE HUMMOCKS, SACHUEST, AND WARREN: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR
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DANUBE DAY INSTALLATION The Danube, a fixture of the social and military culture of Ingolstadt, Germany, is a presence that is both feared and celebrated. Comissioned by the city as a part of “Danube Day,� a day created to bring awareness to the river, landscape architecture firm OFICINAA curated an installation in a 310 meter path adjacent to the river in concert with a small museum glorifying certain aspects of the body of water. The path featured eight clearings meant to serve as windows towards the river, some housing concrete benches modeled to look like tree stumps. Tree trunks were painted yellow to signify the beginning and end of the path, while the museum at the end of the path featured scents of the Danube and a 2-meter map composed of wind, temperature, humidity, and sound data recorded at the site.
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k you! MARISSA ANGELL 607-738-6838 MANGELL@GSD.HARVARD.EDU