Site Research

The Wilds of Patagonia 
Carl Skottsberg
1911

Of the Falkland Islands:

“In truth, one would have to seek far to find a more desolate place than this ... Desolation whispers in the whistling sand that beats on the windows; desolation howls in the gale round the black, jagged rocks; desolation thunders in the everlasting breakers.” (7-8)

Towards a Design Proposal

A singular, monumental prototype acting upon the landscape

Horticultural Mystique

More work of mine:

The Bounty of the Antarctic

Meanwhile, Kew Gardens reports that approximately one fifth of the world's plants are under threat from extinction.  Full story here: http://www.kew.org/news/one-fifth-of-plants-under-threat-of-extinction.htm

DNA Biocoding

"The Moorea Biocode Project aims to create the first comprehensive inventory of all non-microbial life in a complex tropical ecosystem."  Read more about it here: http://www.mooreabiocode.org/

"The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) is an online workbench that aids collection, management, analysis, and use of DNA barcodes." More here: http://boldsystems.org/views/login.php

Not to be confused with the Barcode of Life Systems "Using DNA barcoding technology, researchers seek to build a library of short, standardized pieces of DNA from all of Earth's species" More here: http://www.barcodeoflife.org/

"To coordinate these global efforts, an alliance of researchers and biodiversity conservation organizations plan to launch the International Barcode of Life Project (iBOL) ... The project will bring together 26 countries to broaden and strengthen DNA barcoding research..."  Check it out: http://ibol.org/

Also, more visual inspiration in the form of Massimo Vitali:

E.A. Seguy

Nadin Rüfenacht

Axle Hütte

Thomas Struth

Darren Almond

Olafur Eliasson & Günther Vogt

Günther Vogt

Mark Catesby