Pluriverse: Mindscape
My introduction to architecture focused first on the enmeshment of nonhuman communities within the Central Park Ramble. Understanding and illustrating their interactions within and beyond themselves can inform an intervention at the site that participates in, as opposed to disrupts, these delicate networks.
A vine overtakes a tree. A log decays and recedes into the earth. Witnessing natural processes with respect to their specific timeframes recontectualizes the site and emphasizes its connection to natures rhythms at multiple scales despite its highly designed and urbanized context.
Investigating the site from the microscopic to the planetary scales revealed the importance of a new paradigm in which to approach architecture: we must wield knowledge of and sensitivity to the planet’s systems as we design structures that coalesce deeply with a site and all of its complexities.