SEA LEVEL SOLUTIONS INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH & DESIGN STUDIO Course Title Course Number Faculty Instructor Landscape Architecture LAA6970 (Graduate) Rovira Topics in Biology BSC6936 (Graduate) Troxler/Rehage Special Topics EVR5935 (Graduate) Topics in Ecology PCB4932 (Undergraduate) Instructors: ROBERTO ROVIRA, Associate Professor, College of Communications, Architecture & the Arts (CARTA); email: rovirar@fiu.edu TIFFANY TROXLER, PhD, Associate Research Professor & Director, Sea Level Solutions Center (SLSC); email: troxlert@fiu.edu JENNIFER REHAGE, PhD, Associate Professor, College of Arts, Sciences and Education (CASE), rehagej@fiu.edu Lecturers/Participants: Pallab Mozumbder (TBD), PhD, Environmental Economics, CASE; Walter Tang, PhD, Sustainable Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering; Yelena Katsenovich, Sustainable Environmental Engineering, Applied Research Center; John Kominoski, PhD, Aquatic Ecology, CASE; Michael Sukop, Hydrogeology, CASE; Len Scinto, PhD, Wetland Soil Biogeochemistry, CASE; Matt Smith, PhD Candidate, Urban Ecology, CASE ; Dan Childers, PhD, Urban Ecology, Arizona State University; Ali Mostafavi, TAMU, Bruce Mowry (TBD), PE, City Engineer, Miami Beach; Justine Velez, Urban Robot Associates Description: Students from multiple disciplines will work together to co produce (design, research and assess) a large scale engineered wetland to optimize resilient and sustainable performance for positive energy generation, water supply, and water and waste management in the face of climate change in Miami Beach. The course pro vides an innovative and creative platform to work collaboratively across disciplines to design and produce sea level solutions that are at once functional and visionary in their approach, in addition to serving as a model for our region and beyond. Faculty from multiple FIU colleges are among instructors and will provide weekly lectures (open to the public), training and analytical tools. FIU LAA 6970 Graduate Masters Project: Coursework under the direction of faculty for the completion of project by candidate for the degree Master of Landscape Architecture. The studio will pay particular attention to infrastructural solutions that are concurrently functional, aesthetic, and contextual in their design approach. Students will be expected to deliver projects that are formally resolved in macro and micro scales, and will conduct research and analysis, site investigation, mapping and interpretation of the existing context. They will carry out studies aimed at exposing important site qualities and relationships. Ideas will be discussed in the form of desk crits and formal reviews, with special emphasis on frequent, in class pinups and interdisciplinary group work.
Hours and Format: Interdisciplinary course weekly schedule is as follows and is SUBJECT TO CHANGE Tuesday @ Miami Beach Urban Studios / MBUS 2:00 2:30 Pre lecture course coordination, RM#471 (sections: BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932) @ MBUS 2:30 3:30 Interdisciplinary Lectures, Main Gallery (sections: LAA6970, BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932) Open to the public @ MBUS ; webinar to MMC 3:30 4:30 Interdisciplinary work, Room #473 (sections: LAA6970, BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932) @ MBUS; video conference with MMC OR TBD 4:30 6:15 Follow up studio work @MMC (section: LAA6970) Thursday @ Main Campus, RM TBD/ MBUS Room ( Room #473 ) 2:00 2:30 Lecture, Room TBD (sections: BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932) 2:30 3:30 Research & project work, Room TBD (sections: BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932) OR Interdisciplinary work, as needed, Room TBD (sections: BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932) 2:00 6:15 Studio work, PCA 210 studio (section: LAA6970) At all times, please make the proper arrangements with your other classes if needed. Attendance to all lectures and coordination with all sections is required at all times. Advise your instructor of any schedule conflicts with ample anticipation. Students are encouraged to do all their design work in studio and to keep models and drawings in the studio space. Required Reading: See Table below for assigned readings Prerequisite: LAA 6910 (for LAA6970) Interdisciplinary Course Schedule: Week 1 Jan 9 Interdisciplinary Public & Webcast Lecture (ALL): Opportunities for developing a resilient South Florida through innovative SLR adaptation Roberto Rovira, Tiffany Troxler & Jennifer Rehage
Interdisciplinary Work: Introduction Start of Pre Design / Site schematic Design. Issue: Handout 1: Precedent Research & Analysis Jan 11 BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932: Course scope and general discussion Start of Pre Design/ Site schematic Design. Issue: Handout 1 / Precedent Research & Analysis Week 2 Jan 16 Interdisciplinary Public & Webcast Lecture (ALL): Michael Sukop (Basic hydrology, SLR & hydrogeology in SE Florida) MBUS Site Visit (ALL) SLR, Natural conditions (Faculty Lead: Troxler); Urban conditions, review (Faculty Lead: Rovira) Assignment: Identify a few precedents with your spin and in the context of integration with other disciplines Jan 18 Week 3 Jan 23 Precedent Analyses In Class Workshop MMC Interdisciplinary Public & Webcast Lecture (ALL): Dan Childers (Urban Ecological Infrastructure: Working urban ecosystems) MBUS Issue: Handout 2 / Site Inventory & Analysis Jan 25 Week 4 Jan 30 BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932/LAA6970: Pinup H1 NO Interdisciplinary Public & Webcast Lecture
BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932, LAA6970: Watershed Analyses in GIS (Faculty Lead: Setegn TBC) MMC Pinup H2 Issue: Handout 3 / Program & Scale Analysis, Concept Studies Feb 1 BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932: Hardeep Anand, P.E., Deputy Director, Capital Improvement Program, Miami Dade Water and Sewer Department Operationalizing Resilient Utilities MBUS; special guest visit H3 Progress Pinup Issue Handout 4 / Schematic Design Strategy Inclass Schematic Exercise Week 5 Feb 6 Interdisciplinary Public & Webcast Lecture: Walter Tang (Sustainable Water Engineering Reduction of infiltration inflow through sustainable environmental design MBUS Handout 4 / Development Feb 8 BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932: Research Themes: Sustainable Water Engineering (Faculty Lead: Tang) Handout 4 / Development Issue H5 / Midterm Deliverables Week 6 Feb 13 Interdisciplinary Public & Webcast Lecture (ALL): Yelena Katenovich Stormwater Contaminant Remediation Design, Process and Function MBUS
LAA6970 Studio Work (MMC): Pinup H4 Feb 15 Week 7 Feb 20 Prelim Studio Critique Pin ups (ALL) MMC Interdisciplinary Public & Webcast Lecture: Jessica Bolson, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate, Urban Water Innovation Network, FIU Stakeholder engagement MBUS Post Prelim Studio Critique Development Feb 22 BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932: Len Scinto Stormwater wetlands and function under SLR MMC Studio Critique Pin ups (ALL) MMC Week 8 Feb 27 Interdisciplinary Public & Webcast Lecture (ALL): Jennifer Rehage Healthy Coastal Benthic & Fisheries Habitat Pre Mid Review Pinup March 1 Week 9 Mar 6 MIDREVIEW 1 MMC Interdisciplinary Public & Webcast Lecture: Justine Velez Design Elements Adaptive Public Space and Stormwater Function MBUS Post MIDREVIEW Analysis
Mar 8 BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932: John Kominoski (topic TBD) MMC Issue H6 / Design Analysis & Development Week 10 Mar 13 & 15 Week 11 Mar 20 Spring Break Revisions from Midterm Review Incorporate comments from midterm review H6 Progress Pinup / Development Mar 22 Week 12 Mar 27 Revisions from Midterm Review Incorporate comments from midterm review Pinup H6 Interdisciplinary Public & Webcast Lecture (ALL): Matt Smith Urban Water Quality & Resilience to Extreme Events BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932: Integrated metrics & Performance; Discussion of lecture/readings Analyses Design Development Mar 29 BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932: Integrated Application of Metrics & Performance Analyses Design Development Week 13 April 3 Interdisciplinary Public & Webcast Lecture (ALL): Pallab Mozumbder Ecosystem service and Economic Valuation
Design Development April 5 BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932: Integrated application of Metrics & Performance Analyses Design Development Week 14 April 10 April 12 Week 15 April 17 April 19 Studio Critique with Integration of data in each project (ALL) Studio Critique with Integration of data in each project (ALL) Pre Final Review (ALL) Pre Final Review (ALL) Week 16 April 24 April 26 Final Review (ALL) Final Review (ALL) Other Dates Presentation to stakeholders: TBD Grades Available: May 03, 2018 Links for Tutorials, Tools and Resources will be provided throughout the semester. ASSIGNED READINGS: BSC6936, EVR5935, PCB4932 Required Readings: Reference Texts: LAA6970 WEEK WEEK
1 C. Girot. Four Trace Concepts in Landscape Architecture. Recovering Landscapes: Essays in Contemporary Landscape Theory, ed. James Corner, Princeton 1999. 2 Mostafavi, Mohsen, ed. Ecological Urbanism. Frankfort: Lars Müller Publishers, 2010. 3 Steiner, Frederick R, George F. Thompson, and Armando Carbonell. Nature and Cities: The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2016. S. Coleman and M. Crang. Tourism: between place and Performance. Berghahn Books, New York, 2002. 4 Reed, Chris, and Nina Marie E. Lister. Projective Ecologies., 2014. 5 Waldheim, Charles. Landscape As Urbanism: A General Theory. 2016 6 Saunders, William, ed. Nature, Landscape, and Building for Sustainability. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2008 7 H. Prigann, H. Strelow, and V. David. Ecological Aesthetics: Art In Environmental Design : Theory And Practice. Birkhäuser, Basel, 2004. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Required Courses Texts (mandatory for ARC 5612 and 5621): Vassigh S., Ozer E., Spiegelhalter Thomas, Best Practices in Sustainable Building Design, (J Ross Publication; Har/DVD edition), Sept. 2012 ISBN: 1604270683
Reference Texts: Corner, James. "The Agency of Mapping: Speculation, Critique and Invention." In Mappings (Critical Views), edited by Dennis Cosgrove, 213 52. London: Reaktion, 1999. Desimini, Jill, and Charles Waldheim. Cartographic Grounds: Projecting the Landscape Imaginary., 2016. Print. Lerner, Jaime. Urban Acupuncture. Translated by Mac Margolis, Peter Muello and Ariadne Daher. Washington DC: Island Press, 2014. Lynch, Kevin. Good City Form. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984.. The Image of the City. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Technology Press, 1960. Mostafavi, Mohsen, ed. Ecological Urbanism. Frankfort: Lars Müller Publishers, 2010. Mumford, Louis. The City in History: Its Origins, Its Transformation and Its Prospects. NY: Harvest Books, 1968. Reed, Chris, and Nina Marie E. Lister. Projective Ecologies., 2014. Saunders, William, ed. Nature, Landscape, and Building for Sustainability. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2008. Schama, Simon. Landscape and Memory. London: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Print. Steiner, Frederick R, George F. Thompson, and Armando Carbonell. Nature and Cities: The Ecological Imperative in Urban Design and Planning. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2016. Print. Thompson, Catharine Ward, and Penny Travlou, eds. Open Space People Space. London: Taylor & Francis, 2007. Waldheim, Charles. Landscape As Urbanism: A General Theory., 2016. Whyte, William Hollingsworth. City: Rediscovering the Center. NY: Doubleday, 1988.. The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. L.A.: Direct Cinema Ltd., 1988.