Masters Report Topic in San Francisco, California

[Kevin Quach]

Hi All!

I am a masters student in my last year and about to start working on my masters report. As of now, I am not sure what I want to do with it. My place of interest is San Francisco, California and I am really interested in Urban Design along with Urban Agriculture, green roofs, Community Gardens, and pocket parks but am open to any suggestions and comments. I would love to address problems in SF and somehow tie it to landscape architecture. Thank you for your input!

[David Barbarash]

One easy(ish) thing to do is to get your hands on some GIS data for the city, then scan for vacant lots.

-If there is a large concentration of vacant lots in a small area, analyze and try to find out why, then design an intervention to revitalize the area.

-If you notice a liner pattern or vacancies, consider an “emerald necklace” style project.

-If you don’t find any pattern and can’t find any lots that interest you, take a look at the cities comprehensive plan for future development and see if you can use it as a backbone for a project.

Then again, I’m not too sure what your masters report is supposed to look like. Is it a research document? A design project? A set of design guidelines? Be a bit more specific in what your report requirements are and the community will be able to help.

[Kevin Quach]

David,
Thank you very much for your reply! This is a great start for my report!

The masters report is literally anything I want it to be, as long as it is landscape architecture related. A design project with extensive research is what I am going for. I wanted input from the community to see if there were any interesting projects or problems in SF that I was not able to find, or if anyone would be able to point me into the direction of someone who has a project they need work on!

Thanks again for your help!

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