Lab Overview
DoLA’s Green Infrastructure Landscape Lab (GILL) is focused on developing and evaluating
innovations in sustainable urban water management at multiple scales—from the gutter
to the watershed. We employ evidence-based design processes to inform the design of
various nature-based interventions for watershed health in semi-arid environments.
Students working with the GILL lab have opportunities to combine creative design skills
with the rigorous methods of science and consider how site-scale insights can be upscaled
to city-wide impacts. Students also build their capacity for design research by participating
in various lab and field-based water quality monitoring, computer simulations of urban
hydrology and GI performance using the latest modeling tools and get their hands dirty
with real-world pilot-scale green infrastructure interventions in partnership with
local stakeholders.
Prospective students interested in joining GILL research are encouraged to inquire
about the accredited BLA and MLA programs offered by DoLA.
The GILL outdoor lab includes a semi-controlled split design experimental bio retention
cell. It is intended to test and evaluate the water quality performance of various
plant palettes and substrates suitable for use and replication in semi-arid climates.
