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Shared wisdom • and replenish natural systems,aggressively recycle products,
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<br /> �' (/,,," But civic leaders usually don't even consider hiring landscape
<br /> ''777'� architects or architects for infrastructure projects,Morrish says.
<br /> qi . °' / ' / //, 7 "We always lose to engineering firms,which have created the
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<br /> I'Ni / myth chat they can produce what's really important: ila 41s2 caln -
<br /> dons."To overcome that perception,Morrish says,landscape
<br /> � J architects,while rejecting the engineers'design approach,must
<br /> s .lo a �((r learn their skills.That means,for ex-
<br /> Phoenix, as shown in
<br /> alit am ample,learning how to create roads
<br /> ®, the Morrish diagrams
<br /> =y� _ that cost less over the long term be-
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<br /> ti heat,water flows, free and drain well.It means teaming
<br /> N�j�__/ I and infrastructure—
<br /> more about the technology that is now
<br /> ,l � •'��� I / not by its buildings. turned over to subcontractors. "Subs
<br /> \ - Below, Morrish dia-
<br /> 1 - MMI. are becoming big drivers in architec-
<br /> / -`7 grams depict how
<br /> �'° tore and engineering firms,which are
<br /> s // three public realms folding them into their organizations,"
<br /> ! �� i! / / create the layers of y fir
<br /> 1 . ` I-v he says.Morrish believes schools of
<br /> \- ; – iI our metropolitan
<br /> landscape architecture are beginning
<br /> landscapes. to incorporate some technology
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<br /> design framework for renovating first-ring suburbs built in the Fad o` " "/ 4,---•
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<br /> j 1950s through the 1970s. "As long as we deny infrastructure's syst�M �, — —
<br /> 11 fundamental role in the making of the commonwealth,"he a?3�
<br /> II says,"both city and suburban residents will continue to lose v,..., '_- , et' s se
<br /> community cohesion and quality of life,because utility systems .A Far, ` ' ±�Y'1+i; ,i1' `\ lI.?
<br /> I will continue to expand and bisect the community." rovenewr" c9 ' I /,w for- f/
<br /> What ingredients would a good infrastructure project exhib- �"� --""��
<br /> Iit? "Reject most engineers'definition of infrastructure,"Mor- • • Jo T, _ 4' ti +�°��J� ...-. -'
<br /> rish begins. 'Their approach denies the richness of natural 1a6-^„ ;. �j/
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<br /> systems and creates simple networks for moving goods,ser- �% \
<br /> vices,and people over the land through capital-intensive con- Weir, ° r -
<br /> crete and steel conduits."He favors complex,multiuse systems °^r m°
<br /> that mimic ecological function and are seamlessly assimilated „j �
<br /> into their natural surroundings.The Phoenix dump project,for it c±
<br /> instance,occupies more land than was needed to manage `-,i 1 ',\,,1 S
<br /> garbage,"but the additional land has been used for ecological •,.`, ',X. -^� `‘a.- '' '.-
<br /> and environmental demonstration projects," he says,"which .::.7 •-
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<br /> has helped bring financial and business incubator firms to the %_ rte="+'!! �,_ - �yS
<br /> area."Complex systems,he concludes,may use more land, but ��� •• ,.- �'~�`
<br /> the costs pale next to those of maintaining concrete and steel; Zoe--�j-- alt
<br /> and greenswards increase adjacent land values.In the best of r • ""* ,� /
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<br /> worlds,a project should enrich and connect existing communi- srrnu v� ► `°.�a
<br /> ties of plants and animals,should use native plants,and should -y tea.lei r hip
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<br /> protect against invasive foreign species that undermine indige- MOWN. . W4� �. '
<br /> nous plant and animal habitats.Benevolent projects protect Sly
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