A speculative project aiming to clean up Detroit's abandoned Central Station with fungal-inspired micro-installations.
In praise of saprophytic architecture - overthrowing parasitic architecture - slow design
In praise of saprophytic architecture - overthrowing parasitic architecture - slow design
created as part of a presentation in Nature Inspired Environments, a class at Concordia University
Some contextualizing mapping
Early on in the concept stage, I created this concept illustration of a closed-loop greenhouse restaurant, and that actually inspired the rest of the project. This could be an "after" shot of the revitalization.
This is a really early schematic from the project, when we were doing analogical concept grids. This grid was the most inspirational for the project. I derived the adaptive forms from the meditation ball and from the malleability of wax. The slow, fungus-style growth pattern idea came to me from beehives and oysters.
