Design with disturbance

Design with Disturbance

When working on contaminated post-industrial sites and degraded urban landscapes, regenerative design projects depend on scientific research and validation of biologically-based technologies. Transformative processes signal socially significant acts of reclaiming places from polluted to healthy.

Evident in several case studies, landscape design strategies integrate both science and history to establish a system of remediating dirty dirt with communities’ participation. Other projects explore the cyclical nature of industrialized landscapes as a type of urban succession unfolding with cities’ revitalization. The scientific undertones should surface as primary in assessing how regenerative projects perform, ecologically and socially.