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Seed Bombs: Technologies in Ecological Design
Ecosystems are not separate from cities; they are the quiet infrastructure that supports air, water, and collective well-being. Yet in urban development, ecological processes are often treated as secondary to the built environment. This course challenges that assumption.
Over the semester, we will apply our lessons through a built project at a unique site in New York City: Bushwick Inlet in Brooklyn. This rare tidal pocket on the city’s industrialized waterfront holds both ecological and cultural potential. Once an active industrial zone, it is now on the cusp of transformation into a public park. Its waters and shoreline support remnant habitats, yet are also shaped by decades of human intervention and neglect.
Working in partnership with Friends of Bushwick Inlet Park, students will design, fabricate, and install floating landscape systems that test strategies for improving water quality, supporting biodiversity, and making the inlet’s living systems visible to the public. The practicum will be grounded in the realities of site conditions: fluctuating tides, seasonal change, and the social and political context of a park still under construction.
The work will translate ideas from lectures, readings, and discussions into full-scale prototypes, built and launched on site by the end of the semester. Students will learn to move between analysis and action, theory and implementation, and to see design not only as a plan for the future but as a living experiment in the present.
323M FAYERWEATHER + 203 FAYERWEATHER
TU + TH 11 AM - 1 PM
SES A
10082
Chris Deegan, Benjamin Vassar
Emily Bauer
Jixuan Li, Linru Wang
Emily Bauer
Mingyeong Choi, Joonbae Seo
Emily Bauer
Will Cao, Anoushka Mariwala
Emily Bauer
Ximena Alayo Reyes, Janhavi Hinge
Emily Bauer
Claire Navin, Yuting Sun
Emily Bauer
Yifei Dong, Siraphob Khuptiphongkun
Emily Bauer
| Course | Semester | Title | Student Work | Instructor | Syllabus | Requirements & Sequence | Location & Time | Session & Points | Call No. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCH6917‑1 | Fall 2025 |
Seed Bombs: Technologies in Ecological Design
|
Emily Bauer |
115 Avery
TU 11 AM - 3 PM
|
Session A
3 Points
|
10710 | |||
| A6917‑1 | Fall 2024 |
Seed Bombs, Technologies in Ecological Design
|
|
Emily Bauer |
504 Avery
TU & THU 11:00AM-1:00PM Sept 3 - Oct 15 : (exceptions THU 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Sept 5 + Sept 12)
|
SES A
3 Points
|
10589 | ||
| A6917‑1 | Fall 2022 |
Seed Bombs: Urban Ecologies and Landscape Technologies
|
Emily Bauer |
504 AVERY
W 9 AM - 1 PM
|
SES A
3 Points
|
13210 |
