Analysis & Planning

The Embers of the Rainbow Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology This intricate landscape solution unwinds the enduring legacy of 19 million gallons of Agent Orange, a dioxin used by the U.S. military between 1962 and 1971 to destroy forests and crops in southern Vietnam. The poison has lingered in the region’s water sources and soil, affecting ecological balance. This plan’s strategies harness dioxin’s hydrophobic nature to settle or skim it out of waterways, its fat solubility for uptake by plant lipids, and certain organic vulnerabilities to degrade toxic leftovers in soils with magnified sunlight, activated charcoal, or microbes. A focus on the severely polluted Bien Hoa Air Base proposes a wetland park for researching Agent Orange’s lasting effects on ecosystems. The plan itself creates a legacy: Remediation facilities evolve into therapeutic…

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Landscape Architecture (Digital) - 1 Issue, September 2024

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