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The Nikos ShowNikos talks about life after limited or full-scale nuclear war and mitigationsWatch the video with slides at: https://youtu.be/y3lYUARfw-sAn in-depth look at recent research papers on the environmental consequences of nuclear war and some survival mitigations. This was pretty depressing work to make this.TimestampsIntro: 0:00Relations can degrade quickly: 2:14First impactful major nuclear winter study 1983: 3:56Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty in December 1987: 4:26Nobody wants nuclear war - Treaties 4:55The thermonuclear bomb: 7:57Have you heard of Gnomon and Sundial nuclear devices (gigaton)?: 11:12Terragrams: 16:30Limited Nuclear War Research (India versus Pakistan): 19:00Full-scale nuclear...
2022-07-171h 06
TerragramsDispatch 19: John BeardsleyThis episode was originally broadcast in June 2009.
John Beardsley is a Senior Lecturer in the department of Landscape Architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He teaches courses in Landscape Architectural history, theory and writing. Concurrently, he serves as Director of Garden and Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington DC. John has authored numerous books including the well-recognized EarthWorks and Beyond: Contemporary Art in the Landscape.
In addition to teaching and writing, he has curated exhibitions for the Hirshhorn Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston...
2021-11-3056 minTerragramsDispatch 16: Gary HilderbrandThis episode was originally broadcast in May 2008.
Gary Hilderbrand, landscape architect, is one of the founding principals of Reed Hilderbrand and is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. Gary joins Terragrams to discuss his partnership with Douglas Reed, professional practice, multiple career paths, and his role in the 5th European Biennal of Landscape Architecture in Barcelona. He is also responsible for the monographs "Making a Landscape of Continuity: the Practice of Innocenti & Webel" and "The Miller Garden: Icon of Modernism".
The Architecture League of New York named Gary Hilderbrand and Douglas Reed as...
2021-05-031h 00TerragramsDispatch 12: Reuben RaineyThis episode was originally broadcast in May 2008.
Reuben Rainey returns to Terragrams and discusses his latest work on Garden Story: Inspiring Spaces, Healing Places, a 10-part series of half-hour programs for Public Television on how gardens improve our lives and our communities. He also gives us more insight on his nearly 3 decades of teaching at UVA and on the career of Robert Royston.
Reuben is the William Stone Weedon Professor Emeritus in the Department of Architecture and Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia. His courses included history and theory of landscape architecture and specifically he...
2021-01-221h 02TerragramsDispatch 10: Paula MeijerinkThis episode was originally broadcast in April 2007.
In the 10th delivery of Terragrams, Paula Meijerink talks about juggling her work as a young practitioner and an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design while raising 2 daughters. With her studio, Wanted, Meijerink has built 2 gardens for the International Garden Festival of Metis in Quebec and is presently working on a roof deck for a 700 unit tower in Miami as well as a masterplan for a development near Shanghai. At the GSD, Meijerink is researching the benefits of asphalt and in our dispatch discusses her 'asphalt manifesto' and the...
2021-01-0848 min