Independent research
Zone: The Spatial Softwares of Extrastatecraft
Places Journal
The phenomenal rise of the free zone, an opportunistic urban hybrid that has powered the rise of glittering world cities like Singapore and Dubai.
Landscape Migration
Places Journal
We are now well into a geologic era — the Anthropocene — characterized by the acceleration of environmental change. This is the landscape medium in which we design.
From Architecture to Landscape
Places Journal
Landscape architects have begun to venture from the confines of garden, park, and plaza into more adventurous practice. Now the field needs a new name: landscape science.
Eat the City
Places Journal
The case for “civic agriculture” — for reconceptualizing cities as networks of agricultural zones, from parks to allotments.
Detroit: Syncopating an Urban Landscape
Places Journal
Projects by artists, architects, and activists who are reshaping the abandoned landscapes of Detroit.
The Trash Heap of History
Places Journal
How Monte Testaccio, Rome’s ancient landfill, can inform contemporary reclamation projects.
Places Journal