A mosaic of micro-landscapes: Finding a future in environmental education

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dc.contributor.authorHilder, Jane
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteeBrown, Brenda (Landscape Architecture) Giesbrecht, Monica (HTFC Planning & Design)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorStraub, Dietmar (Landscape Architecture)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-13T15:12:13Z
dc.date.available2020-01-13T15:12:13Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-02en_US
dc.date.submitted2020-01-02T18:09:37Zen
dc.degree.disciplineLandscape Architectureen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Landscape Architecture (M.L.Arch.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis document represents the practicum research and proposed design work conducted within Grand Rapids, Manitoba. The site selected for design intervention is a 350 x 150 m abandoned borrow pit, southwest of the Grand Rapids townsite. Created by Manitoba Hydro during the 1960’s construction of the Grand Rapids Generating Station, this borrow pit has been left to natural succession for over half a century. At the time of this writing, the site has undergone no official rehabilitation procedures, practices which are now legally required by Manitoba Hydro. As such, the borrow pit represents a unique nature, both disturbed and untouched- an opportunity to explore rehabilitation practices and their potential to intertwine with community engagement; specifically, the elementary curriculum of Grand Rapids School. The borrow pit itself was identified as an area of interest through extensive regional studies and site analysis, compounded with research regarding the community of Grand Rapids. Once the site was identified, drone surveys were conducted in the spring, summer, and winter seasons of 2016-2019, in tandem with ground photography and analysis. Drone documentation resulted in detailed aerial imagery, precise contour data, and a point cloud recreation of the site in virtual space. The extensive surveillance of the site was crucial in identifying and understanding the existing conditions. Through this understanding, the potential for the site to become a space for outdoor education was revealed, and it was possible to develop a well-informed site design. The resulting design represents a proposed future for the borrow pit, in which nature may find a new form within a disturbed site, and the students of Grand Rapids may find an opportunity to engage in environmental education.en_US
dc.description.noteMay 2020en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/34485
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectGrand Rapidsen_US
dc.subjectVRen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental educationen_US
dc.subjectBorrow piten_US
dc.subjectManitoba Hydroen_US
dc.subjectReclamationen_US
dc.subjectRevegetationen_US
dc.subjectDrone scanen_US
dc.subjectManitobaen_US
dc.subjectIndigenousen_US
dc.subjectNative Studiesen_US
dc.subjectElementary schoolen_US
dc.subjectCommunity engagementen_US
dc.titleA mosaic of micro-landscapes: Finding a future in environmental educationen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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