David Buckley Borden

A moving opportunity; the second set of change-of-address postcards in 6 months. The PO Box from the fall is no more. Studio, home, and mailing address are now in East Eugene. DM your address for postcard (with new mailing address) featuring all sorts of collaborative work from both New England and the PNW. All welcome! #landscape #art #design #landarch #ecology #interdiscpilary #collaboration #artmail #mailart #write #home #often (at University of Oregon College of Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/COibQIgMJtv/?igshid=15hv54j3d315s

"Cut and Stitch" study drawings for a new collaboration with Eugene designer @nancy.silvers. #wip #wood #quatersawn #sectioncut #fabricart #landarch (at University of Oregon College of Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNSehg1MN9A/?igshid=cuw2yb065ogo

A good day. Always a treat to receive mail from friends back east. @jackkbyers delivered this sweet photography (film!) pub documenting some of our @harvard.forest collabs in 2017 and 2018. Makes me miss my east coast creative crew. XOXO JKB. #jackkbyers #harvardforest #hemlockhosice #warmingwarning #interdisciplinary #collaboration (at University of Oregon College of Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNIX3nqs2za/?igshid=105fvl0a19v4p

The Winter term in review. We measure stress in terms of @rhythmandblooms flowers at @velocamille’s Hill Fort. #dorothythorpe #glassware #pnwweather #panacea (at University of Oregon College of Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM8Uli-MZVt/?igshid=mt1i2sv3jcup

For the love of Olmsted, stop teaching LA students software, and start teaching them software workflows. Here is a sampling of outstanding work from the winter terms “Intro to Media” course at @uoarchenv. Almost all these second-term students had less than 200 hours of total software experience, as self-reported in their initial gap analysis. Also, a HAF high-five to @ign24680 for preparing many of these students last term in his award-winning studio…he’s a not-so-secret foundational media dynamo in the department. . . . Yes, we did a woodshed render exercise...you can take the boy out of the woods, but you can’t take.... . #landarch #UOlandscape #UOLA #landarch #landscapearchitecture #workflow #renderings (at University of Oregon College of Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM3_Rp9MF5O/?igshid=vy7j8j3t7mym

Studio Gems. Some inspiring final presentation drawings by BLA/MLA students from this winter's site design studio in Vanport, OR. My Winter term @uoarchenv team: Saya Akayama, Connor Iverson, Jessica Gonzalez, Austin Mahar, Chase Matthews, Grant Olson, Thomas Pan, Abby Pierce, Kennedy Rauh, Michael Soto, John Tromley, and Mikah Wahlstrom. #sitedesign #llandscape #renders #landscapearchitecture #diagram #drawing #landarch #vanportor #oregonsequence #landscapearchitecture #UOLA https://www.instagram.com/p/CMsXwE6MzMB/?igshid=13rripodn0ul7

TBT to my “Suite New England Landscape” installation at the @hotelstudioallston with @isenbergprojects in 2018. Word around campus is that the hotel is making plans to re-open this Spring. Ask for Suite 410 if you have ever wondered how a feral landscape architect might design an interior inspired by his love of New England landscapes and his nephews. #signupforfun #holaanthony #ferallandscapearchitect #interiordesign #landscape #ecology #supergraphics #kidsdontfollow (at Studio Allston Hotel) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMBMO11MlMp/?igshid=1mhqj55ku92g9

My rockstar @uoarchenv thesis student, Heather Tietz, has successfully submitted her 50% thesis draft. Her design research is beyond rad (urban ecology x ceramic art x environmental design) and gives me joyful hope for the future of Landscape Architecture. Add @heathraeti to your landscape architecture emerging-designer radar. you won't be sorry! . The project in Heather’s own words: “Examining themes of abundance, resilience, and liminal space, I have been learning about the qualities and benefits that mosses provide in suitable urban environments such as the Pacific Northwest. My master’s project aims to foreground the potential of mosses by designing ceramic and clay substrates of varying porosities that I hope will serve as basic research in the field of landscape architecture. Translating ideas through analog drawing, digital and parametric modeling, and 3D printing in clay offers an exciting and iterative process in research-through-design. While monitoring the primary experiment, I am using an hourly time lapse photo capture, collecting humidity and temperature data, and journaling through observation. Information generated from the moss propagation experiments will give insight and provoke more questions on how to design effective substrates with specific typological applications for enhancing the ecology of urban environments.” #landarch #clay #ceramic #moss #bryology #foreground #cerambot #experiment #designresearch #syntrichia #antitrichia #ceratadonpurpureus #3dprinting #landscapearchitecture (at University of Oregon College of Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL5g77msfOp/?igshid=y3hwn8b9fy5h

Western Hemlock Fire Cones Club. The wild world of the PNW seed catalog is coming to life with illustrator @vinnie_arnone of @cabocado fame. #Tsugaheterophylla #westernhemlock #PNW #treenerd #wildfire #landarch #landscape (at University of Oregon College of Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLnwuUds7we/?igshid=1jbiifpwrar03

Tomorrow's “Feral Landscape Architect” public lecture hosted by @uw_landscape_architecture department will be online and open to all via zoom link below. On Friday, Feb 19th, at 12noon PST. I’ll be presenting my “Professional Plots” talk. Thank you @kpynow and @landscapelifecycles for the opportunity. . . #ferellandscapearchitect #Proprac #designtalk #artisttalk #dontcallitalecture #UWLA #landscapearchitecture #uolandarch #uwlandscapearchitecture #unsolicitedproposal Feb 19 lecture zoom link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94595566707 UW LA lecture poster credit: @jenli.gently (at University of Oregon College of Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLcq4WaMQ73/?igshid=ygdsqd5koljp

Tomorrow's public “Feral Landscape Architect” lecture hosted by @uw_landscape_architecture department will be online and open to all via zoom link below. . . On Friday, Feb 19th, at 12noon PST. I’ll be presenting my “Professional Plots” talk. Thank you @kpynow and @landscapelifecycles for the opportunity. . . #ferellandscapearchitect #Proprac #designtalk #dontcallitalecture #UWLA #landscapearchitecture #uolandarch #uwlandscapearchitecture #unsolicitedproposal Feb 19 lecture zoom link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/94595566707 UW LA lecture poster credit: @jenli.gently (at University of Oregon College of Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLcp8ARsCkw/?igshid=1lbyt8pe99hlb

Install Day 2. A couple images of the "Tigard Universal Beacon" project from today's installation courtesy of Andy at Pike Awning. . . Super grateful to the City of Tigard, @alishasullivan, @pikeawning, and the @rios.imagines team (esp. @peteremerson.la and @proud__dog__mom ) for the opportunity; a dream COVID-era public art/design collab between the PNW arts and landscape architecture. Chris Herring, the lighting designer (of @portlandwinterlightfestival fame) is up next for the final touches! . . . #tigarduniversalplaza #landarch #portlanddesign #quarantine #publicart #rios #landscapearchitecture (at Tigard, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLa3dUFMUVo/?igshid=1klnjxhypxz6w

Tigard Universal Beacon. Installation day 1 with the team on a sunny/cloudy day on the future home of Universal Plaza by @rios.imagines for the City of Tigard, OR. Gigantical thanks to @pikeawning and @alishasullivan for the on-site installation win (day 1 of 2, or 3 with final lighting design). (at Tigard, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLYP4beMEx1/?igshid=1wzexm24ekbws

9-month process in 4 images. Some early concept sketches and WIP photos of the "Universal Beacon" project which moves into final installation phase this week. Super grateful to the City of Tigard, @alishasullivan, Chris Herring, Pike Awning, and the @rios.imagines team (especially @peteremerson.la and Graham Sandelski) for the opportunity. Swing by if you are in the neighborhood on Tuesday and bring some hot coffee for the crew. #landarch #temporary #installation #art #pop #tacticalurbanism #lightsup #fabricart #tigardoregon (at University of Oregon College of Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLV1OXssXqU/?igshid=142h5ontrszlp

Spring zoom talks and creative work walks. My upcoming public lecture hosted by @uw_landscape_architecture department will be online and open to all via zoom link on Friday, Feb 20th, at 12noon PST. I’ll be presenting my “Professional Plots” talk. Abstract and zoom link below. #landarch #landscapearchitecture #uolandarch #uwlandscapearchitecture #unsolicitedproposal (at University of Oregon College of Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLUnkRbME17/?igshid=wes8evzvuyfu

Art Makes Us. Finally! We Installed first artwork in the new place; a fabric collab with @fourdollarsteak and @hpopinchalk.... “The environmental-collapse wayfinding “baby quilt” is quintessential anthropocene home decor.” - Martha Stewart . . . #ghostforests #quilt #folk #punk #landscape #design (at University of Oregon College of Design) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKxoWxKsCRn/?igshid=rnjhe1mi6jkc

Pop Forest Ghosts to Wish a Bitchin Birthday to Laura and Dave. Enjoy the best birthday one can safely enjoy in a COVID NYC. XOXO from D & C in the land of dark streets and no sidewalks. #HBD #LFH #ghostforests #pacman #isApunk (at Pleasant Hill, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIumSjpMkHG/?igshid=175ys5q61joum