Ground Up is the student-run journal of the Department of Landscape Architecture & Environmental Planning at University of California, Berkeley. Published annually, each issue centers on a theme of contemporary relevance with interdisciplinary possibilities. Articles and artworks are gathered through an open call for submissions, so naturally the journal is guided by the interests of our readers and collaborators—from students to professionals, academics to practitioners, artists to scientists.
Since 2011, Ground Up has served as a forum for the publication of design scholarship. This year’s theme is Home, a topic that has been on the minds of the world, our country, and the students at the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design. In this issue, definitions of Home traverse scales— from the 3,000-mile-long US-Mexico border to a Japanese-American Internment Camp to the body.