The objective of this project is to help advance place-specific initiatives for sustainable and context sensitive land development/redevelopment. This includes strategies for: rainwater harvesting, retention and/or diversion; green infrastructure; fostering resilience / adaptation to climate change and extreme weather events; and ecological restoration and land regeneration. The Fellow will have responsibilities across various stages of project development: owning work that ranges from conceptual planning to detailed design and experimentation. Three distinct sites offer a variety of context-specific needs and opportunities for innovative, sustainable design and development strategies. This will include work to 1) help advance an in-process rain garden project; 2) advance planning, design, and implementation strategies for multiple sites which integrate public gathering spaces, agriculture production structures, ecological restoration and regeneration, water conservation infrastructure, site circulation, and parking.
Jim Hallock is teaching his compressed-earth block building techniques to people in Deslandes, Haiti to help them build a school. Earthen block construction can be earthquake resistant, waterproof,...