Harvard design and anthropology students arrived in Ireland’s northwestern borderland in March 2019 , aiming to understand the landscape and its potential within the framework of impending political and social transformations. They visited the northwestern borderland, including the city of Derry/Londonderry, north Donegal and Lough Foyle. I was asked by Harvard School of Design to met and interview Gareth Doherty, assistant professor of landscape architecture and principal investigator of the research project, and discuss the project for the schools online news site.