Introduction: Aquacultures PART ONE: Situating Aquaculture Landscapes Designing Ichthyological Urbanism PART TWO: Surveying Aquaculture Landscapes Overview of Aquaculture Landscapes Case Studies 01 Fishponds of the Třeboň Basin, Czech Republic 02 Esteros in the Bay of Cádiz, Spain 03 Wetland Basins in the Doñana Nature Reserve, Spain 04 Valli of Comacchio, Italy 05 Piscina of Sperlonga, Italy 06 Piscifactoire of Huningue, France 07 Grotto Aquarium in Paris, France 08 Acadjas at Lake Nokoué, Benin 09 Bheries of the East Kolkata Wetlands, India 10 Dike-Pond System of the Pearl River Delta, China 11 Rice-Fish Terraces of Longxian Village, China 12 Gei Wai in the Mai Po Marshes, Hong Kong 13 Savanna Weirs of Baures, Bolivia 14 Tailwater Fisheries at Wolf Creek Dam, United States 15 Ahupua’a of the Hawaiian Islands, United States PART THREE: Depicting Aquaculture Landscapes Representations of Aquaculture Landscapes
Biography
Michael Ezban is an architect, landscape designer, and scholar. His work explores landscapes and buildings designed to mediate relations between humans and other animals. Published and exhibited internationally, Ezban’s writing and design focus on aquaculture landscapes, waterfowl hunting grounds, and equestrian facilities. He is a recipient of the Maeder-York Family Fellowship in Landscape Architecture from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Charles Eliot Traveling Fellowship from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Ezban is an Assistant Professor in Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia, and a cofounder of VanderGoot Ezban Studio, a research-based practice.
