The De-Position Archive
Exploring the topological shift between object, material , time and location.
Exploring the topological shift between object, material , time and location.
The Welsh coastline is under threat from erosion as climate change causes rising sea levels and powerful tidal surges. The coastlines natural dynamic is not longer able to cope with the changes and requires a synthetic intervention to restore its ecocological stability.
The de-position archive will help restore the relationship between hard and liquid landscapes, replacing the wearing down of the landscape with a new ersatz beach. The archive is positioned in the landscape where the perpetual re-surfacing of the estuary bed allows the sytem to collect displaced sediment which will be used as the primary material for the new beach. The beach itself is cast from collected sediment and clay that form reverse landscape vessels for holding silt and water redeployed on the estuary bed as stand in for the land lost out to sea.
Spatially the building is constructed as a series of shifting connections between material, technologies and the environment that reflect shifting context.
The de-position archive will help restore the relationship between hard and liquid landscapes, replacing the wearing down of the landscape with a new ersatz beach. The archive is positioned in the landscape where the perpetual re-surfacing of the estuary bed allows the sytem to collect displaced sediment which will be used as the primary material for the new beach. The beach itself is cast from collected sediment and clay that form reverse landscape vessels for holding silt and water redeployed on the estuary bed as stand in for the land lost out to sea.
Spatially the building is constructed as a series of shifting connections between material, technologies and the environment that reflect shifting context.
