ISSUE 04 BUILT LANDSCAPE

Ground is
never neutral.

Field / Form follows the designed landscape where paths, water, trees, and civic life meet.

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Autumn walking path through Olmsted Park in Boston's Emerald Necklace
Olmsted Park, Boston
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FIELDNOTE
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Boston / connected parks

A park can be a system, not a single scene.

The Olmsted Park System links distinct landscapes across Boston and Brookline. Its lessons live in the connective tissue: the edge, the crossing, the change of pace.

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MATERIAL / 02

Edges hold the work.

Curbs, swales, and low walls decide how a landscape is entered and shared.

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INDEX / 02

Two notes on shared ground.

A small archive of sections, routes, and public landscapes.

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