Design by Hector Hernandex Elora and Manuel Fernandez Ramirez
Not sure how this place will evolve, but the freshly tilled and expansive dirt ground suggests either the potential future for orderly planting or the colonization of millions of once dormant seeds pulled up from the ground.
While tilling provides a fresh and fluffy slate for easy planting, it also provides buried seeds with the opportunity for germination with very little competition. According to North Caroline State University Cooperative Extension, up to 3,068 seeds may reside in 1 sq ft of the top 6 inches of soil.
While it seems unlikely that these architects will allow for the wild and unkempt colonization of this austere and structural landscape, I love to imagine the contrast of these materials. Lest I forget to mention, the concrete walls were created from the previous substance of the site, a gravel pit and then landfill for the city's building rubble. The project speaks to an unearthing of the earth, from the restructuring of the geologic to the unraveling of emergent vegetation of a decommissioned ground. I wonder how much of the new landscape's soil was brought into the site.
Future Exploration.... Bill Morrish's Civilizing Terrains...on monuments as dug up and restructured geology... wonderful drawings
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