Landscape Matters Issue 4 FINAL - Flipbook - Page 13
Nature connects to our sense of identity. Powerful symbols:
mountain, river, flower, ocean, have through enduring, timeless
myths connected our land to our identity - a collective,
community identity rooted to place.
Shortlisted entry for the 2021 Davidson
Prize: 'Home/Work - A New Future'
Our interventions in the landscape shall create transformative, emotional connections to nature. Holistic
earthwork and human-scaled designs will embody compelling,
universal emblems derived from nature. Place-making is
empowered by story-telling, be they ancient myths or future
visions, creating unique and extraordinary places.
Nature awakens all of our senses: sight, sound, touch, taste,
smell. Phenomenological delights of sunlight, rain, wind,
and seasons animate architecture. We look to harness these
elements with framed views, orientation, direct integration,
amplification. In doing us, we bring nature to the fore of our
daily experience.
ASKING LOOKING PLAYING MAKING
We ask to find the story
We look to illustrate the story
We play to discover the form of the story
We make to build the story
Our interventions in the landscape shall be integral to nature’s
elements. Light, water, wind and planting become interactive,
ever-changing elements that bring attention to nature. Routes
and nodal points, dwell spaces, smart systems that enhance
safety, legibility and social patterns of visitors all enhance
the experience of nature. Design elements shall integrate
nature’s element, to raise awareness of the timeless joys to be
discovered. To bring nature to the fore of our hearts and minds.
Nature teaches us important lessons about design, using
the least to achieve the most. Design exemplars spanning
500 million years abound: structural, formal, environmental
principles, integrated systems, family of parts, responsive and
frugal systems that adapt to widely varying conditions.
Entry for 2021 Millom Iron Line
competition
Our interventions in the landscape shall innovate with the
exciting biomimetic spirit of our era. We shall core down
into the eco-systems already on the sites and build on them
through nature-based, resilient solutions. We shall design
responsively, iteratively, adaptively, inventively, holistically
and with an economy of means that respects Earth’s limited
resources. We will innovate with intelligent systems,
construction techniques, and detailing to enrich the ecosystem
of each place.
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