Insights into the creation of radical new assemblages of humans, technologies, ecosystems, and landforms, together forming symbiotic polities is more than an ideal; in the Anthropocene, this is a precondition of survival. This practicum seeks to apply landscape architecture to the phenomenon problem of Noogenesis, “the growth, outside and above the . . .

Within the discipline of landscape architecture, there has been limited reflection on or contribution to the state of the rural-urban fringe, where city meets country. Conventional planning frameworks have left the rural-urban fringe as a site for abrupt visual and programmatic changes. This work introduces this unique spatial interface and highlig . . .

The major concern of the practicum is to investigate the ecological value of community waterscapes in urban Shanghai, China, and its approaches. The practicum explores changes in water ecosystems and related water issues during human society development, as well as advanced landscape theories regarding water resources management to address these is . . .

Canada is one of the largest producers of waste in the world, creating approximately 25 million tonnes, or 688 kilograms per person in 2016; much of this waste is destined for landfills (Kaza, et al., 2018). Contemporary landfill design focuses on mitigating the potentially harmful effects of waste on human health and safety, environmental protecti . . .

For over a century, Indigenous women’s identities have been washed away in the urban realm, crystalizing a normalization of Indigenous women’s death and violence. Many underlying factors contribute to their victimization, from racism and sexism to spatially oppressive agencies such as poverty, homelessness, and the legacy of colonialism. However, m . . .

The Peace-Athabasca region in Northern Alberta is rich in diverse landscapes, wildlife, and cultural history including indigenous connections to the land, a significant point of interest for the fur trade and the opening of Western Canada to European settlement, challenges and injustices of colonialism in the region, and the occupation of the large . . .