Carndonagh Harvard Professor leads North West City Region project

Atlas for a City Region, an 18 month research project is to investigate how cross-border landscape will be shaped by the economic, political and social realities of Brexit.
The project has been commissioned by Donegal County Council and Derry City and Strabane District Council under the auspices of the North West Regional Development Group.
As part of the research project, Carndonagh native, Gareth Doherty, Assistant Professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design will lead two groups of students on a tour of the North West City region in March.
The prject which is supported by LYIT, ICLRD and Ulster University will examine how the region will evolve over time, taking into account both the short-term impact of Brexit as well as having a longer term perspective.
Mr Doherty says Atlas for a City Region will design a range of scales from small urban spaces to the design of the region itself and aims to demonstrate how landscape architecture can be instrumental in shaping the landscape and political landscape.