Entrevista a José Juan Terrasa por Angélica Dávila, candidata al grado M.L.A. en la Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico. La entrevista se realizó el 8 de abril de 2025 en las oficinas de Marvel, en Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Category Archives: environment
Human Culture and Nature: Making the Relationship Work
Based on a lecture given at CAAPPR on 13 April 2022, as part of the celebration of World Landscape Architecture Month. Culture and nature have been portrayed as contradictory or in conflict throughout many expressions of the Western tradition. From biblical literature to Christian theology to Moby Dick to La Charca, this conflict between natureContinue reading “Human Culture and Nature: Making the Relationship Work”
Paisajes Lineales
Los paisajes lineales son ambientes humanos que han estado históricamente influenciados por límites naturales muy fuertes o por vías de comunicación únicas (o pioneras), o por ambas circunstancias. En Puerto Rico los paisajes lineales son fenómenos tanto costeros como montunos y se distinguen claramente del entramado urbano, que es característicamente más bidimensional. Los espacios habitadosContinue reading “Paisajes Lineales”
A Dashboard for the Earth
THE DIRT Deep learning neural net technologies / ExtremeTech If we want our planet to be able to house 10 billion people and also want to preserve biodiversity in the future, then we need to leverage the new technologies associated with “big data” and artificial intelligence. Using these sets of new technologies, we can createContinue reading “A Dashboard for the Earth”
Recommended Species for Green Infrastructure in the Caribbean
The work described herein produced a list of 87 species recommended for use in the design of rain gardens, bioswales, and bioretention cells in the Caribbean Islands. Plant palette selection for green infrastructure projects in the world tropics is an area of ongoing research that still needs significant work. Recommended technical specifications for the soils,Continue reading “Recommended Species for Green Infrastructure in the Caribbean”
Nature working for the city: Perspectives on ecological urbanism
Landscape architecture as an occupation, and later as a profession, has only 300 years of history; as a particular human activity, though, it essentially dates back to the emergence of humanity itself. This activity of human beings – to change their environment for their own survival, prosperity and enjoyment – definitely predates the construction ofContinue reading “Nature working for the city: Perspectives on ecological urbanism”
Flashback to Fields Point
From the bluff, the landscape was impressive…. The field was textured by the presence of mounds, as in a landfill…. And these tombs of culture marched on to the sea beyond, holding inside them the discarded carcasses of useless things…. The traces and scars of human culture over the face of the Earth…. the indelibleContinue reading “Flashback to Fields Point”
Designing Nature as Infrastructure – Symposium
La Parguera Analysis Designing Nature as Infrastructure – Symposium – Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany Here’s the Symposium poster and program. We will present on a Green Infrastructure Plan for La Parguera, Puerto Rico. Poster Program, Abstracts, Authors
¿Qué es arquitectura paisajista?
Empecemos por lo que la arquitectura paisajista no puede ser hoy. La arquitectura paisajista no puede ser escultura porque la escultura es siempre una imposición sobre el paisaje. La arquitectura paisajista contemporánea tampoco puede ser la continental europea del siglo XVIII, al modo de André Le Nôtre, porque ésa es al fin y al caboContinue reading “¿Qué es arquitectura paisajista?”
El Paisaje Reciclado: Adaptación de la Zona Costanera al Cambio Climático en Puerto Rico
El cambio climático global traerá consecuencias serias para los ecosistemas costeros de gran parte del planeta. Más aún, el cambio climático representa una amenaza para el futuro de gran parte de la humanidad ya que cada vez más los seres humanos viven en ciudades costeras. De las 17 megaciudades del mundo, 14 están en zonasContinue reading “El Paisaje Reciclado: Adaptación de la Zona Costanera al Cambio Climático en Puerto Rico”
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