Reimagining the amphibious city: From health data to ecological design in an Amazonian informal community
Thesis & Capstone Projects
MLA Capstone 2026: Thesis Projects
MLA ’26 Graduates Thesis Gallery Throughout the course of the 2025/26 year, graduating MLA students worked to synthesize, clarify, represent, an
MLA Capstone Studio 2026
Given palpable, increasing climate and related disruptions, this 2026 Master of Landscape Architecture Capstone Studio asked students to provoke poies
MLA Capstone 2025: Thesis Projects
MLA ’25 Graduates Thesis Gallery Throughout the course of the 2024/25 year, graduating MLA students worked to synthesize, clarify, represent, an
MLA Capstone Studio 2025
“…it is now easier for us to imagine the end of the world than an alternative to capitalism.” -Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby, Speculative Eve
2024 MLA Capstone Studio
2024 MLA Capstone recap displaying the work of students in the 2024 Capstone Studio.
2022 MLA Capstone
[one_fourth] Course Instructors Julie Parrett Course Date Spring 2022 Course Type Graduate Capstone Studio [/one_fourth][three_fourth_last] GENERATIVE
Emotional Infrastructure: Through time, place and disruption, fostering a culture of care in post-earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand
Laura Durgerian, 2019. Advisors: Lynne Manzo and Rachel Berney
First, Let us Look Together. through forests, trees, wood, and building
Bennet Walker Song, 2020. Advisors: Daniel Winterbottom, Kimo Griggs
Planning For Pest Readiness: Building Climate Resilience in Seattle’s Urban Forest with a Community-centric Approach
Luyu Zeng, 2021. Advisors: Jeff Hou, Lynne Manzo
Vertical Landscapes: Learning From a Rock Climbing Perspective
Ellie Murray, 2021. Advisors: Julie Johnson, Branden Born
Living Laboratory: A Circular Framework for North Seattle College
Emilio Craddock, 2021. Advisors: Gundula Proksch, Julie Johnson
Unsettling Prairies: A Critical Reimagining of Fire Management in Cities
Jocine Velasco, 2021. Advisors: Ken Yocom, Cleo Woelfle-Erskine, Clarita Lefthand-Begay
Design with Diploria: Coral Infrastructure for a New Coastal Future
Matt Grosser, 2020. Advisors: Ken Yocom and Jacqueline Padilla-Gamiño
Nourishing Neighborhoods: Cultivating Local Food Connections in the Urban Environment
Asya Snejnevski, 2020. Advisors: Ken Yocom and Julie Johnson
Pier Pressure: Addressing Ecological Opportunities of Nearshore Infrastructure in Lake Washington’s Union Bay
Krista Doersch, 2020. Advisors: Nancy Rottle and Ken Yocom
Voices of Impact: Assessing the Felt Impacts of Open-Pit Gold and Copper Mining in British Columbia
Ilsa Barrett, 2020. Ken Yocom and Catherine De Almeida
Exploring the Potentials of Interdisciplinary Studios in the University of Washington College of Built Environments
Yuansi Cai, 2020. Advisors: Branden Born, Julie M. Johnson, and Rachel E. Berney
Marking Risk and Response: Design Interventions to Support Citizen Science Monitoring of the Trans Mountain Pipelines
Peter Samuels, 2020. Advisors: Catherine De Almeida and Jeff Hou
A Bouquet of Benefits: Floriculture and Ecosystem Gifts in an Urban Industrial Zone
Elizabeth Housley, 2020. Advisors: Catherine De Almeida and Ken Yocom
Navigating Extractive Entanglements through the Synthesis of Infrastructure and Ecological Function in Iquitos, Peru
Hope Freije and Rhiannon Neuville, 2020. Advisors: Julie Parrett, Leann Andrews, and Coco Alarcón
Reimagining the amphibious city: From health data to ecological design in an Amazonian informal community
Rebecca Bachman, 2020. Advisors: Leann Andrews and Nancy Rottle