MAPPING
Through her research, Duvivier focuses on the critical need to incorporate watershed vocabulary into discussions of place and on reinforcing connections between energy use and water resources.
In her work, she invents tools that easily and clearly communicate the merging of architecture and spatial awareness to a wide range of audiences, from 5th graders to governments and utility agencies. Duvivier was the first international Green Map Network mapmaker to create a graphically enhanced, technically accurate watershed map. Her maps have inspired global resource agencies and mapmakers to rethink conventional borders and recognize that human-defined boundaries mean nothing to rain, pollution and bird migration. Duvivier uses maps to make difficult infrastructure concepts understandable.
Duvivier’s watershed maps serve as international references—from India to Africa to Japan—and have been viewed by thousands at Japan Expo and 20 other international venues. They are in the permanent collection of the Library of Congress and the New York, Los Angeles and Toronto Public Libraries. The Rockefeller Foundation invited Duvivier to the Bellagio Mapmakers Summit in Italy, resulting in the Green Map Atlas and website, a resource for developing nations including Cuba, Nigeria, Uganda and Romania with more than 200,000 downloads to date.
Duvivier has spearheaded public and professional education on the impact of human behavior on urban watersheds. Through her architecture, site planning, and maps, she celebrates water conservation and infrastructure, offering special insight to complex environmental issues. Duvivier was an invited speaker on Green Infrastructure at the H2O conference in San Diego in 2013, Green Urbanism at the 2006 National AIA Convention, and Mapping at the 2000 APA Convention and is a leading environmental advocate for the architectural profession in the international urban watershed movement.