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The Entropic Pilgrimage

Project details

Programme
Design Studio Design Studio 8
Year 2
Award
  • Landscape Architecture Environment Prize for Distinguished Work ​in Environmental Design

This project aims to create a pilgrimage that prevails the artificial linear sequence of time and space, and restore the cyclical time and nested experience of space to humans.

Beginning with material and life cycle research, natural materials are tested and used to build a platform, tunnel and tower, which resemble the stages of life, while simultaneously incorporating seasonal use for other species. The second part of the project, The Ubiquitous Wade, reveals the diasporic and migratory nature of the island. The formation of the hometown of the migratory birds that come to the island are combined in response to the water and wind on site to form landscape interventions lasting 270 years into the future.

The Entropic Pilgrimage utilises landforms, tidal variations, human and animal activities to shape the landscape, while the landscape reciprocates to reform the human mind. The meteorological, biological, and anthropological cycles are hybridised to form a nested experience of time and space. This experience, through a multitude of time and places, breaks away from the equilibrium and passes on the embodied knowledge of a more turbulent lifestyle in an ever-changing time.

The weaving tests are done in the first term for The Introspective Landscape, using reeds and grasses collected on site in September. These are used to create temporary structures through the pilgrimage interventions.

Weaving Tests

The weaving tests are done in the first term for The Introspective Landscape, using reeds and grasses collected on site in September. These are used to create temporary structures through the pilgrimage interventions.

The drawing shows the state of a small island constructed with a combination of the five geological formations, with the pilgrimage interventions cutting through. The drawing uses the physical model textures and forms.

1:100 Drawing

The drawing shows the state of a small island constructed with a combination of the five geological formations, with the pilgrimage interventions cutting through. The drawing uses the physical model textures and forms.

1:2500 Studies

1:2500 Studies

This series of 1:2500 maps shows the area around the site, Two Tree Island, with the analysis of the conditions of the surrounding area, some test iterations of the masterplan with different materials, and projecting the design into the future.

1:100 Island Model

1:100 Island Model

The physical model is built to understand the construction process of the island and the natural forms resulting from the geological processes: wind blowing, flooding, weathering and erosion.

Final Videos

Final Videos

This split-screen video consists of: the site video on the left with a collection of materials; the construction process for the 1:100 final model on the right from first person view. Together they create the experience of the design proposition.

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