Blue Farmland

Jordan/ Israel

Spring 2016 I Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, I New York City

Instructor: Grga Basic

This set of Landsat imagery is the outcome of a site research for the Columbia GSAPP Urban Design - Water Urbanism Studio.

Blue Farmland is a research exercise aiming to demonstrate the relationship between Political Boundary and Natural Boundary, Farmland and Water. Jordan Valley is one of the few regions with the most conflicts today, in which water resource plays a crucial role. By using the 6-3-5 band combination of Landsat 8, the outcome reverses the color of Active Farmland and Water, which are the two most representative elements when people think about the fight of water in this region. The farmland itself becomes the representation of a win in fighting for water.