FEATURES

Reimagining places through collaborative design

The Living Infrastructure Field Kit helps communities actively and continuously engage in shaping their environments.
SITE PROFILES

Identify opportunities for living infrastructure

Assess site potentials

Once you select a site, a detailed profile is automatically created, highlighting the land’s unique conditions. Comprehensive datasets provide tailored recommendations for living infrastructure opportunities.

A sample sketch within the Field Kit shows opportunities for cooling, food, and recreation within a selected project site.
LAYERS

Use data to understand places

Explore conditions

The Field Kit is backed by some of the most detailed datasets available for L.A. County, providing access to over 65 layers of data through an intuitive interface. Overlay data onto your sketches to learn more about the site and guide design choices, with layers covering stressors, stormwater potentials, and community assets, all sourced from research with our academic, government, and engineering partners.

  • Orange clusters represent high fire risk regions on a map of L.A. County.
    FIRE
  • Green clusters show flood risk corridors between Alhambra and West Covina in L.A. County.
    FLOOD RISK
  • Yellow patches depict localized heatwave data on a coastal map of Los Angeles County.
    HEATWAVE TEMPERATURE
  • Historically redlined communities are outlined on a 3D rendering of Altadena below the San Gabriel mountains.
    HISTORICALLY REDLINED COMMUNITIES
  • Gray patches show vacant lots scattered across a map of the South Bay region of Los Angeles County.
    VACANT LOTS
COLLABORATION

Invite community participation

Gather observations

Document memories, wisdom, and ideas from your stakeholders. Observations enable active contributions during the design and development of your project.

Comment and share

Facilitate feedback and engaging discussions with easy commenting, threaded conversations, and quick sharing.

Co-design in real time

Multiple team members can work in the same sketch simultaneously, fostering connection and cooperation in both remote and in-person settings.

A sample Field Kit sketch highlights community observations about the playground getting too hot during summer and the possibility of adding a soccer field to collect water during storms.
PROJECT DESIGN

Sketch together to envision new ideas

Apply remedies

Access a library of over 40 living infrastructure remedies that can be easily added to your sketch.

Estimate benefits and costs

As you refine your design, the Field Kit will keep you informed about the benefits of your chosen remedies while also providing cost estimates.

Design across scales

Users can create sketches for various project sizes, from small community gardens to large urban developments.

Remedies for cooling, food, and recreation are sketched onto a selected project site within the Field Kit.
GUIDEBOOK

Learn while sketching

The Field Kit offers a rich guidebook of educational materials to help inform your sketch. Within it, you'll find remedy descriptions, cost and benefit insights, helpful tips, and case studies for inspiration.

A Field Kit learning resource highlights the multi-benefits — including cooling, public and soil health, CO2 reduction — and estimated costs of incorporating a shade tree into a living infrastructure project.
EXPORTS

Download your project for proposals

Export in multiple formats

Easily export your entire project, including design, observations, benefits and cost estimates, to share insights and assist with review. These exports can also be used to apply for technical assistance or implementation grants.

A sample Field Kit project export outlines the benefits, costs, and site details of Living Schoolyard design proposal.

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