[Haochen He & Haoyang Li - TerraFlare: Uniting Air, Fire, and Community - COVER IMG] TerraFlare by Haochen He and Linhao Li

TerraFlare: Uniting Air, Fire, and Community

PrizeHonorable Mention in Landscape Architecture / Conceptual Landscape
Firm LocationKansas City, United States
CompanyHaochen He & Haoyang Li
Lead ArchitectHaochen He, Haoyang Li

TerraFlare is a climate-adaptive infrastructure and landscape system in LA’s wildfire-prone forests, combining fire breaks, a rammed-earth fire dike, and Direct Air Capture towers. These towers remove atmospheric CO₂, harvest fog and solar energy, and serve as public watchpoints and ecological nodes. The design merges fire resilience, carbon mitigation, and community engagement into a replicable model for sustainable futures. It reimagines wildfire not as disaster, but as an opportunity for restoration, education, and climate action.