Living Systems (eBook)

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Liat Margolis, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University.

Liat Margolis is a landscape architect and industrial designer. She trained at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Harvard Graduate School of Design, two of the most prestigious institutions in her field. She acquired practical experience at the firm Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates in Cambridge, MA and as Director of Material Research at the world-famous firm Material ConneXion in New York, whose representatives advise architects, designers, engineers, fashion professionals, and other interested parties on the properties and applications of new materials.

Preface 8
Introduction 10
SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS 13
Launch 14
Introduction 14
Multi-Tiered Vine Park 16
Misting Vine Pergola 22
Wind Adapted Road Canopy Structure 26
Fire-Escape Ecosystem 30
Parasitic Vegetal Structure 34
Stratify 36
Introduction 36
Mechanically Stabilized Landform 38
Floating Grass Plain 42
Multi-Operational Modular Surface 44
Gradient of Resilience 48
Surface Inversion 52
Fluid 56
Introduction 56
Weaving Porous and Nonporous Surfaces 58
Inflatable Dam System 62
Stormwater Garden 64
Drop Structures for Suburban Stormwater System 68
Networked Sidewalk Stormwater System 70
Biotechnical Wave & Erosion Control Structures
Grooming 76
Introduction 76
Tree Crutches Growing Guides 78
Hedge-Trimming Armature 80
Artificial Winter Climate for a Bamboo Garden 84
Saltwater Herbicide System 88
Low-Maintenance Perennial Plantings 92
Stunted Growth Pattern 96
Digestive 100
Introduction 100
Bio-Remediation Park Design 102
Fluvially Integrated Effluent Wetlands 106
Water-Cleansing Biotope 110
On-Site Sewage Treatment System 112
Ground Reconstitution Strategy 114
Strategic Contaminated Soil Placement 118
Translate 122
Introduction 122
Pneumatic Body 124
Powered by Wind, the Ground is a Turntable 128
Weather Informed Park Access System 130
Fiber Optic Marsh 132
Volatile 134
Introduction 134
Responsive Cloud Machine 136
Computer Animated Rain 138
Dynamic Thermal Wind Wall 142
Impression of Rain 146
PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES 149
G-Sky Green Wall Panels: Modular Vertical Planting Systems 150
Earth Cinch: Biodegradable Growth System 151
Flexterra® & Soil Guard: Flexible Growth Medium (FGM) &
SaiCoir Erosion Net, BioNet, Nedia Erosion Control Blankets: 153
Envirogrid: Geocell-Three-Dimensional Cellular Soil Confinement 154
Land.Tiles: Erosion Control Tile System 156
Cornell University (CU)-Structural Soil™ and Amsterdam Tree Sand: 158
EnduraSafe™: Recycled Rubber Mulch 159
Porous Concrete & Asphalt: Pervious Pavement
Soil Cement: Cement Modified Soils 161
Soil Moist, Stockabsorb®, Watersorb®, PetroGuard, Oasis: 162
Bridgestone Rubber Dam: Inflatable Dams 163
Biobarrier®: Root Growth Control Textiles 164
Controlled Burning: Prescribed Fire 165
Toxic Filtration via Fungi: Mycoremediation 166
Land Imprinting: Re-Vegetating Degraded Land 168
Naturaire® Systems: Indoor Air Biofilters 170
TXActive® - Photocatalytic Cement: Self-Cleaning, Smog-Eating Concrete 171
BioHaven™ Wild Floating Islands: Floating Habitat 172
Newspaper Nitrate Treatment: Bioretention Medium 174
Data Fountain: Comparative Information Display 175
Sandscape & Illuminating Clay: Tangible Geo-Spatial Analysis
Outdoor Misting System: Mist and Fog Systems 177
Project Credits 178
Acknowlegements 185
Illustration Credits 186
Index 188
On the authors 191