This exhibition showcases the research and design efforts of three graduate student projects in the UW Landscape Architecture Department advised by Associate Professor Catherine De Almeida. Each project addresses distinct environmental injustices in the Duwamish Valley.
Pollution Prevention: Mitigative Strategies for the Duwamish River and its Inhabitants offers Green Stormwater Infrastructure strategies focused on improving the Duwamish River's water quality. Authors: Meaghan O’Connor Lenth, Meredith Grupe, and Kat Golladay
AirWise: Collection for Clean Air is centered on air quality enhancement, emphasizing the importance of environmental justice and community health disparities. This project asks, “How can design interventions in the built environment address air quality health inequities, and foster a more equitable urban environment?” Author: Daquan Proctor
Repairing Waste Relations focuses on Seattle’s solid waste management system and its disproportionate impact on the Duwamish Valley. This research and design aims to make visible systems that are purposefully invisibilized, and create accessible resources for community to apply Just Transition frameworks to further collective efforts towards a Regenerative Economy. Authors: Malka Hoffman and Nat Gregorius
The work exhibited in this event seeks to center and amplify Duwamish Valley communities through design research tools such as mapping, case study analysis, and speculative visioning. We acknowledge that the work and joy that went into this work takes place on the ancestral lands of the past and present Coast Salish peoples, including the Muckleshoot, Suquamish, and Duwamish Tribes.
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