Health is a vast and far-reaching topic, so for the purposes of my research, I focused on the emerging public health disaster of our time – the sedentary lifestyle that leads to obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and spans the gamut of so-called first-world diseases. Related to these is the growing body of research on l ...

An urban designer's attempt to understand the role of the bicycle in China - on the ground with wheels spinning - by riding from Beijing to Shanghai.

With treatment wetlands becoming a practical and widely accepted method for water quality improvement, landscape architects are challenged to be not only an advocate, but also a knowledgeable practitioner. The research explores three critical compartments: hydrology, medium and layout, which inform the design decision ...

The 2010 Fellowship Proposal: To research + study landscape urbanism, with the intent of building a public website for and about landscape urbanism.

A broad survey of contemporary literature and case studies for combating urban heat island and global warming impacts with landscape design and technologies. Research includes a study of the countermeasures enacted by the Urban Climatology Department in Stuttgart, Germany and highlights from the proceedings of two inte ...

Farm Plus investigated mechanisms by which landscape architects can create and preserve active farmland in urbanized areas. Research focused primarily on innovative partnerships between landowners and farmers. A secondary focus was identifying new formal expressions for urban farms. The research engages some of the cri ...