An Interface: An Architecture that Stitches Species

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Suren Sivaram

Document Type

Thesis Prep

Date

Fall 2020

Keywords

biodiversity, ecosystems, materiality, human-nature interactions, interface

Language

English

Disciplines

Architecture

Description/Abstract

Materialized, architecture could be considered as an interface that promotes and preserves biodiversity within a site, as “all life is bound into dynamic and interrelated processes of codependency.” In addition, this thesis posits that architecture as an interface may act representationally to raise awareness of the need to embrace biodiversity and to sustain humanity. In Greater Perfections, Hunt suggests, “The garden will … be distinguished in various ways from the adjacent territories in which it is set … it will be set apart by the greater extent, scope, and variety of its design and internal organization”. Stitching elements of its context, the architecture can act as a site for, and symbol of, diverse communities.

Additional Information

Advisers: Julia Czerniak , Kristina Borrman, and Ted Brown

Recommended Citation

Sivaram, Suren, "An Interface: An Architecture that Stitches Species" (2020). Architecture Thesis Prep. 407.
https://surface.syr.edu/architecture_tpreps/407

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