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Algorithmic soil profile from the Bordo de Xochiaca landfill, Mexico City. Drawing by Seth Denizen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seth Denizen, GSD Daniel Urban Kiley Teaching Fellows in Landscape Architecture <\/p>\n

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