This blog is about a landscape architect student studying at ECA (Edinburgh College of Art) and currently on exchange in Guelph, Canada, this blog will focus on exploration and the experiences, insights and reflections during this exchange here in Canada.
I have been told on several occasions by different lecturers and visiting professionals in the educational system that landscape architecture is a lot of things, but "...it's not art". A statement that sometimes feels a bit narrowed minded to make, but can hold some truth to it. //-Jacob

Sponge Park


Been looking at so many different remediation projects around the world for inspiration and ideas. Found something interesting by dlandstudio on Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn New York. They call the project Sponge Park and are dealing with run off coming from the industrial surrounding and into the canal bringing pollutants and toxins. They deal with it by adding layers of phytoremediating plants to filter and soak up the run off water. It is a quite fascinating project and worth looking.

The project is available here: http://www.spongepark.org/


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