Advisors: Ted Brown, Julia Czerniak, Emily Pellicano
Interests: Synthetic Landscapes, Forest Matters,Architecture as Apparatus: cohabitation of species, Other Populations
We have traditionally located nature in untouched wilderness, agricultural development, or the gardens and parks built in cities. The landscape historian John Dixon Hunt identified these places as “the three natures” in his writings about the historical development of nature in our cultural imagination. In the 21st century the forces of climate change, species invasion, and extinction have affected the three natures in disproportionate ways, demonstrating the importance of rethinking the three natures paradigm. How might a Fourth Nature challenge traditional ways of imagining architecture?
We call upon students to consider the Fourth Nature as a provocative source and catalyst for thinking the contemporary city, urban buildings, and designed landscapes. Our work together will be a field of experimentation. Join us to research and advance how the Fourth Nature—as demonstrated in multi-species architectures, landscape urbanism, and AI technologies—enable us to imagine new ways of seeing, valuing, acting, and designing within our challenged anthropocentric environment.
MONDAY, MAY 2, 9am-2:30pm, roomS 402 & 101/104
Internal Critics: Edgar Rodriguez, Mark Linder, Kyle Miller, Aurélie Frolet
| 9am (Room 402) |
Patrick Riley American Natures |
| 9:30am (Room 104/101) |
Sarah Perrino Unfulfilled |
| 10am (Room 104/101) |
Joao Pedro Ellery Milpa³ |
| 10:30am (Room 104/101) |
Cameron Chahanovich Dematerializing the Architectural Life Cycle |
| 11am (Room 104/101) |
Maryasa Krivitskaya Ebb and Flow |
| 11:30am (Room 104/101) |
Emily Huang Co-Habitations |
| 12 noon | Lunch |
| 12:30pm (Room 104/101) |
Jessica Szymanoski Debris |
| 1pm (Room 104/101) |
Eve Miserlian Expanding Orchard Life |
| 1:30pm (Room 104/101) |
Katie Weeks Manufacturing Nature |
| 2pm (Room 104/101) |
Jake Hayward The ECO-tec Initiative |
