Research + Work
Laura Baker
Design in the Margins: Finding Place in an Industrial Corridor
LA8555 Advanced Landscape Planning and Design [2008 Capstone Studio]
2008 AICP Student Planning Award Winner
The North American landscape is scattered with marginalized spaces like the Cedar Lake Trail Underpass. The project design attempts to answer the question of how a space that has been cast away by all but the most desperate of individuals can reach a position of dignity. By acknowledging that the underpass has existing resources and qualities that can be drawn upon, the design offers hope for the future in a space now abandoned and considered useless.