Rooted in a history of energy production, this course explores the possible futures of aging fossil fuel infrastructure, a primary political, economic, and ecological crisis of the 21st century. Students will participate in the planning of a conference on the "Futures of Fossil Fuel Infrastructure" to be held at Manresa Island in South Norwalk, CT. Manresa, in the marine estuary of the Long Island Sound, is the site of a shuttered coal- and oil-fired power plant planned as a public park with the support of a philanthropic 501(c)3.
In this course, students will consider multiple prescriptions for remediation, public access, community, ecological restoration, landscape architecture, and adaptive re-use in historical perspective. Students will have the opportunity to formulate and exhibit their own visions informed by historical examples. |