Dezeen School Shows: a community-led design for an outdoor learning space is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at the University of Southern California.
Also included is a project promoting the sustainable restoration of landscapes using cotton and an office space prioritising a tranquil work environment.

University of Southern California
Institution: University of Southern California

School: School of Architecture

Course: Master of Landscape Architecture and Urbanism
School statement:
"Landscapes are the dynamic synthesis of natural systems, sociocultural forces and the physical material of the constructed world.
"The USC Graduate Program in Landscape Architecture and Urbanism (MLA+U) prepares students to be leaders ready to take on challenges of climate change and environmental injustice through the design and planning of landscapes across scales. "Landscape architecture is a broad field that encompasses the design of a complex range of environments outside our buildings.
"Our program is focused on the public realm, spanning scales of impact from site design to urban design and infrastructure to territorial responses to climate stress that impact our immediate region and around the globe.
"With access to one of the most culturally and environmentally diverse geographies in the world ? a biodiversity hotspot within an hour's drive from the Pacific Ocean, the San Gabriel Mountains and the western edge of the Sonoran and Mojave D...