For the Biennial, O’Shea is pushing the envelope on research he started while at Harvard’s GSD. The project Logistical Ecologies examines transportation infrastructure and the movement of goods, considering how these respond to and interact with the existing infrastructure and ecology of an area. O’Shea’s calculus for this and any project takes into account biodiversity, agricultural production, and hydro­logical events. “There’s a lot going on independently in those three categories,” he says, explaining how factors like the reintroduction of American bison into Northeastern Illinois or increased flooding in the Fox River Valley affect infrastructure and planning decisions. “The idea is to tie them all together in a way that’s productive economically but also ecologically, to create a new urbanization plan for northeastern Illinois.”