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Hybrid Landscapes: Territories of Shared Ecological and Infrastructural Value

Duyser, Mitchell S.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1277139665

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2010, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
Today’s landscape is defined by the artificial dichotomy of civilization and nature. This divide is not an actual, physical boundary, but a deeply rooted cultural construct with a lineage that can be traced through the evolution of Western culture. Intellectually dissociating the built environment from the rest of the planet has proven ecologically catastrophic. The current model of sustainability is incapable of reconnecting the two, as it does nothing to reorient the relationship between urbanization and environmentalism. A new model that recognizes the fundamentality and universality of nature, Landscape Urbanism, is beginning to emerge. Within this ethos, environmental design and technology actively seek integration with the ecological systems of the earth. Architecture therefore becomes a hybrid infrastructure that seamlessly supports both human and nonhuman needs. Accordingly, designs must operate at the scales of ecology; mapping and responding to the intricate webs of information and interaction far beyond the edges of the project site. Nature needs to be recognized not as an idyllic vision, but as an infrastructural system capable of organizing conflicting needs into an improved and unified whole. Thus allowing for intentional human participation in the complex and emergent system we understand the environment to be.
Michael McInturf, MARCH (Committee Chair)
George Bible, MCiv.Eng (Committee Chair)
96 p.
Architecture
ecology; landscape urbanism; architecture; urban design; infrastructure

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  • Duyser, M. S. (2010). Hybrid Landscapes: Territories of Shared Ecological and Infrastructural Value [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1277139665

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Duyser, Mitchell. Hybrid Landscapes: Territories of Shared Ecological and Infrastructural Value. 2010. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1277139665.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Duyser, Mitchell. "Hybrid Landscapes: Territories of Shared Ecological and Infrastructural Value." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1277139665

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