Writing

[In progress]
Adaptive Epistemologies and Neo-Wilds
PhD Dissertation "” Virginia Tech, 2026

A practice-based investigation into how computational technologies transform the epistemic conditions of landscape design. 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.

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Codify: Computation in Landscape Architecture
Routledge, 2019 "” Co-edited with Anton Mekies

An edited volume examining the role of computation in shaping contemporary landscape practice "” from parametric modeling and simulation to algorithmic design processes and data-driven ecologies.

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Responsive Landscapes
Routledge, 2016 "” Co-authored with Justine Holzman

On the potentials of interactive systems and adaptive design in landscape architecture. Treats responsiveness not as a technological feature but as a fundamental design disposition "” landscape as a medium that senses, adapts, and produces knowledge.

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Digital Drawing for Landscape Architecture
Wiley, 2010 "” Second edition 2014 "” Co-authored with Wes Michaels

A comprehensive guide to digital tools and techniques for landscape architects "” from representation to simulation. A cornerstone text in landscape architecture education, bridging computational methods and design practice.

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Modeling the Environment
Wiley, 2012 "” Co-authored with Natalie Yates

A practical guide to digital modeling techniques for environmental and landscape design, covering three-dimensional representation, simulation, and visualization for site-scale and territorial projects.

Book Chapters
Spectres of a Changing Landscape
In: Amoroso, N. Visualizing Climate. Routledge
2024
Choreographing Landscape Resistance
In: Dwyre, C. and Perry, C. Ambiguous Territory: Cyborg Ecology. Actar
2022
Artificial Intelligence in Landscape Architecture
In: As, I. (ed.) Routledge Handbook on Artificial Intelligence in Landscape Architecture. Routledge
With Xun Liu and Zihao Zhang
2021
Terra Automata
In: Amoroso, N. (ed.) Representing Landscapes: Digital. Routledge
2015
Foreword
In: Anderson, J. and Ortega, D. Innovations in Landscape Architecture. Routledge
2016
Articles & Essays
Wild Disequilibria
Bartlett Prospectives
With Marantha Dawkins
2022
Cultivated Wildness: Towards Technodiversity and Wildness in Machines
Landscape Architecture Frontiers
With Zihao Zhang
2021
A Third Intelligence
Landscape Architecture Frontiers
With Zihao Zhang
2018
Designing Autonomy: Opportunities for New Wildness in the Anthropocene
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
With L.J. Martin and E.C. Ellis
2017
Adaptation: Sense, Process, Respond
LA+ Simulation. UPenn Press
2016
After Modify: On Models and Other Realms
Kerb 23: Digital Landscape
With Justine Holzman
2016
Choreographing Intelligent Agents
ACSA Annual Meeting Proceedings, Black Box
With Zihao Zhang
2018
Landscape Choreography: Physical Models for Responsive Infrastructures
LaFarge Holcim Conference Proceedings
With Justine Holzman
2016
Synthetic Ecologies: Protocols, Simulation, and Manipulation for Indeterminate Landscapes
ACADIA: Design Agency Conference Proceedings
With Justine Holzman
2014
Illustrating Ecologies
OZ Journal. Kansas State University Press
2011
Designing Autonomy: Opportunities for New Wildness in the Anthropocene
Trends in Ecology & Evolution
With L.J. Martin and E.C. Ellis
2017
Digital Modeling in Landscape Architecture
Landscape Journal. Software Review
2009
Abstraction Language
ACADIA, Chicago, IL
2009
Ambient Space
ACADIA, Halifax, Nova Scotia
2007