THE AERIAL CORRIDOR
URBAN BIODIVERSTY:
TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. THE EXTINCTION CRISIS 2. POLLINATORS AND NATIVE SPECIES 3. LOCAL ECOSYSTEMS 4. CURRENT HABITAT CONDITIONS 5. OPERATING AT MULTIPLE SCALES 3
EMILY PARKER
My research and design project will create an aerial corridor for native avian species to increase biodiversity in urban environments. Local and global ecological networks are critically diminished as infrastructure and development push non-human species to the outskirts of ever-growing urban areas. This research will inform the design of modules for animal habitation that can be integrated and dispersed throughout the existing urban fabric of Boston—to foster a network of biodiversity and reestablish connectivity between ecosystems that have been fragmented by human activity. My project will bridge this divide between humans and animals, and interrupt this historical pattern that relegates other species to a lower class.
THE AERIAL CORRIDOR
EMILY PARKER INSTRUCTOR: PETER WIEDERSPAHN