The illegal ASGM in Brazil has brought disasters to local indigenous people, including a series of problems dominated by mercury pollution in the ASGM process.

Based on this, we propose an ecological strategy with mercury recovery as the main line.

We determine the ecological process of mercury in the study area, so as to determine a complete strategy of mercury interception, mercury absorption, mercury collection, and mercury recovery. This is complemented by several strategies of land restoration, forest restoration, and indigenous economic revival.

Through external interventions, the injured lands will be restored to their former vitality. In the future, the indigenous people will be able to develop healthily on the land.

Plants have the potential to support all domains of early childhood development when carefully selected. This research exclusively focuses on the loose parts play value of plant parts in early childhood play and learning environments. Statistics regarding childcare centers in the USA show that the number of children who go to preschool every day is more than 11 million. Since the majority of preschoolers in the USA spend a large portion of their lives in childcare facilities, if different plants with play values can be introduced in the outdoor play areas of these childcare centers, then it can be a potential opportunity to promote the interaction of children with nature-based loose parts and enhance their play and learning behavior.

On the Edge proposes a redesign for the parklands surrounding the Battleship North Carolina. The reimagined site celebrates a challenging narrative of place that reveal and highlight multifaceted histories while embracing infiltrating water. The new park transcends physical composition, serving as a dynamic memorial space connecting people, time, ecology, and climate through the goals of integration, adaptability, preservation, and restoration. The design proposes numerous site-specific community amenities, including a visitor center, moveable tidal pavilion, memorial bridge, and hybrid shoreline. The result is a destination park that adapts to water as the climate and site shift, allowing the memorial to withstand the test of time.

Relationships are the heart of this collaborative project. Relationships built between our team of interdisciplinary design students and a group of youth residing at a treatment services agency, most of whom have been dealt an unfair hand of risk factors leading to trauma, addiction, and/or homelessness. Our challenge was to design a new trauma-informed 54-acre recovery campus. Design solutions were created through a robust process involving evidence-based research, participatory design, and transformational design with, not for, youth. This experience was at once challenging and meaningful, and at times uncomfortable.