Claire GLandscape LiteracyIn LA 140 this semester we read Anne Spirn’s Restoring Mill Creek. I’ve continued to think about this article because it relates to a lot…2 min read·Dec 18, 2020----
Claire Gin[Different] LandscapesThoughts on TransportationI’ve been thinking about the fact that the transportation network is the biggest polluter and what it would take to decarbonize…2 min read·Dec 18, 2020----
Claire Gin[Different] LandscapesProject Manifesto + Narrative (2)Opening Access to the Bay’s Edge —3 min read·Dec 16, 2020----
Claire Gin[Different] LandscapesProject Manifesto + Narrative (1)“It is the duty of the Federal Government to create a Green New Deal to promote justice and equity by stopping current, preventing future…4 min read·Dec 16, 2020----
Claire Gin[Different] LandscapesMarin ArmaturesFor our first armatures assignment in this studio, I researched Marin County, where I grew up. Marin is in the San Francisco Bay area…4 min read·Dec 13, 2020----
Claire Gin[Different] LandscapesThoughts on Fjord City PresentationBelow are some thoughts I wrote up after reading over my notes Marius Grønning’s presentation and discussion with Deni in October and some…4 min read·Nov 26, 2020----
Claire Gin[Different] LandscapesThe East London Green GridThe East London Green Grid (ELGG) was a planning strategy launched in November 2007 by the Mayor of London’s office and overseen by Design…3 min read·Nov 14, 2020----
Claire Gin[Different] LandscapesThoughts on 11.04 Lecture, Designing Against DisplacementLast week the LAEP Lecture Series hosted a talk about Designing Against Displacement with Prof. Karen Chapple from the Urban Displacement…3 min read·Nov 13, 2020--1--1
Claire Gin[Different] LandscapesSublime + Picturesque LandscapesEdward Burtynsky’s photography is to me the perfect example of sublime. He confronts us with the realities of human consumption and…3 min read·Nov 11, 2020----
Claire GSeeing the Nebraskan Sandhills as ArmaturesIn the “Landscape Armatures” lecture, Kristina explained that the visual understanding of the landscape as a texture makes us think of it…3 min read·Aug 29, 2020----