Charlie Hailey teaches design, theory, and history in the University of Florida’s School of Architecture. He is author of Campsite: Architectures of Duration and Place (2008) and Camps: A Guide to 21st-century Space (2009).

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceMakeshiftBargeChapter 1: Natural and Infrastructural: Building New York Harbor’s Islands of WasteRip-RapChapter 2: Spiritual and Infrastructural: U Thant’s East river IslandMoundChapter 3: Public and Private: The Common Wildness of Indian River’s Linear ArchipelagoNettleChapter 4: Useful and Cultural: Peanut Island’s Mutinous LandscapesCampChapter 5: Rational and Irrational: Developing Biscayne Bay’s LagoonSpitChapter 6: Real and Surreal: Surrounding Biscayne Bay’s Spoil islandsSandChapter 7: Order and Disorder: Navigating Key West’s Western MarginBargeArchipelagoNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

Hailey (architecture, U. of Florida) looks at islands created by soil and rock from dredged channels, ports, and cuts along the east coast of the US. His main interest is how the islands came about and how people have used them, though he also discusses wildlife and plants. He covers building New York Harbor's islands of waste, rip-rap, U Thant's East River island, mound, the common wilderness of Indian River's linear archipelago, nettle, Peanut Island's mutinous landscapes camp, development Biscayne Bay's lagoon, spit, surrounding Biscayne Bay's spoil islands, sand, Key West's western margin, and barge.

Charlie Hailey teaches design, theory, and history in the University of Florida’s School of Architecture. He is author of Campsite: Architectures of Duration and Place (2008) and Camps: A Guide to 21st-century Space (2009).

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceMakeshiftBargeChapter 1: Natural and Infrastructural: Building New York Harbor’s Islands of WasteRip-RapChapter 2: Spiritual and Infrastructural: U Thant’s East river IslandMoundChapter 3: Public and Private: The Common Wildness of Indian River’s Linear ArchipelagoNettleChapter 4: Useful and Cultural: Peanut Island’s Mutinous LandscapesCampChapter 5: Rational and Irrational: Developing Biscayne Bay’s LagoonSpitChapter 6: Real and Surreal: Surrounding Biscayne Bay’s Spoil islandsSandChapter 7: Order and Disorder: Navigating Key West’s Western MarginBargeArchipelagoNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

Hailey (architecture, U. of Florida) looks at islands created by soil and rock from dredged channels, ports, and cuts along the east coast of the US. His main interest is how the islands came about and how people have used them, though he also discusses wildlife and plants. He covers building New York Harbor's islands of waste, rip-rap, U Thant's East River island, mound, the common wilderness of Indian River's linear archipelago, nettle, Peanut Island's mutinous landscapes camp, development Biscayne Bay's lagoon, spit, surrounding Biscayne Bay's spoil islands, sand, Key West's western margin, and barge.

Charlie Hailey teaches design, theory, and history in the University of Florida’s School of Architecture. He is author of Campsite: Architectures of Duration and Place (2008) and Camps: A Guide to 21st-century Space (2009).

• AcknowledgmentsPrefaceMakeshiftBargeChapter 1: Natural and Infrastructural: Building New York Harbor’s Islands of WasteRip-RapChapter 2: Spiritual and Infrastructural: U Thant’s East river IslandMoundChapter 3: Public and Private: The Common Wildness of Indian River’s Linear ArchipelagoNettleChapter 4: Useful and Cultural: Peanut Island’s Mutinous LandscapesCampChapter 5: Rational and Irrational: Developing Biscayne Bay’s LagoonSpitChapter 6: Real and Surreal: Surrounding Biscayne Bay’s Spoil islandsSandChapter 7: Order and Disorder: Navigating Key West’s Western MarginBargeArchipelagoNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

Hailey (architecture, U. of Florida) looks at islands created by soil and rock from dredged channels, ports, and cuts along the east coast of the US. His main interest is how the islands came about and how people have used them, though he also discusses wildlife and plants. He covers building New York Harbor's islands of waste, rip-rap, U Thant's East River island, mound, the common wilderness of Indian River's linear archipelago, nettle, Peanut Island's mutinous landscapes camp, development Biscayne Bay's lagoon, spit, surrounding Biscayne Bay's spoil islands, sand, Key West's western margin, and barge.