Landscape Seminar Series Sentient Landscapes

Current biological research documents plant scent signals, synapse-like electrical information transfer, vision-like capabilities, and other intelligences thought to be only human. How is landscape architecture required to respond? Landscape architecture designs public space – gardens, parks, squares, streetscapes, road right of ways, national parks – as dynamic forms, changing with climate and cultural norms; it is a discipline that designs with plants and incorporates habitat for animals, birds, and insects. How can these spaces be designed as sites of non-human communication and sentience?