Skyscaping responds to the dynamic ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay and challenges passive conservation methods by actively engaging with landscape systems and evolution. By engaging the Irish Grove Wildlife Sanctuary as a public "land lab," stakeholders test landscape prototypes and observe relationships between avian behavior and ecological evolution to plan for post-anthropogenic landscapes. The project seeks to expand bird stopovers and improve monitoring practices through unconventional design techniques and experimental interventions, fostering a dynamic and interactive approach to ecological surveillance and management.

The project was developed within the context of the studio taught by Bradley Cantrell and Sean Kois titled "Prototyping the Bay", as part of the Master of Landscape Architecture at the University of Virginia.