Proposal

Download the Thesis Syllabus (2015-2016)

GitBook Link: https://www.gitbook.com/book/lestrada/towards-sentience/details

Swaziometric perspective of the aquifer injection piles piercing down into the earth — **Swaziometric** perspective of the aquifer injection piles piercing down into the earth

Underwater perspective showing aquifer injection piles piercing down into the earth (in collaboration with Bradley Kraushaar, Ceci N'est Pas Un Canal) — **Underwater** perspective showing aquifer injection piles piercing down into the earth (in collaboration with Bradley Kraushaar, *Ceci N'est Pas Un Canal*)

Detail of the aquifer injection pile — **Detail** of the aquifer injection pile

Projective condition with the aquifer injection piles — **Projective** condition with the aquifer injection piles

Present condition — **Present** condition

Historic condition — **Historic** condition

Historic condition (overflow) — **Historic** condition (overflow)

An animated narrative of the the Los Angeles River's temporal states

Soils Samples

3D printed scans

Digital Models

Sentient Machine

Towards Sentience

Thesis Live Model attuning the fluvial morphology through monitored accretion and erosion | Presented at Harvard University - Graduate School of Design | Landscape Architecture Department | Spring 2016

Under the Advisement of Bradley Cantrell

Final Presentation Models: temporal 3D prints, sectional + temporal models, live robotic model (Photography, courtesy of Robert Tangstrom)

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