greenskinslab & audio press – Founded by Professor Daniel Roehr in 2007, greenskins lab is a research group at the University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. The lab disseminates information on urban design retrofits and new approaches that improve the ecological functions of public open spaces.

January 7, 2026January 7, 2026

New OPEN ACCESS TOOL, “Brownfield & Phytoremediation” – A Guide to Post-Industrial Remediation in British Columbia is now available on UBC Blogs

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November 6, 2025November 6, 2025

First Book of Greenskins Audio Press now available for Purchase on the SALA UBC Website

January 20, 2025January 20, 2025

Open Access Tools Published on SALA Website

Daniel Roehr, with the assistance of SALA students, has assembled a set of open-access tools.

Initiated by his first Seeing Environment seminar blog in 2018, the drawing tutorials on his Instagram @danielroehrdrawings, and the development of his analytical AXO-blog 2020 teaching method during the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Daniel Roehr has encouraged the development of a wide range of open-access tools. The focus of the tools, created by SALA students under his supervision, is climate resilience, social justice, natural disaster and education for landscape architects.

These open-access learning tools are relevant to landscape architecture to explore special topics of interest especially geared to incoming students of architecture, landscape architecture, urban design and environmental design. Below you will find descriptions and links to engaging topics, including innovative research on best practices, interviews, and analytical tools. You’ll also find student work from the Seeing Environment seminars between 2018 to 2023.

Open-access tools

February 14, 2024February 14, 2024

MLA Students Published Peer Reviewed Paper in Landscape Research Record (LRR) No. 12: LEARNING TO PREVENT: DEVELOPMENT OF A SET OF PEDAGOGICAL TOOLS FOR ARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNERS TO ASSESS SITES’ SUSCEPTIBILITY TO MASS MOVEMENTS

https://thecela.org/wp-content/uploads/LRR12-LEARNING-TO-PREVENT-.pdf

January 10, 2024

New SALA “Water in the Landscape” Blog is now Up and Running

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December 28, 2023

New DES 430 Environment – Urban Form – Infrastructure Course Blog Online

Welcome to DES 430 – Fall 2023

September 14, 2023

Digital CUBE Method Platform Including AI Apps launched in DES430 Fall 2023

Digital CUBE Methods created by Robert Ferguson MARCLA Candidate & TA (DES430) based on analog CUBE Method by Prof. Daniel Roehr (https://blogs.ubc.ca/axonometric/) was launched in DES430 September 13, 2023. It will be available in late February 2024 on the Axo Demystified blog.