Towards Sentience™

Attuning the Los Angeles River's Fluvial Morphology

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ANALYSES

Soils Analyses

Soil Samples - The following "sediments" were used in the live-modeling of the fluvial morphology of riverine systems, which are based upon the weights of the corresponding compositions of varying soils that were analyzed: gravel, sand, silt, clay, …

Sectional Typologies

Typical Historic Section of the River (pre-channelization/concretization) with "Native" riparian species

Typical Present Section of the River (channelized/concretized) with "Invasive" riparian species

Typical Future Section of the River (post-channelized/concretized) with "Projective" riparian species

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by Leif Estrada — Recipient of the 2015-2016 Thesis Prize, awarded by the Faculty of the Department of Landscape Architecture. Defended May 12, 2016 in the partial fulfillment of the degrees: Master in Design Studies, with a concentration on Urbanism, Landscape and Ecology and Master in Landscape Architecture-Advanced Placement.

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