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computation . landscape architecture . robotics . ecology

bradley cantrell

landscape architect and scholar working at the intersection of computation, responsive technologies, and ecological infrastructures in the design of territory

Selected Work

Under Development

Current Research

PhD Dissertation — Virginia Tech — 2026

Adaptive Epistemologies and Neo-Wilds

A practice-based investigation into how computational technologies transform the epistemic conditions of landscape design. The dissertation argues that adaptive epistemology — design propositions tested in situ through iterative, feedback-based knowledge production — is not merely supported by computation, but fundamentally reshaped by it. Through a decade of projects engaging ecological complexity, embedded sensing, and generational robotics, this work develops a new framework for understanding how designers know and act in territories that exceed prediction.

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Writing

All writing
Responsive Landscapes
Routledge — co-authored with Justine Holzman
2015
Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture
Wiley — co-authored with Wes Michaels. 2nd edition 2014.
2010
Adaptive Epistemologies and Neo-Wilds
PhD Dissertation — Virginia Tech — in progress
2026