2025 ASLA COMMUNICATIONS AWARD OF HONOR: Playbook for the Pyrocene / SWA

“《火新世行动指南》凭借出色的视觉呈现给人留下了深刻印象，有效传达了野火韧性的紧迫性与复杂性。针对这一日益严峻的全球性危机，该成果提出了清晰而具有策略性的风险应对框架。在审美表现与环境倡议之间取得了良好平衡，兼备了有效性和可操作性。”
– 2025年评审委员会

“Playbook for Pyrocene” impresses with its stunning visual execution, effectively capturing the urgency and complexity of wildfire resilience. Addressing an increasingly relevant global crisis, the work provides clear, strategic frameworks to mitigate wildfire risks. It succeeds in balancing aesthetic excellence with critical environmental advocacy, making it both impactful and actionable.”
– 2025 Awards Jury

来自 ASLA 对 gooood的分享。
Playbook for the Pyrocene | SWA

项目陈述
PROJECT STATEMENT

野火已成为当今景观领域最紧迫的挑战之一，但目前仍存在关键的知识空白：尽管住宅防护措施和区域尺度的土地利用规划已有较为成熟的研究与实践，但面向社区尺度、可直接应用的设计方法仍然十分有限。《火新世行动指南》（Playbook for Pyrocene）正是为填补这一空白而编纂。该手册汇集了多年研究成果，并整合了与加州多家机构合作形成的实践经验，以开放获取的形式发布。本指南面向缺乏专业火灾科学背景的使用者，通过整合生态学、林业、政策研究及原住民土地管理经验，提炼出六项设计原则和20项应用策略。内容语言清晰、兼具技术深度，并融入一线实践经验，旨在为社区与专业人员提供可操作的工具，共同推动面向未来的野火韧性设计。

Wildfires are among today’s most urgent landscape challenges, yet a critical knowledge gap persists: while home hardening and regional land use planning strategies are well-documented, accessible community-scale design approaches remain scarce. Playbook for the Pyrocene bridges this gap, synthesizing years of research and collaboration with agencies across California into an open-access guide. Designed for those without deep fire science expertise, it distills key insights from ecology, forestry, policy, and indigenous stewardship into six rules-of-thumb and 20 applied strategies. With clear language, technical guidance, and firsthand expertise, it empowers communities and professionals alike to design for a fire-resilient future.

▲这本开放获取的出版物为设计、规划与政策领域提供了清晰且可操作的野火适应策略。This open-access publication offers clear, actionable strategies for wildfire adaptation across design, planning, and policy fields. © SWA, NASA/Landsat 8

项目说明
PROJECT NARRATIVE

到2025年，野火已不再是季节性的灾害，而成为一种长期存在的现实。它正在重塑地貌、迫使社区迁移，并要求我们从根本上重新思考景观的规划、建设与认知方式。

《火新世行动指南》是一份开放获取的出版物，旨在填补野火适应领域中的一项关键空白——缺乏易于理解、面向社区尺度的减灾策略。过去，野火防御规划多聚焦于单一地块层面的防护措施或宏观区域政策，而对两者之间的中间层级——如街道空间、开放空间以及影响社区整体韧性的邻里用地结构——缺乏系统指导。该指南历经四年研究、协作与实践设计编制完成，整合生态学、火灾科学、林业、土地利用规划、应急管理以及原住民土地管理经验，形成一部实用且图解详实的综合性工具书。

面向火灾适应型社区的实用指南

在气候变化与快速城市化的推动下，极端野火的发生频率和强度持续上升，天堂镇、拉海纳和洛杉矶等城市的火灾影像已深刻进入公众记忆。相较于海平面上升和极端高温等在建成环境中已有较多研究的风险，野火具有传播速度快、变化难以预测的特点，其影响同时受到植被条件、人类聚居形态和气候因素的共同作用。

《火新世行动指南》采取高度实践导向的编写方式，提出六项核心原则和20项应用策略。这些内容具有较强的适应性，可根据不同场地条件、空间尺度和地域背景灵活应用。每项策略不仅提供技术要点，还结合火灾领域专家的实践经验进行说明。指南面向广泛使用群体——包括景观设计师、规划师、政策制定者、政府机构、公益组织及业主等——通过清晰的文字与图示，将复杂的科学知识转化为可操作的设计方法。附录部分汇集了100余项参考资料、最佳实践案例及实证研究，便于进一步深入查阅。

推动更广泛的专业对话

自2023年发布以来，《火新世行动指南》已在专业与学术领域获得广泛关注。该成果已被纳入景观建筑与城市设计研究生课程，供设计师和规划师在高风险地区实践中参考，并被用于加州火灾适应型规划的政策讨论。同时，项目通过专业媒体报道以及在美国和加拿大多地的学术与行业讲座，持续扩大影响力。除在线免费发布外，项目团队还通过定向邮寄的方式，将出版物发送至全国范围内的设计机构、大学项目、民选官员及相关政府部门。

把握行动的关键窗口期

随着火灾季持续延长、极端天气逐渐常态化，推进社区尺度的适应行动已刻不容缓。《火新世行动指南》通过打通科学研究、公共政策与设计实践之间的联系，体现了跨学科协作的发展趋势，并推动形成一种新的认知——将“火”视为景观系统中不可避免的自然力量，与之共存而非单纯对抗。基于实地调研、现场观察与循证策略，该出版物既是行动框架，也是一种沟通平台，促进不同专业领域与社区之间的协同对话，以应对日益严峻的野火风险。

▲基于多年研究成果，《火新世行动指南》将多学科知识提炼为一套可供不同专业人群实际应用的策略体系。Based on years of research, “Playbook” distills insights from multiple disciplines into practical strategies for a wide range of practitioners. © SWA

▲目前，美国约有近8000万处房产面临野火风险，约16%的人口居住在火灾危险区域。Today, nearly 80 million U.S. properties are at risk from wildfire, with nearly 16% of the population living in fire hazard areas. © SWA

▲本书避免使用专业术语，通过清晰的图示与实践经验，将复杂概念转化为直观且可实施的设计方法。Avoiding jargon, Playbook distills complex ideas into clear visuals and actionable strategies informed by firsthand experience. © SWA

▲仅在加利福尼亚州，过去一个世纪中野火季的持续时间已延长一倍，预计到2050年还将进一步延长。In California alone, wildfire season has doubled in length over the past century and is expected to grow even longer by 2050. © SWA

▲该指南已开始为实际项目提供参考，其提出的总体策略可适用于不同场地条件、空间尺度与环境情境。”Playbook” is already informing real-world projects, with high-level strategies suited to various sites, scales, and conditions. © SWA

▲全书将行动内容归纳为三大基本类别，并细化为20项具体策略，每项均配有详尽的图解、案例与参考资料。Three basic categories of action are distilled into 20 distinct strategies, each accompanied by detailed illustrations, examples, and references. © SWA

▲出版物还融入了实际项目经验，例如Esencia项目通过种植耐火性较强的柑橘林带作为防火隔离区。Lessons from projects like Esencia, which used hardy citrus groves as firebreaks, are woven throughout the publication. © SWA

▲通过衔接社区尺度规划与具体种植设计要求，《火新世行动指南》确保在各个层级上同时关注设计与后期养护管理。Bridging community-scale planning and detailed planting guidance, “Playbook” ensures both design and maintenance are considered at all scales. © SWA

▲除设计专业人员外，本书同样面向政策制定者、区域管理机构、防火安全委员会及广大业主群体。Beyond the design profession, the book is also intended to reach policymakers, regional agencies, fire safe councils, and property owners in general. © SWA

▲在承认“火”是全球多种景观系统中自然过程的前提下，《火新世行动指南》提出与火共存的路径，而非单纯消除火灾。Acknowledging fire as a natural process in landscapes across the globe, “Playbook” outlines ways to coexist with fire—not eliminate it. © SWA

▲其他案例，如加州千橡市，通过将道路中央分隔带等多种形式的防火隔离设施纳入传统林业管理体系，实现综合防控。Other case studies, like the City of Thousand Oaks, CA, combine multiple forms of firebreaks, such as road medians, into traditional forestry plans. © SWA

▲全书中的干预措施主要聚焦于WUI（Wildland–Urban Interface），即开发用地与未开发自然区域的过渡地带。Throughout the book, interventions are primarily focused on the wildland-urban interface, or “WUI”—the border between developed and undeveloped lands. © SWA

▲书中许多理念最初源自2022年面向研究生开展的暑期项目，该项目专注于加州野火问题研究。Many of the ideas in “Playbook” were initially developed through a 2022 summer program for graduate students focused on California wildfires. © SWA

▲相关研究成果随后在一系列公益项目中不断完善，并直接转化为加利福尼亚州层面的规划指导建议。Iterated through a range of pro-bono projects, this research was then directly channeled into a series of guidelines for the State of California. © SWA

▲基于作者对野火的亲身经历，本书将研究与设计实践相结合，回应南加州高火险环境中的真实生活与发展挑战。Born from firsthand experiences with wildfires, this book connects research and design to the realities of growing up in fire-prone SoCal. © SWA

PROJECT NARRATIVE

In 2025, wildfires are no longer seasonal disasters—they’re a permanent reality, reshaping landscapes, displacing communities, and demanding a fundamental shift in how we design, build, and conceive of the landscape.

Playbook for the Pyrocene is an open-access publication addressing a critical gap in wildfire adaptation: the lack of accessible, community-scale strategies for reducing fire risk. While wildfire planning has historically focused on site-specific solutions and broad regional policies, little guidance exists for the spaces in between—streetscapes, open spaces, and neighborhood land-use patterns that shape community resilience. Developed over four years through research, collaboration, and applied design work, Playbook synthesizes key concepts from ecology, fire science, forestry, land-use planning, emergency management, and indigenous stewardship into a practical, illustrated guide.

An accessible guide for fire-adaptive communities

Fueled by climate change and rapid urbanization, severe wildfires have increased in frequency and intensity, searing images of a burning Paradise, Lahaina, and Los Angeles into the popular imagination. While the effects of sea-level rise and extreme heat are widely studied in the built environment, wildfire presents a uniquely fast-moving and unpredictable risk, shaped by vegetation, human settlement, and climate conditions.

Playbook is tactical in its approach, outlining six guiding principles and 20 applied strategies designed for flexibility across site conditions, scales, and geographic contexts, each offering both technical guidance and real-world insights from fire experts. Intended for a broad audience—landscape architects, planners, policymakers, agencies, advocacy groups, property owners, and more—it presents complex science in clear language with illustrations, translating research into actionable design strategies. A robust appendix includes over 100 resources, best practices, and empirical research for deeper exploration.

Expanding the conversation

Since its 2023 release, Playbook has gained traction across professional and academic circles—integrated into graduate coursework in landscape architecture and urban design, consulted by designers and planners working in fire-prone areas, and leveraged in policy discussions on fire-adaptive planning in California. Highlighted in professional media and lectures across the U.S. and Canada, its authors have worked to broaden its impact beyond traditional design disciplines. Freely available online, it was also distributed in a direct mailing campaign to firms, university programs, elected officials, and agency offices nationwide.

A critical window for action

As fire seasons lengthen and extreme weather becomes the norm, the need for community-scale adaptation has never been more urgent. By bridging the gap between science, policy, and design, Playbook reflects a shift toward cross-disciplinary collaboration and an evolving perspective on coexisting with fire as an inevitable force in the landscape. Shaped by fieldwork, direct observation, and evidence-based strategies, the publication serves as both a framework for action and a convening tool, fostering shared dialogue across siloed professions and communities in an increasingly fire-prone world.

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