Vertical Planting: Tectonics and Aesthetics

Thu, 8 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Technical Lands: A patent Perspective

Fri, 17 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Technical Lands: A Critical Primer

Patents and physical geography have paralleled each other for more than

six centuries. The systems, modules, instruments, strategies, material

processes, and devices disclosed in patents transform landscapes, construct

sites, and are integrated into the everyday environment. Patent law, and the

bureaucratic infrastructure that supports the global patent system, also

have geographical dimensions through the management of sequential

innovation, transfer of technology, and strategic initiatives at the intersection

of innovation and environment. The agency of patent law and patented

technology is particularly relevant today, as environmental systems and the

infrastructure of urban landscapes become more technologically advanced,

networked, logistical, and integrated, simultaneously expanding the disciplinary

scope of environmental design and planning disciplines while challenging

conventions...

Fri, 3 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Ecological History of Los Laureles-Goat Canyon