Document Type
Honors Project - Open Access
Abstract
This thesis conceptualizes a relational approach to urban design. Often separated from justice, I argue urban design can shape spaces to enable respectful and reciprocal human and more-than- human relationships. Focusing on Phalen Creek in Saint Paul, Minnesota, I illuminate just and sustainable possibilities between ecologically sustainable and socially inclusive design. Phalen Creek was a natural waterway buried in a pipe during 20th century urbanization to be partially reconstructed through daylighting. The Indigenous and Immigrant stories driving restoration expand urban design’s liberatory potential. Combining just sustainabilities with infrastructure theory and Indigenous Knowledges, I contend urban design offers a relational approach to implementing Just Sustainabilities.
Recommended Citation
Archuleta, Corgan R., "Designed for Life: Unearthing Just and Sustainable Urban Design Through the Daylighting of Phalen Creek" (2024). Geography Honors Projects. 76.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/geography_honors/76
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