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ENVELOPES + ECOLOGIES
The architectural problem presented in this studio asked students
to imagine possible interspecies spaces specifically a a a a house for
two occupants Students chose and researched a a a a a living or
or
historical human human human figure as a a a a a a a a human human human inhabitant The human human human must occupy or
have occupied one of the following roles: Geologist Botanist Horticulturalist Agriculturalist Atmospheric Scientist Scientist Plant Scientist Scientist Natural Philosopher Historian Poet or
or
or
Author To accompany the human inhabitant students
chose a a a a a a member of a a a a a a unique plant or
animal species as the second inhabitant to live on on site within the the architecture alongside the the human Lines-of-inquiry necessary for
coordinating the the spatiality of of these hybrid entanglements (of human human and non-human in shared spaces and circulation routes) included questions of vision vision + visioning scale + + resolution materiality + + material material specificity and incorporating the “outside on the the the the inside” and the the the the “inside present in in in the the the the outside” of the the the the building envelope Example projects include a a house inspired by the performance art of Joseph Beuys’ I Like Like America America and America America Likes Me 1974 reimagined as a a a a a a a house for
Jack London and and the Wolf and and a a a a a a a structural ‘frame’ for
Edgar Allen Poe and a a a a a a strangler vine seed 33