Thesis (M.L.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes special study report entitled : Microclimate landscape design: wind control. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.Arch.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes special study report entitled : Regional landscape strategy. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

Thesis (M.S.)--Ohio University, August, 2004. / Title from PDF t.p. Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-115)

After more than a century, there are very few examples of excellent interdisciplinary work in landscape architecture, like the "Emerald Necklace" designed by Frederick Law Olmsted or Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord by Peter Latz. Most of the projects still have only one purpose: they are either reserved for conservation as are the great national parks, or are planned for recreation or development that ignores natural systems. "Most...landscape designers are still inspired by and primarily focused on aesthetics; society's other major objectives are secondary for them" (Richard Forman 2002, p: 85). In 1993, American Society of Landscape Architects defined sustainable development as, "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the future." Thus designers need to understand how natural and human systems work and design for the protection of our environmental as an integral part of any development. Landscape architects can achieve this by borrowing principles of legendary works like the "Emerald Necklace" and combining those with new technology to meet changing cultural and ecological needs. This thesis asserts that sustainable development should be achieved by reconciling human systems and its effects on the surrounding environment by using and revealing natural systems to spread consciousness and earn attention and care for our environment. Suitability analysis by Ian McHarg, Bioregionalism by Clair Reiniger, Regenerative design process by Lyle, and Framework for ecological design by Prof. Carl Steinitz are various design processes to create developments, which can respond to both natural and human needs. The thesis project, Riverside Park and Biomedical Complex in the South Jefferson Redevelopment Area in Roanoke, VA, explores how a design process, consisted of framework for ecological design and principals of eco-revelatory design, can help to plan a sustainable development, which uses and reveals natural systems to reconciling human systems and its effects on the surrounding environment. The project demonstrates how a multidisciplinary approach towards landscape design can help to create a multifunctional design that meets the, ecological and cultural, needs of the present without compromising the future. / Master of Landscape Architecture

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This thesis examines the landscape of Expo 67, in both its original and current state, and diagnoses a set of design and programming issues. In the mid-1960s, the city of Montreal undertook a vast construction project in the St. Lawrence River, which doubled the size of the existing Ile-Sainte-Hélène and entirely created the adjacent Ile-Notre-Dame. Together, these new islands provided the site for Expo 67. The world exhibition has since been dismantled and the site now contains a patchwork of landscape design proposals. The construction of the islands is investigated relative to the earthwork practices that were emerging at the time they were built. Adjacent art practices are subsequently mined to develop a response to the present state of the site. This somewhat rhetorical design method intends to provoke discussion of the best use of the site and attempts to recover the specific nature of the place – a once densely built ground, partially conceived as a laboratory of ideas for the future of the city – now obscured beneath a relatively generic mantle of picturesque landscaping. The proposed design features a series of large-scale greenhouse structures arrayed in relation to the site’s existing metro station, connecting the present landscape’s features in an integrated network with sustainable elements. This network aims to restore the civic status of the park, to promote the use of the territory as an experimental ground, and to strengthen the dialectic between the site and the culture of the city that created it.

Thesis (M. L. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes special report study entitled: Landscape-in-process : integrating phytoremediation into landscape design process. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

This thesis examines the landscape of Expo 67, in both its original and current state, and diagnoses a set of design and programming issues. In the mid-1960s, the city of Montreal undertook a vast construction project in the St. Lawrence River, which doubled the size of the existing Ile-Sainte-Hélène and entirely created the adjacent Ile-Notre-Dame. Together, these new islands provided the site for Expo 67. The world exhibition has since been dismantled and the site now contains a patchwork of landscape design proposals. The construction of the islands is investigated relative to the earthwork practices that were emerging at the time they were built. Adjacent art practices are subsequently mined to develop a response to the present state of the site. This somewhat rhetorical design method intends to provoke discussion of the best use of the site and attempts to recover the specific nature of the place – a once densely built ground, partially conceived as a laboratory of ideas for the future of the city – now obscured beneath a relatively generic mantle of picturesque landscaping. The proposed design features a series of large-scale greenhouse structures arrayed in relation to the site’s existing metro station, connecting the present landscape’s features in an integrated network with sustainable elements. This network aims to restore the civic status of the park, to promote the use of the territory as an experimental ground, and to strengthen the dialectic between the site and the culture of the city that created it.

2 pp. / Successful Xeriscapes start with good planning and design. This brochure will help homeowners and landscapers design landscapes that are attractive, low water and low maintenance.

Contains reprint of author's professional report (Master of Landscape Architecture)--University of California, Berkeley, 2005. / Title from cover. "May 2006." Each report also has separate t.p. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in PDF via the Internet.