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LABNOTES -- Here we share news, updates, and meditations by all of us at the Lab. From time to time we also invite guest contributions from colleagues who want to help us think about concepts, methods, and findings related to urban spatial and landscape research. Please read the guidelines before posting.

A Green Oasis in the Megacity

Joseph Heathcott

Dec 5, 2023

A Green Oasis in the Megacity

Amidst the seemingly endless sprawl of concrete and asphalt that comprises Mexico City's landscape, there is a place where you can sit in...

Notes on the Urban Macroform of Mexico City

Joseph Heathcott

Nov 18, 2023

Notes on the Urban Macroform of Mexico City

This slide deck describes a range of morphologies that comprise the contemporary landscape of Mexico City. By morphologies (also referred...

Farewell, Iron Triangle

Joseph Heathcott

Jul 1, 2023

Farewell, Iron Triangle

Aerial view of the Iron Triangle before and after demolition. Google Earth, 2012 and 2019. One of the more unique landscapes to emerge...

Interviews: Selection and Saturation

Joseph Heathcott

Oct 7, 2022

Interviews: Selection and Saturation

The interview phase of our study is based on a grounded theory approach, which holds that researchers conduct interviews until reaching a...

Scholarly literature on vacant land

Joseph Heathcott

Jun 15, 2022

Scholarly literature on vacant land

To understand vacancy and abandonment as urban phenomena, it is necessary to first engage with the meta meanings of land. The ways in...

Meaning and Place in Abandoned Communities

Joseph Heathcott

May 30, 2022

Meaning and Place in Abandoned Communities

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the fixation of capital around industries provided enough shared wealth to produce extensive...

Ruderal Landcapes + Urban Nature Management

Joseph Heathcott

Apr 28, 2022

Ruderal Landcapes + Urban Nature Management

The notion of the ruderal helps shine light on urban nature as intricately entwined in human social, political, and economic relations. ...

Cityscapes: Istanbul

Urban Space Lab

Apr 5, 2022

Cityscapes: Istanbul

Measuring Vacancy and Abandonment

Joseph Heathcott

Mar 12, 2022

Measuring Vacancy and Abandonment

Cities are composed of urban fabric (streets, parcels, built forms) knitted together with infrastructure (rail, ports, pipes, utilities,...

Weediness and Entanglement

Joseph Heathcott

Feb 18, 2022

Weediness and Entanglement

Tyree Guyton, Heidelberg Project, 1988–ongoing. Detroit, 2012. Photo: David Yarnall, Wikipedia/Creative Commons. Conceptualizing our...

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