Living With Water
This project explores how landscape architecture can respond to flooding through ecological and social adaptation along the River Eden corridor in Wetheral and Carlisle. Rather than resisting water through hard engineering alone, the proposal develops a hydro-social landscape system that slows water movement, restores wetland ecologies, and reconnects fragmented communities.
Through floodable landscapes, multi-level floodplains, wetlands, woodland buffers, and habitat corridors, the project transforms the river edge into a resilient living infrastructure. Ecological strategies are combined with public spaces, accessible pathways, productive willow landscapes, and biodiversity enhancement to support both environmental resilience and everyday social life.
The proposal operates across multiple scales — from regional flood systems to detailed construction drawings — demonstrating how adaptive landscapes can mitigate flooding while creating healthier ecological and social futures for Wetheral and Carlisle.
