Ruderal

Crisis Actors on agitprop public outreach for in the Resilient by Design initiative. Tooling Up Bay Area landscape practices test new digital fabrication techniques. Depth of Field a review of Dynamic Patterns: Visualizing Landscapes in a Digital Age, by Karen MCloskey and Keith VanDerSys. Takes on Lakes a review of the Third Coast Atlas by Daniel Ibañez, Clare Lyster, Charles Waldheim, Mason White Propagating an Idea the legacy of Roland Gustavsons Landscape Laboratory in Alnarp, Sweden Ruderal Aesthetics On the ecological, metaphoric and cultural work of ruderal species Ruderal Academy wins Quarry Life Award for a reclamation plan for Kavtiskhevi Quarry in the Republic of Georgia. The project creates dryland gardens that will host plant species adapted to the quarry conditions, and use key drainage points to build new micro-habitats and ephemeral pools to increase biodiversity. The Elusina Lazenby Experimental Forest is an installation that draws attention to the conceptual spaces between landscapes and landscape interpretation. The architectural installation takes the form of, and plays with, the conceit of a landscape interpretive center, drawing attention to the multiple layers and lenses through which we interpret and represent landscapes.