Date of Award
Spring 5-31-2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA)
Department
Landscape Architecture
Program
Nature-Culture-Sustainability Studies
First Advisor
Jacob Mitchell
Second Advisor
Theodore Hoerr
Abstract
This project focuses on the design of outdoor vertical space in Hong Kong in response to the development of China’s Low-Altitude Economy. It explores the integration of these spaces with drones. Through site design and planning, the project uses existing rooftops, parks, and public plazas to create multi-functional drone infrastructure. These spaces enable low-altitude logistics while providing additional social benefits such as public recreation facilities. These landscape enhancements create a harmonious synergy between technology and ecology.
Central to this work is the concept of “The Sixth Interface”, a new spatial layer between the ground and the sky where drone-driven flows of information, ecology, and energy intersect. This is a dynamic urban layer defined by vertical mobility, human-technology interaction, and ecological coexistence. The project re-frames drone infrastructure not merely as technical facilities, but as interactive and socially meaningful components of the urban environment.
Recommended Citation
Tang, Shicheng, "THE SIXTH INTERFACE: The Integration of Drone Infrastructure with Low-Altitude Landscape" (2025). Masters Theses. 1439.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/masterstheses/1439
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