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The Post-Quantal Garden 
Coming Soon The "Post-Quantal Garden" Annotated eTropic electronic journal of studies in the tropics eTropic 20.2 (2021) Special Issue: Tropical Imaginaries and...
Speculative fiction, cli-fi, JG Ballard 
Permeable Concrete Vessels 
Permeable Concrete Vessels Spring 2018 - Ongoing Update: Permeable Concrete Vessels has received a full US utility patent: LINK Permeable Concrete Vessels...
islands, climate, concrete 
Potential Pools 
Potential Pools The Warming Competition : Arch OutLoud August, 2020
pools, climates, climate futures 
On Human Plasticity 
On Human Plasticity 2020 published in: LA+ 11: Vitality
LA+, imaginaries, climate 
Digital Forest 
Augmented Reality Installation Part of the 2019 Projecting Ecologies: Forested Exhibit with Claire Brewer and Tyler Cloud This project was done as part of an...
AR, forested, Unity 
Waterman Farm Studio 
Senior Studio Autumn Semester 2018 with Ethan McGory In the Spring of 2018 the College of Food Agriculture and Environmental Science (CFAES) held a series of...
studio, waterman farm, seniors 
The Unfurling 
2018 LA+ Iconoclast Competition Entry with Karla Trott and Paul Sutter not selected The Unfurling: Images of the Extra-Gaian Era Historians trace the...
LA+, space elevator, climate 
Heterotropica 
WEBSITE Heterotropica is a speculation on the capacity of architecture, technology and landscape to harness tropical climate in ways that produce new...
climate, climate modification, heterotopias 
Climatic Landscapes 
Climatic Landscapes Session Chair at SAH 04_2018 2018 Society of Architectural Historians Annual Conference Link Call for Proposals At least since...
climate, imaginaries, landscapes 
Fastitocalon (The Whale) 
01_2018 -- Finalist 19th Edition of the METIS INTERNATIONAL GARDEN FESTIVAL Jake Boswell and Marty Koelsch “He who floats on ancient streams. His look is l...
metis, islands, concrete 
The Salt Crystal and the Terrible Garden 
The Salt Crystal and the Terrible Garden 11_2017 -- Honorable Mention NUCLEAR : Landmarker for a Waste Isolation Site International Open Ideas...
nuclear, salt, apocalypse 
The Black Swamp Armada 
The Black Swamp Armada (2017) Honorable Mention: LA+ Imagination Competition with Marty Koelsch The Black Swamp Armada Project...
islands, LA+, algae 
A Fraudulent Atoll 
A Fraudulent Atoll 08_2017 -- Honorable Mention 2017 LA+ Imagination Competition Jake Boswell + Justin Parscher More Soon...
islands, LA+, trash 
Arctic Imaginaries: Boundaries of the Canadian North - Joie Chan 
Arctic Imaginaries: Boundaries of the Canadian North MLA Directed Research Project by Joie Chan Spring 2017 Advisor: Jake Boswell Awards: Faculty Award...
studio, imaginaries, DIRP 
Fairy Tales to Forest - Amy K. Taylor 
Fairy Tales to Forest MLA Directed Research Project by Amy K. Taylor Spring 2017 Advisor: Jake Boswell Awards: ASLA Honor Award for Student Research
studio, forests, fairy tales 
Representing Entanglement - Andrew Barringer 
Representing Enanglement MLA Directed Research Project by Andrew Barringer Spring 2017 Advisor: Jake Boswell Awards: DIRP Project Award
studio, games, simulations 
A Cultural Field Guide to the Big Thompson Water Trail - Jonathan Staker 
A Cultural Field Guide to the Big Thompson Water Trail MLA Directed Research Project by Jonathan Staker Spring 2017 Advisor: Jake Boswell Awards: Colorado...
studio, field guide, water 
LEX 
Project Leads: Jake Boswell + Kristi Cheramie + Tijs Van Maasakkers LEX proposes to develop a set of interactive methods to engage communities and individuals...
vacancy, land Exchange, OHLEX 
Heterosis: Altercologies Studio 
Spring 2016: OSU Landscape Architecture Sophomores Jake Boswell and Justin Parscher PROJECT 1: LEXICON PROJECT 2: LAND MACHINES video by phil...
studio, hybrids, ecologies 
Climates: Architecture and the Planetary Imaginary 
Notes From the Wasteland: Competing Climatic Imaginaries in the Post-Apocalyptic Landscape by: Jacob Boswell In: Climates: Architecture and the Planetary...
wastelands, apocalypse, degeneration 
Muskingum River Studio 
Fall 2015: 2nd Year Graduate Studio - Ohio State Landscape Architecture Members of this studio: Jake Boswell (Faculty), Andrew Barringer, Candace Black-Housh,...
opportunism, coal power, reclamations 
The Lepidoptery 
The Lepidoptery Submission to the 2016 jardins de metis festival Jake Boswell, David Shimmel, Brett Kordenbrock, McKenzie Wilhelm, Ethan McGory and Katherine...
jardins de metis, butterflies, milkweed 
The Ocean Above Us 
The Ocean Above Us 08_2015 -- Honorable Mention 2015 Archinect Dry Futures Competition Jake Boswell “The power of population is indefinitely greater than the p...
space elevator, nawapa, archinect 
Manifest Destiny, Degeneration and the Afforestation of Palestine 
2015 Manifest Journal of Urbanism #2: Kingdoms of God Afforestation is the process of making a forest on land that was not previously forested. Most of...
reclamations, palestine, israel 
Future Ground: NOLEX 
NOLEX 9_2014 -- Winning Entry Van Alen Institute: Future Ground Competition Jake Boswell, Kristi Cheramie, Tijs Van Maasakkers, Jennie Miller Van Alen's...
new orleans, future ground, van alen 
The City, Beautiful 
The City, Beautiful -- Gustafson Guthrie Nichol at the Cleveland Mall. 03_2015 KSA Banvard Gallery Show Jake Boswell (designer, curator) The City: Beautiful...
gustafson guthrie nichol, city beautiful movement, ksa banvard gallery 
SunBath 
SunBath 06_2014 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Competition -- Shortlisted Finalist Jake Boswell, David Shimmel, Ian Mackay As a city and port...
land art generator, public baths, copenhagen 
Heat Island 
Heat Island 06_2012 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative Competition Jake Boswell, Nina Thomson Background In 1975 Alan Sonfist reclaimed a piece of...
land art generator, tropical, staten island 
Olentangy River Project 
Olentangy River Project 2008 - ongoing BL/OV Trial Balloons show 2009 Envisioning Organization 2010 This project has been in process for a number of years....
columbus, olentangy, ferris wheel 
Weinland Park Food District 
The Food District at Weinland Park 2010-2013 Food District HUD Grant and Schematic Design with Design Group and MKSK The Food District is a project that I’ve ...
food infrastructure, urban design,  
LOUA and Glen Echo Ravine 
The Lower Olentangy Urban Arboretum & Glen Echo Ravine 2010 - ongoing Jake Boswell In 2010 I began working with the Lower Olentangy Urban Arboretum, first to...
glen echo, arboretum, daylighting 
Urban Farmscapes 
Urban Farmscapes was done in collaboration with: Kay Bea Jones, Charisma Acey, Katherine Bennett, Becce Kemper, Roya Seyesadry, Sarah Bongiorno, and Jonathan...
urban farming, infrastructure, food 
Civic Agora 
Civic Agora 2010 Preservation Pittsburgh's CIVIC minded Design Competition for the Pittsburgh Civic Arena Solo Competition Entry Winner -- Distinguished...
food, infrastructure, urban systems 
Monu 11: Clean Urbanism 
Dystopic Verdure: or How Americans came to see Disease in Vegetation 2009 Monu Magazine on Urbanism #11: Clean Urbanism Jake Boswell
monu 11, clean urbanism, medical topography 
Drifts, Debris, Deposits 
Drift, Debris, Deposits with Jason Brabbs Displayed at 2009's The Monuments of Columbus show at the Ohio State Urban Arts Space. Curated by Sarah Cowles...
agglomeration, deposition, monuments 
Nutrient Extraction Device 
N.E.D. (Nutrient Extraction Device) Speculative Project: 2007 Metropolis Magazine Next Generation Competition with Kelly Murphy The Nutrient Extraction...
climate modification, machine, infrastructure 
Pimp my Algae 
PIMP MY ALGAE (Algal Greenhouse Gas Elimination Element) Speculative Project 2007 This project investigated the use of high temperature tolerant species of...
machine, extraction, reclamation 
RECENTER 
RECENTER: Rebalance the Urban Fabric City Center Mall, Invited Competition, Columbus, Ohio Jake Boswell with Lincoln Street Studio 2007 ReCenter is an...
adaptive reuse, opportunism, columbus