Landscape Architecture 593E - S-Edible Landscape

This design studio engages the topic of food security: at both the global and local level, through both theory and design, and from the perspective of the individual and the collective. Students will interrogate their local foodshed and develop new strategies for productive landscapes, and in the process, cultivate their own ethic/practice/values. In developing a kitchen garden for the UMass campus, students will link theory and design to address the environmental, social, economic and aesthetic needs of their client and program. Initially, students will work individually to develop small-scale prototypes for food production. As the semester continues, students will work in teams to develop a comprehensive design for a kitchen garden, which will be built.