In today’s globalised world, the relationship between the human and non-human world is broken. Humankind has to reconnect with nature to create a sustainable future. Reconnecting with nature awakens quintessential forms of being, such as walking and simply being in serene natural environments.
This thesis project positions itself between a romantic and a scientific world view and creates a holistic understanding of the landscape of the East Frisian Peninsula, grounded in scientific analysis and subjective experience. The peculiarity of the East Frisian landscape is its significant flatness, and consequential its horizon, which becomes an incentive for walking. The design charters the landscape of the East Frisian Shore: 25 toilets are spread along a trail at 6km apart. The verticality of the structure highlights the significant flatness of the landscape; and also becomes a point of reference for the walker.
