Enrique Huerta
Exploring an Environmental Impact Reports Value Sharing Process: A Case Study of a Transit Oriented Development
Enrique is proposing to analyze the practices of urban planners involved in developing the North Hollywood area at the end of the Red subway line. Transit oriented developments (TODs) are high density living and working areas. TOD tries to connect different land uses and create dense land use around transit areas. He will interview people involved in TOD approval and analyze the gap between vision goals and outcomes.
Rachel Camp:
California School Gardens: Structure, Funding, and Community Participation
School gardens have been a part of the modern educational movement since the mid 1800’s. These gardens teach subjects like science, nutrition, history, math, and can be literature supplements. In addition to academic subjects they are used to teach social skills, cooperation, critical thinking and reasoning. Rachel proposes to do site visits in order to determine which practices gardens are doing. These practices will be observed in person and analyzed through interviews with garden managers. Practices will be judged based on how regenerative they are, how common they are, and how successful they are. Gardens will be chosen randomly to reflect different climate zones and areas of California. All participating schools will be public institutions to insure a common base line of academic standards. A better understanding of school gardens and finding ways to encourage them is critical to a healthy future and a secure food system.
Allison Okihiro
Regenerative Design in the Field of Landscape Architecture: Theory, Impediments, Applications and Future
Over the course of the history of landscape architecture, particular design methodological theories have become prominent and in time fallen to the wayside. Regenerative design or other similar concepts have existed for several decades within the profession yet have not become fully integrated into the way we design. Allison is proposing to use discourse analysis from a grounded theory approach to analyze the elements, rules, expectations, and judgments of landscape design. To do this she will study design theories and compare them based on the elements of design, the rules of design, design outcomes, and judgments of success. By discerning the limits and restrictions set out by design theory they can be nullified and mitigated to more fully incorporate regenerative design into the landscape architecture field.
