Eliza Rodrigs Bachelor of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning

The Culture-Conscious Landscape

Our world is getting smaller and cultural boundaries are beginning to blur. It is necessary to foster design from a purely

social level. How do we use the earth, plants and the human experience to celebrate and preserve culture?

Amherst Chinese Christian Church, Amherst, MassachusettsBalancing the Christian community with Chinese Cultural Traditions

The Livable City

It is expected that 70% of the worlds population will be urban by 2050. How do we explore the

opportunities of future urban planning? How do we create the ‘Livable City?”

Sluseholmen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Hammarby sjöstad, Stockholm, Sweden

Sketching & Analysis

Havana, Cuba

Istanbul, Turkey

The Livable Landscape

How do we merge the landscape and the city to create a model for the future? How do we weave the two together

to create a sustainable hybrid landscape?

øresundskollegiet, Copenhagen, DenmarkFostering Growth, Play, and Education in a unique residential urban context

Understand Community Connections

Activate Recreational Greenspace

Preserve, Develop & Densify

Facilitate Human Movement

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Siljansgade, Copenhagen, DenmarkReinventing a post-industrial site by creating the framework for a residential & mixed-use development with new access to open space

Lawrence, MassachusettsSustainable Greenway Analysis & Development

Context - Life - Infrastructure - Space - Buildings

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Commercial Land Use/Zoning

Proposed Agricultural Areas

Proposed Rail Trail Corridor

Commercial Farms Community Farms

Community Gardens Institutional Farms

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Celebrating the Sun

New Neighbors

Community Connections

Lawrence, MAReconceiving Cultural Landscape Heritage Through Urban Agriculture

Compost & Soil Complex Greenhouse Complex

Mixed Use w. Restaurant Community Farm

Riverfront Open Space

Pedestrian Corridor & Community Gardens

Relocated Parking

Proposed Hydroponic Complex

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Relocated Parking Community Farm Riverfront Open SpaceProposed Hydroponic Complex Pedestrian Corridor & Community Gardens

Eliza Rodrigs elizarodrigs@gmail.com