FRAGMENT
Interested in the idea that the nature on campus is fragmented, we began to ask; given that the built environment is frequently interrupting the natural environment, can we flip this and instead create work that interrupts the built environment with the natural one?
The north-west historical linden tree alley, once one of the roads to the manor that existed before the campus was developed, is now a frequently used path between the metro station in a bloc and the southern portion of the campus. After watching the natural procession of foot traffic along the adjacent paths it became clear that most people were focused so much on their destination that they had no sense of the trees around them. In walking this path, ourselves, we became enthralled by one specific tree sat closest to the metro at the direct intersection of two critical paths
The rest of our investigation asks how we can shift commuter’s attention from their built paths to this linden tree. Can we remain connected to the history of this place, considering the timing of our tree rather than ourselves yet work to solve a very modern problem? What features of the tree to highlight and how can these play on our human senses to generate impact?
Aalto University: Wood
Site Intervention
Espoo, Finland
Date
2023
2023