The goal of this studio was to help increase social and physical resilience within the town limits and in county-controlled areas of Roanoke Island. Students achieved this by exploring strategies that reduce flood risk, improve public safety, enhance long-term ecological function, promote environmental and cultural education, and confront affordability issues within the town’s historically flood-prone areas.

Programmatic content varied by students’ interests, including schemes addressing a wide range of waterfront redevelopment opportunities, such as green infrastructure, shipyard adaptive reuse, a maritime recreation center, urban parks, and commercial uses.

Interdisciplinary student teams 1) researched and developed innovative strategies and techniques to address known and anticipated future socio-environmental issues related to sea-level rise and 2) proposed design interventions capable of simultaneously promoting the health, safety, and well-being of both residents and coastal ecosystems.

This Lenoir County Studio (Spring 2021) challenged students to research environmental, demographic, and climatic conditions in Lenoir County, NC to both inform and inspire novel approaches to disaster recovery and response in the rural context.

The 2022 Coastal Dynamics Studio focused on aspects of designing in coastal environments. This studio included students and faculty from the Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental Planning and School of Architecture. Students consulted with stakeholders in Wilmington and with practitioners from our partnering firm, Hanbury. Projects required both team and individual work.

This studio course included students and faculty from the Department of Landscape Architecture + Environmental Planning and School of Architecture. Students worked in interdisciplinary teams to rigorously develop projects that demonstrate contextually sensitive and climate-adaptive design and planning strategies.

Enhancing recreational, transportation, and economic development opportunities while also adapting existing and new park space, roadways, and commercial amenities to ecological challenges that threaten areas along its riverfront.

The purpose of this study was to better understand of the values, attitudes, and knowledge that influence residential landscaping decisions in coastal areas.

This project focuses on enhancing the existing practices and projects employed by NC Environmental Enhancement Grant Program (EEG) to provide co-benefits of improved water quantity, reduced flood damage, and enhanced resilience to disaster.  

This study assessed the potential for conservation purpose, public benefit, and residential development on a 73.10 acre wooded tract located near Creedmoor, North Carolina.

The purpose of this study was to assess the potential Conservation Purpose(s) of approximately 250 acres of undeveloped land in Beaufort, North Carolina.

In recognition of the size, adjacencies, and existing assets of the project site, and in addition to the expressed desires of the property owners, this study focused on two primary research categories: [1] conservation easements and [2] rural economic development via creation of an inland port and eco-industrial park.

The purpose of this research was to assess the potential for Conservation Purpose and Public Benefit as they were studied across the 16-acre tract located along Vestal Parkway and the Susquehanna River in Vestal, New York.

Through creative design and planning, students developed speculative projects that imagine and illustrate ways Princeville residents might build a future in which their homes are protected from floods, their history is celebrated and shared, and their community’s long-term health is secure.

Analysis and planning recommendations for a future residential development in southeast North Carolina that harnesses conservation and agricultural influences.

This project conducted research to evaluate the highest and best potential uses of two properties centered in the Town of Holden Beach, NC.

Series of design schemes centered around resilient and adaptive principles that focus on disaster mitigation and recovery for residents of the Outer Banks.

Designed and outfitted properly, the DUMoRe can generate on-site electricity, house computer design and prototyping workstations, facilitate group design and presentation sessions with marker, pin-up, and projection boards, and store materials and supplies.

Shedding [b]Light was a multidisciplinary, urban analysis, and planning proposal containing adaptive design and policy strategies to reuse vacant land in New Orleans, Louisiana. The purpose of the project was to guide the transformation of abandoned landscapes and properties into resources for the current and future city.

The project analyzed and documented critical regional characteristics of Dare County, North Carolina, resulting in a collection of synthetic diagrams and infographics.