Her current design research focuses on landscape architecture's role in the future of the parts of the Great Lakes that are close to the shore (called the littoral zone) and the potential of the lakes' emergent land to address larger environmental issues and establish healthier relationships between people and the water. Lutsky is particularly interested in how landscape architecture, a design field that has long worked with issues of change and adaptation, may help the region better celebrate and engage the dynamics of the littoral landscape in its efforts to establish a more resilient future. More on Lutsky ...