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The Art Of Healing The Landscape: Creating A Sense Of Place With Phytotechnology, Tia Novak
The Art Of Healing The Landscape: Creating A Sense Of Place With Phytotechnology, Tia Novak
Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning Masters Projects
This project builds on previous work completed as part of a masters project by Matt Hisle under the guidance of Frank Sleegers in Hadley, Massachusetts at an abandoned Getty gas station. The previous project sought to integrate phytotechnology into a “comprehensive experience that provided connectivity and educational purposes” and used Phyto by Kate Kennen and Niall Kirkwood as a framework for applying six phytotechnology typologies (referred to as phytotypologies) in the design (Sleegers & Hisle, 2017).
This project also explores the site’s historical, social, and ecological sense of place and the application of phytotechnology as garden art to create a …