McHarg Book Talk: Silt Sand Slurry: Dredging, Sediment, and the Worlds We Are Making

Silt Sand Slurry: Dredging, Sediment, and the Worlds We Are Making is a visually rich introduction into where, why, and how sediment is central to the future of America’s coasts, rivers, and estuaries. Sediment is an unseen infrastructure that shapes and enables modern life. Anthropogenic action now moves more sediment annually than ‘natural’ geologic processes—yet this global reshaping of the earth’s surface is rarely discussed and poorly understood.
At this event, Justine Holzman, Sean Burkholder, Gena Wirth, Brett Milligan, and Rob Holmes of the Dredge Research Collaborative will share recent research and geographic explorations into the world of sediment design, demonstrating why sediment matters now more than ever, given our contemporary context of sea level rise, environmental change, and spatial inequality. Drawing from the book, they’ll discuss how designers, particularly landscape architects, can work with this material to enact positive change in this engineering-dominated world.

If you require any accessibility accommodation, such as live captioning, audio description, or a sign language interpreter, please email news@design.upenn.edu. Please note, we require at least five (5) business days’ notice.