Coastal adaptation through art and design: exploring flexible landscapes

This is the next event in the Waterscapes lunch webinar series – a short and inspiring online gathering that bridges science, design, and practice. The session is open to researchers, practitioners, and students interested in nature-based and design-driven approaches to water and climate challenges.

Carola Wingren, Professor of Landscape Architecture at SLU’s Department of Urban and Rural Development, will share insights from her long engagement with coastal and urban waterscapes. Her work explores how design strategies can address flooding, urban densification, and climate adaptation, with artistic practice as a key tool for creating flexible, multifunctional landscapes.

Drawing on her theme “A flexible coastal perspective – How can an artistic landscape design approach influence climate adaptation work?”, Carola will highlight recurring ideas and design experiments from her research and teaching.

An expert in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration, she will also discuss how artistic methods can make urban water and coastal issues more tangible and engaging for local communities – and how design can help us reimagine our relationship with water.