Friday, 5 September
Campbell Hall room 153 & 158

Keynote Address
Introduction by Elizabeth K. Meyer
Keynote Speaker: Denis Cosgrove

8:15 am

Coffee

Technology takes us beyond familiar dimensions, changing what we see, touch, and respond to. We can now measure objects to sub-centimeter accuracy from a satellite orbit; we can orchestrate microbial behavior while automated construction equipment pushes dirt.

Our bodies, the measure of landscape and its occupation, are being augmented and extended through engineered systems, from nanotechnology to virtual reality. We propose bringing together experts from inside and far outside conventional design practice to investigate landscape at its inner and outer limits.

How do these inquiries at extreme scales move beyond a set of ideas and increasingly operate as agents of change on the ground and around the globe? We will examine three trajectories of technology that push us beyond traditional boundaries: microbial bioremediation, automated construction and cybernetics.

The speakers will examine theory and history, research and practice related to each scale of landscape change and experience. They will demonstrate how the application of advancing technologies propels design professionals and collaborating disciplines to construct landscapes where we can cultivate immense and positive change.