This research project reports on how approaches to ecosystem succession and decolonizing design can influence our planting designs in urban settings, and how Landscape Architects can use that knowledge to prepare us to design urban landscapes that perform better over time.​​​
This research was funded in 2024/2025 through the Robert N. Allsopp Urban Design Fellowship and the Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation.
​​A collaboration between Prospect & Refuge Landscape Architects, Modern Formline Design, and Ron Hart Architecture. We explored how decolonization influences the design process, and how this approach addresses social and environmental challenges such as local climate conditions and community health. ​
This is an applied-research case study of a new supportive housing site for BC Housing on Matsqui and Sumas First Nations. Research methodology includes interviews, workshops, and theoretical research. ​The outcome is an illustrated article and virtual presentation, targeting designers and clients who seek inclusive, equitable, and creative approaches to design.
This research was funded in 2023 through the Landscape Architecture Canada Foundation and Vancity Foundation.
Urban ecological restoration is a discipline that shares a knowledge base with landscape architecture. This project carefully studies the crossover between the design processes of landscape architecture and restoration ecology, intending to find where there can be increased sharing of ecological information that may be useful to the landscape design process.​
This project is a case study for a landscape design process in an urban setting. The case study follows a design exercise through several stages in ecological restoration, with the final outcome of an exemplary urban design for ecological function. This project may contribute to the fields of landscape architecture and ecological restoration by contributing toward the development of a new system or process for ecologically-functioning urban landscape design. At a minimum, this work can offer several criteria that may be added to the landscape architecture design process for increased ecological success.
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Published in EcoRestoration No. 1 (2015): Spring.