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Still Life Land Art Artist Statement Bio Design Aroma Therapy Healing Program Site Parti Design Annotated Bibliography

“Making The Revenant was about man’s relationship to the natural world. A world that we collectively felt in 2015 as the hottest year in recorded history. Our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just to be able to find snow …For our children’s children, and for those people out there whose voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed. I thank you all for this amazing award tonight. Let us not take this planet for granted”(2016 Oscar Winners Oscar Acceptance Speech). As Leonardo DiCaprio received his 2016 Oscar for Best Actor in Leading Role he gave a memorable speech about the power that cinematic art, from Emmanuel Lubezkihas, has on capturing nature and creating a visual response that brings forth a sustainable conciseness and has the power to change the way man views and interacts with the natural world. Watching the way Emmanuel filmed the natural environment and brought the beauty and healing quality of the natural world through the cinematography of the film, The Revenant, has inspired me. Film, photography, art, restaurants, and the fashion industry are all capturing nature and creating a

visual response that brings forth a sustainable consciousness to those that interact with it. Nature has the power to chance a person’s life; we need creative architectural design that brings out the dynamic beauty of nature and advances healing and change to those that encounter it. Through my thesis I want to capture the beauty of nature and look at how nature becomes still life and how still life becomes experiential to create simple yet powerful architecture that brings a visual response, fosters a sustainable consciousness, and has the power to heal and Inspire change. If we look at nature as art and look at nature as the new still life we can be inspired to design and create experiential architecture that is nature inspired and becomes the foundation for well being, healing, and inspiration.

STILL LIFE

LAND ART

I like to feel the land, interact with it, capture its beauty, and let it finally take over. I see nature in the flow of time, like the flow of the river. Within its limits, I work with this flow of time. My art is about capturing these precious moments in time. My art is about a pathâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; path of recovery path in life spiritual path path in nature My art comes to me when I am walking within nature and encountering it. I allow the nature and time to mold my work.

I work with materials found on site. Materials that nature provides me. I work with leaves at the change of the season to show the fragile quality of time. I also work with rocks, made from the flow of the river to show time through something more firm.

My art is the art of encounter. Encounter of nature and its beauty through time. I create pathsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; continous segmented stopped formed blurred I change the natural flow of the leaves and rocks for someone to see the the human touch. I work the space just enough to allow for encounters. My art is about starting to understand and pay more attention to nature. In doing my art I have becomes more aware of natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s preparation for change. In doing my art I have becomes more aware of the fragility of nature and yet its firmness. In working with leaves

My paths of leaves cover the ground for a moment then are blow away with the wind, the flow of the river, the passing of time. My paths of stones sit within the ground making the river flow around it collecting whatever passes in its its way. Working outside I feel the cold breeze in my hair, the warm sun on my face. I work through the rain and sun allowing all of nature to be part of my work. My art is natural, organic, temporary. When I work on my art I feel the nature as a part of me. The flow of nature comes with me into my daily life. I make sure to capture the beauty of nature, something that many people let slip by. As an artist, as an architect, I let this beauty inspire me and flow through me.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I see the quickness of time the fragility of nature and its transformation through change.

EMOTIONAL RESPONSE

WHILE CREATING THE WORK

BEFORE CREATING THE WORK

While creating the work I chose to work through all weather conditions. I did not realize how much the weather would effect my work and how diverse the weather really is; no one day that I went out to create a piece was the weather exactly the same. Every day was unique and every day brought new challenges and new discoveries. By going out and creating art pieces for an entire semester in the fall I got to understand the leaves and which colors fall before others: Reds were unique, they were the earliest and the very last to fall, yellows were in abundance the entire time, and green leaves were the last to fall. By working with leaves I got to see and understand how bright natural colors are when placed in groups and lines. I got to hear the sound of the creek and its calming qualities. Everyday I would focus on color and my eyes would jump to bright colors in the far distant landscape like never before. My senses were heightened and every day I would see more intricacies of the natural world. I started seeing bright colors on the side of the belt way as I drove to school every day. It was amazing

My interests have always been in art. I have a passion for working with my hands and creating pieces of art. I love to also learn about art and can spend days looking at artists works. While taking a contemporary art history class at CUA during my undergraduate career I learned about the first land artists of the 1960s and was mesmerized. I have always loved nature and now the possibility of creating art with my hands from the land was something new to me and so exciting. Before I started my independent land art study in graduate school I started taking walks in Rock Creek more and paying attention to my natural surrounding. I thought that the work I would do would give me more time outside and help me come closer to nature but I did not know who much this semester of creating land art would really affect me as a person.

how much more aware I became of the natural environment that surrounded me every where I went. AFTER CREATING THE WORK After creating the work I feel myself understanding the cycle of nature deeper than before. I feel the need to spend more time in an immersive natural environment more than before. I feel the need to hear the flow of the river and focus more on the environment and its subtle changes through time. I am more aware of my surrounds and how much people pay no attention to the sky above, the trees that surround them, and the ground in which they walk. This world is so busy and until we take time out of our usual routine to feel the earth, play with the natural environment and interact with nature, we can pass by it and never notice its presence. Because of the art I have created I let the beauty of nature inspire me and flow through me in everything I do.

OTHERS REACTIONS I have seen people stop from their every day walk to walk off

the clean marked road and come into the muddy land to get a closer look at my work. People will immediately take their phone out to capture the moment. They will smile and be inspired by my work as they go off into their usually daily routines. I am not sure if they take this moment of surprise with them but I would hope that it will open new doors of interaction with their surroundings then their usual routine brings. I would hope they would get inspired to maybe try to get their hands dirty and feel the land or just pick up the next bright leaf that they see. I would hope that their eyes would be opened to the brightness in colors that we usually let slip by. I would hope they would be changed as a person and feel their longing to become closer to their natural surrounding. Maybe they would hear the sound of the leaves as they fall or the subtle changes in the sound of the creek as they pass by in a more fully immersive experience.

GOALS AND OUTCOMES My goal was to create art that would be organic, one with its surroundings, one that would bring you off of your usual path of life. An art that would make you think of the beauty in the nature that surrounds you. —The outcome of my work was so much more than I every would have imagined. People who see the photos I took are awestricken at how much they really pay no attention to the beauty that is out there waiting to be seen. As a person I feel closer to nature because of the art that I created and I want to share this feeling with others

—My art is more than just purely art it makes people feel. It gives people hope and inspiration. I want my art to give people passion to move forward in life and feel closer to their surroundings. I want people to feel amazed at the beauty that surrounds us and feel happy to be alive. —My art is public art. My art is not for myself it is an art that is for all. An art that is temporary and is subject to time and the cycle of

life. My art is fragile to weather but it is open for all to interact with, change, add to, and take part of it with them. My art is remembered through a person’s memory and through photography. ARCHITECTURAL THEMES BEFORE Before starting my work. I was focused on my art being a path. I looked at how the idea of path is used to define life. I focused on a path of recovery, path of life, spiritual path, path in nature. I wanted to explore a path and how it can be created, continuous, segmented, stopped, formed, blurred. I chose to create my art along a path in Rock Creek called Pinehurst Trial. I wanted people to stop their usual path and reflect on their surroundings when encountered with my art. I wanted to give them something new to look at, something out of the ordinary but with materials that are ordinary to get people to look deeper at what they see everyday. I wanted people to see the texture of their environment.

DURING As I created my art time really played a roll. I had no control over what leaves would fall, what rocks surrounded me, and what the time and day would bring. I had no say in anything and so I let myself free to go with what nature provided me to work with. It would not help me to plan ahead because everything was so unpredictable; this was fun for me. I would walk the trail until I found a spot to work at and I would work and spend much time in one spot until the work was completed. Each day I would walk the trials not knowing what that day would bring and each day I would end up with a new piece of art that would enhance the land around it and bring out aspects of the natural environment that I never knew were there. Working on each art piece was magical. I would photograph the art piece and later looking back at it and find new and intriguing parts to the piece that I never knew where there. This art is very suiting to me because I am not a person who needs to be in control when I work I loved the idea of showing up with nothing and through time ending with something beautiful.

The land was a part of my process of work. The wind would have me do different things with my art, the sun would brighten the colors, the water would allow the leaves to float. Nature was part of the process of my art crafting and nature is the final result of the work. Everything was natural and reverting from the path. AFTER Now, looking back at what I did I am finding more behind my work than the original idea of exploring path. Composition I am looking at how I took the photo, at the composition of the art and the colors that surround the piece. I see the green colors pop out with the red line of leaves the same as I see the blue water and tint on trees from the dew come out with the mass of yellow leaves. Use of Color Color has taken over my compositions and has taken a life of its own. I see now colors that I did not see when I was doing the art piece. This shows me how

much more I still do not see what is out there. I have come to see more clearly the bright colors that nature provides but there is so much more waiting to be seen.

Sequence My art is about a sequence of rocks that I placed within the river to let the river flow around it. My art is about a sequence of leaves flowing down from a stair case and into the river. My art is about the sequence of time and how natural elements accumulate around the rocks through the flow of the river. Rocks are made through time. I have placed them in time to see how the flow of the river will change its sound, its rhythm. Paths My art more than just defining part of a path, at times it becomes a node and center within a path. A center of focus and reflection of the natural environment. Someone in their path of life will encounter my art and hopefully change slightly their look on life. Linear My art is linear, creating moments that divide a path and force someone to step over the

threshold of red leaves. Hot Spots My art creates hot spots of focus and reflection. Moments to look at what is different and feel natures power. Discord My art creates a fraction to what is naturally there. My art calls out to be noticed and shows how slight manipulation of the natural environment can change the way we look at things. Hierarchy My art shows hierarchy in color, focus, tone, and in creating centers, edges, moments that interrupt that natural flow of the river, the natural human step. Edge My art creates edges playing with comparisons and showing the diversity in nature. Form My art has form. Form which contrasts the natural form. Forms which go with the nature form. Forms that call attention and forms that sit within the natural environment beautifully.

WHICH WORK SUCCESSFUL

EXPLORATION OF WHAT IF COULD BE BEYOND

The pieces of art which worked better are those that bring in more elements from the natural environment. The art pieces that go through land and water are more powerful. The pieces that bring in all of the natural surrounding and show the power of nature and the diversity of nature are more compelling works. The works that show the cycle of life, death, and rebirth are the ones that are more powerful.

I want to capture precious moments in time, to bring people to feel the land, and become more aware of the natural world. I see nature in the flow of time and I create land art pieces that are natural, organic, and temporary. Through my work I want others to feel a part of the land, interact with it, capture its beauty, and let it finally take over. This world is full of chaos and overload of information; life passes by too fast and our attention is focused on the speed of life. We need moments of pause and healing. If I could take someone out of their usual routine for just a moment who knows how much their lives can change. I would like to explore the flow of time, the flow of a river, the sound of nature, and look at a path in nature as a path in life, a spiritual path, a path of recovery, a healing path. I want to allow for surprise encounter and further discovery through the use of the land, art, and architecture.

WHICH WORK SUCCESSFUL

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The pieces that did not work as well are the pieces that might be too subtle and go un noticed. The power in this art is to get people to stop, focus, and encounter further. If the art piece goes un noticed than this encounter will not happen and the person will go along in their normal routine without further exploring the beauty of the surrounding nature.

FURTHER ANALYSIS From this analysis I realized that I am trying to do three things with nature 1. Through nature I want to create a visual response 2. Bring forth a sustainable consciousness 3. Have the Power to heal I realize that art is instinctual and through these land art pieces that I created I focused mainly on color and geometry to create a visual response, create a more sustainable conciseness, and give the power to inspire. As a focus of research for my thesis I want to explore how nature transforms itself when it meets art and architecture.

PRECEDENTS At the start of my thesis I looked at biology and narrowed down bio designed precedents into seven natural categorical spheres. These spheres are: Geosphere, Microbial Biosphere, Atmosphere, Zoological Biosphere, Botanical Biosphere, Hydrosphere, and Noosphere. These spheres helped subdivide creative projects that used biology and nature to advanced the built environment.

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The geosphere is the solid portion of the Earth. Two architectural projects that uses the earthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rocks are Seizure by Roger Hiorns and Radiolaria by Shiro Studio. Seizure works with a biological process called mineral hydration that can create or destroy. Hiorns, the artists, through copper sulfate has decided to give nature the ability to manipulate the space though biology and the designed world. Shiro Studio has designed a project that works with the slow system of deposition found in the geological process of sedimentary rock foundation; this process aids in design to create dynamic structural spaces that are sustainable since it uses the least amount of material needed for the structural load. These two projects show how nature is grown and manipulated to create visually dynamic spaces that foster sustainable consciousness, but these projects do not yet use nature to bring forth healing.

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Seizure/ Roger Hiorns

MICROBIAL BIOSPHERE

The microbial biosphere encompasses the microbial portion of the Earth. Two projects that use microbes are Growth Pattern by Allison Kudla and Objectivity by Nurti Bar-Shai. Growth Pattern is a project that has designed a tiled dish system of organic shaped tobacco leaves. These tiles allow for change over time through contamination of debris creating an innovative dynamic microbial design. Objectivity looks at the interconnection between art, science, and technology to show the rich communication pattern expressed in bacterial form. This project could start to show architectural form that fosters a rich dynamic environment similar to the tile design in Growth Pattern. I want to explore how nature is grown and manipulated. If I look at art as the new still life and look at how the course of nature changes and becomes something else through time I might be able to create a visual response like these projects have done.

Growth Patter/ Allison Kudla

Objectivity/ Nurti Bar-Shai

ATMOSPHERE

The atmosphere is a cloud based gas that is located on the surface of the Earth. Two architectural projects that use the atmosphere are Blur Building by Diller + Scofidio and Rain Room by rAndom International. The Blur Building is an architectural project that uses mist to create a dynamic environment in the middle of the water; this mist like fog becomes the walls and threshold for the project in the vast waterscape giving a new undertaking to threshold through the natural environment. Rain Room is an architectural project that is a real rain simulator allowing the subject to be placed in the middle of a rain storm without getting wet. This room uses cutting edge technology that senses weight and moves the water to flow around the the human figure. These two projects are fun and experiential but I am not sure that these two examples go much further than creating a visual response.

Blur Building/ Diller + Scofidio

Rain Room / rAndom International

ZOOLOGICAL BIOSPHERE The zoological biosphere encompasses the animal kingdom of the Earth. Three compelling projects that use animals are Local River by Studio Mathieu Lehanneur, The Seed of Narcissus by Tomas Libertiny, and Egg and Slug by Studio Paula Hayes. Local River is a project that takes into account the importance of locally sourced food. This tank is a miniature fish farm kitchen garden; the plants in this tank are able to gather nutrients from the waste of the fish while the fish are kept in cleaner water because of the plants. This project is a miniature ecosystem creating a local river small enough to fit in someones home. Egg and Slug is a project that is a two terrarium sculpture that inhabit lush plant life and inspect life inside an architectural structure though technology. The Seed of Narcissus is a project that uses animal life and their behaviors to help humans design objects that would use resources and energy into the daily life of bees. The project is fascinating in how it does not only create a visual response and a sustainable consciousness, but it is dynamic, beautiful, and cutting

edge using animals to help in the creation of design innovation. For my thesis along side of my three goals [creating a visual response, bringing forth a sustainable consciousness, and having the power to heal], I want to design a miniature ecosystem from one of the seven types of ecosystems that exist on Earth [forests, meadows, ponds, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, coral reefs].

Local River/ Studio Mathieu Lehanneur

The Seed/ of Narcissus/ Tomas Libertiny

Egg and Slug/ Studio Paula Hayes

HYDROSPHERE

The hydrosphere consists of the sum of all of the Earth’s water. Two architectural projects that use the hydrosphere are General Services Admission Building located in Los Angeles and the World’s second largest living wall located in Medellin Colombia. The General Services Admission building is a project that explores biomimicry at a new level. This project explores altered methods to address the accelerated degradation of the Environment. It uses a modular system of algae-filled tubes that absorb solar energy for electricity generation while shading. The World’s Second Tallest Living Wall is the second tallest living wall, which is 300 feet tall. The exploration of vertical gardens has become quite popular and the attempt to built even larger and taller ones that house hundreds of native and adaptive plant species is at the front of sustainability. This project fosters life and creates ecosystems that can become facades to buildings and inspire to make the world a better place.

Worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Second Tallest Living Wall/ Medellin Colombia

BOTANICAL BIOSPHERE

The botanical biosphere encompasses all of the plants of the Earth. Two architectural projects that use botany are Split Rocker by Jeff Koons and Dior Paris week fashion runway by Raf Simons. Split Rocker by Koons and other projects by Koons brings lively color and powerful aroma in animal form into an environment that might not have such luscious natural life. Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons created rooms filled with flowers as a back drop to his paris Dior fashion show. The runway became a walk through this house with different colored flower rooms. This flower covered house was inspired by the inside of a Jeff Koons puppy. The aroma in the room was revolutionary; people were in awe and at the smell and the reactions in the film â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dior and Iâ&#x20AC;? shows how nature really affects humans in a powerful way and can inspire and heal. These projects are amazing and so full of life color and aromas that do a really good job at creating a visual response, bringing forth a sustainable consciousness, and have the power to heal.

Split Rocker/ Jeff Koons

DIor Paris Week Fashion Runway/ Raf Simons

NOOSPHERE

The noosphere is the sphere that encompasses all of human thought. Two projects that are categorized under the noosphere are biological chair by International University of Catalonia and ICD / ITKE Research Pavilion located in Stuttgart Germany. Biological Chair is a chair designed with the idea of organic at its core. Trying to find new ways to bring in new technology and integrate nature into our every day is what this chair design has done. ICD/ ITKE is a pavilion designed from biology to create a semi enclosed pavilion within a park. Like these two projects and the many other which I research above, I want to explore how nature is grown and manipulated into a dynamic beauty that creates a visual response, brings for a sustainable consciousness, and has the power to heal.

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Design 3 rooms for diffusers of different flower essences. These rooms would sit within the ground and be dark. They would have one source of nature light coming from above with diffusers and comfortable seating.

Design 3 rooms for inhalation. This process is more direct and more affective more rapidly. These rooms would be in alight space floating above the ground with views out into the landscape and beds for the inhalation process to take place.

Design natural spring water spas that are indoors underground and outdoors. The outdoor and indoor spas will have the option of more man made controlled to less controlled spring environment.

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Have a flower shop to sell the flower grown on site.

Have indoor meadow controlled environments to allow for growth of flowers all year round.

Place the tanks underground beneath the earth but in view from above to be able to show the natural way of extracting flower essences.

Flower Essences Aroma Therapy uses nature as the foundation of well being giving nature the ability to heal.

Aroma Therapy Plant oils carry Essences that can heal through vaporization/ inhalation / Baths / Massage / cosmetic applications

Physical Structure to inspire architecture Chemical Composition [Organic Compounds and Inorganic Compounds]

There are seven types of ecosystems [forests, meadows, ponds, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, and coral reefs]. It is important to stress the importance of ecosystems for life. To create an ecosystem one needs to make sure and include clean air, water, food, and fuel. Designing for miniature ecosystem within the built environment creating a local ecosystem small enough to sustain itself and to create a visual response, foster a sustainable consciousness, and heal and inspire others to use nature and what it provides as a source to innovation.

Color Extraction / essential oils / components made of every living thing within the flower [ecosystem of the flower]

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Feeling the natural surrounding to bring forth a sustainable consciousness. Enhancing the texture of the natural landscape allowing the body to feel the natural world as a healing

Design Controlled environment to grow flowers all year round

This Hydroponics Garden is designed with a perforated wheel that has attached an engine that pumps water and controls a central LED light through a control interface to grow a garden of plants and herbs in a Dynamic Design that can bring natural beauty into an enclosed environment.

Look out at nature to create a visual response. Looking at color by enhancing the color found within the nature as a healing therapy.

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Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Expo pavilion is designed as simple wooden lattice that has plants and food suspended and integrated into the design crevices. This project

FLOWER EXTRACTION

Collect flowers and gently drop each flower into the surface of the water. Place in the sun for two hours. Remove flowers [mother essence] bottle with alcohol [stock bottle] to then create the medicine.

Flower Essences Aroma Therapy uses nature as the foundation of well being giving nature the ability to heal.

Aroma Therapy Plant oils carry Essences that can heal through vaporization/ inhalation / Baths / Massage / cosmetic applications

Physical Structure to inspire architecture Chemical Composition [Organic Compounds and Inorganic Compounds]

Color Extraction / essential oils / components made of every living thing within the flower [ecosystem of the flower]

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Place the tanks underground beneath the earth but in view from above to be able to show the natural way of extracting flower essences.

Hydroponics Garden

Feeling the natural surrounding to bring forth a sustainable consciousness. Enhancing the texture of the natural landscape allowing the body to feel the natural world as a healing therapy.

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Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Expo pavilion is designed as simple wooden lattice that has plants and food suspended and integrated into the design crevices. This project designed by XTU Architects was an attempt to show the importance of growing vegetables and herbs and showing that nature and dynamic design can inspire the future.

This project explores the idea of floating farms that farms fish with Hydroponics and renewable solar energy.

With the program I want to enhance natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s colors, textures, and smells to empower human healing. Architectural landscaping will be the way in which I can create visually powerful natural sights. Aroma therapy, through flower extraction, will be the way in which I incorporate smell into my project and allow the flower essence to enter the human body through the blood stream, the olfactory system, and the brain limbic system.

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Tours will be giving for those that want to understand the extraction process and the healing power of flowers.

On the site there will be indoor meadow controlled environments to allow for growth of flowers all year round. These flowers will be used for healing purposes. Their essences will be extracted and used for aroma therapy. OUTDOOR GARDENS There will be outdoor landscaped gardens that create gathering points of reflection and healing. FLOWER SHOP There will be a flower shop for those that want to pick their own flowers from the meadow and take a piece of the site home with them. BEAUTY SHOP

There will be a beauty shop craft market where beauty products will be made from the meadow and sold.

LAND ART

There will be lodging for land artists that come to the site and create instillations while they stay. They will help mold the land and bring out its beauty through out the seasons.

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LIVING

There will be living units for those who are using the essences to heal and want to stay for longer periods of time [up to three month stays]. These living units will be sheltered within the landscape foresting healing for those staying as well as offering views out.

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There will be under ground level massage rooms that are dark and allow for natural light from above. These rooms will be located near the water spas and are for visitors and those that are staying in the living units.

There will be rooms for drinking tea that will be placed above ground to view the landscape. The tea will very with the season. These tea rooms will be for visitors as well as for those staying in the living units.

SPRING BATHS

There will be designed natural spring water baths that are indoors, underground, and outdoors. The outdoor and indoor spas will have options of more man made controlled spring environments to less controlled spring environments. These springs baths are for visitors and those that are staying in the living unit.

BRAIN LIMBIC SYSTEM INHALATION ROOMS There will be designed rooms for inhalation. This process is the most direct and effective way of aroma therapy. These rooms will be in a light space floating above the ground with views out into the landscape with beds for the inhalation process to take place. DIFFUSER ROOMS

There will be designed rooms for diffusers of different flower essences. These essences will very with the season. These rooms will sit within the ground and be dark. They will have one source of light coming from above with differs and comfortable seating.

PAINTING WITHIN THE LANDSCAPE

I want to design within the land. I want to use all that the land has to offer and go into the land as well as on top of the land and above the land into the the trees. I believe that using the land and manipulating the land will enhance the earth and create a dynamic beauty for all who encounter it.

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SITE

SITE CRITERIA

When I started looking for site I knew I wanted a site that would be close enough for me to go visit often. From there I studied the structure of land to understand what the land has to offer. I realized that the piedmont, where the mountains touch the fall line, is the most fertile ground. Because of this I chose a site on the Piedmont. Based on my program I knew that I needed to find fertile land that is full of spring water. I looked into the rock aquifers along the coast to see where I could find rock water for use.

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Based on my program I knew that I needed to find fertile land that is full of spring water. I looked into the rock aquifers along the coast to see where I could find rock water for use.

Carbonate - Rock Aquifers Crystalline - Rock Aquifers Early Mesozoic Aquifers Valley and Ridge Aquifers (carbonate-rock aquifers are patterned)

Crystalline rock is made up of minerals in a clearly crystalline state. Igneous and metamorphic rock, as opposed to sedimentary rock. Crystal – uniform structure throughout entire material Igneous – (of rock) derived derived by solidifacation of magma or molten lava emplaced on or below the earth’s surface Metamorphic – (of rock) altered considerably from their original structure and mineralogy by pressure and heat Sedimentary- of or containing resembling or derived from sediment

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Looking in Maryland I mapped out where the mountains meet the coastal plain and found a site in Frederick Maryland within the piedmont area within the Municipal Forest of the City of Frederick, a protected watershed which is within the resource conservation zoning.

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FREDERICK CITY WATERSHED Based on an invasive species survey of the Frederick City Watershed, results show that invasive species is present within and are a concern for ecosystem health. Research shows that main entry roads are where most invasive species are located within the watershed. Building close to the entrance to the municipal forest of the city of Frederick, a protected watershed, will allow for restoration of the forest and allow for the growth of botanical gardens. ZONING

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Sun Water Heat Natural Spring Water

Acorus calamus - sweet flag Iris versicolor - blue flag iris Juncus canadensis - Canada rush Juncus effusus - soft rush Nuphar luteum (advena) - yellow water lily Nymphaea odorata - fragrant water lily Osmunda regalis - royal fern Peltandra virginica - arrow arum Pontederia cordata - pickerelweed Sagittaria latifolia - duck potato Scirpus cyperinus - woolgrass Scirpus pungens - three-square Typha latifolia - broad-leaved cattail

Understanding flower extraction I know I needed to find a site that would be placed next to the wild water becoming an oasis of healing, a healing journey. INDIGENOUS PLANTS Herbaceous Plants

Eupatorium dubium - Joe-Pye weed Eupatorium perfoliatum common boneset Liatris spicata - blazingstar Lilium canadense - Canada lily Lilium superbum - Turkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cap lily Lobelia cardinalis - cardinal flower Lobelia siphilitica - great blue lobelia Oenothera fruticosa - sundrops Senecio aureus - golden ragwort Sisyrinchium atlanticum - coastal blue-eyed grass Solidago rugosa - wrinkle leaf goldenrod Verbena hastata - blue vervain Herbaceous Emergents (growing

Indigenous Plants

Indigenous Water Plants

LAYERS OF THE LAND

Looking at the layers of the land I found that there are seven main layers. These layers are: large trees, small trees, bushes, small ferns, moss, large rocks, and spring water. The large trees are scattered around the site but there are mainly smaller trees and bushes everywhere. The large rocks are concentrated near the spring water streams, and the moss grows everywhere. The site is beautifully abundant with life, color, and energy.

Site Plan

SECTION A

Section A

LARGE TREES SMALL TREES BUSHES FERNS LARGE ROCKS HEALING SPRINGS SECTION B

Section B

ELEVATION C

Elevation A

ELEVATION D

Elevation B

PARTI

Claude Monet was a painter who designed the landscape to call out the beauty of nature that surrounded him. His home today has become a landmark for the town of Giverny bringing art to a new focus. This is an incredible story about an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s understanding of the beauty of nature and the design of nature to not only inspire his life but to live on inspiring many after. For my thesis I want to paint the landscape and shape it to call out its beauty of color, textures, and aromas to create a place of tranquility, healing, and inspiration for all who encounter it

Monetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Garden/ Claude Monet

DESIGN BY NATURE

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Antonio Gaudi excelled in architecture based on natureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s geometric form. He used nature in all aspects of his design create beautifully dynamic nature inspired spaces.

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Finding new ways to foster flower growth in interior controlled environments. By creating an incision on the land and building the majority of the program under ground I will be able to capture the energy of the flowing stream water as well as capture the energy from underground soil and bacteria, healing and enhancing the surrounding nature as well as fostering healing through aroma therapy for the human being in a project that is off grid.

Architecture Follower Nature: Ilaria Mazzoleni

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Architecture Follower Nature: Ilaria Mazzoleni

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DESIGN

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Using the Silhouette of the land to foster land art is an integral part of the design, creating paths that allow one to wonder on the land. This section shows the architectural gem which partly encloses the canyon cut within the landscape.

on site and used

Elevation Sketch

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Designing within the land, as shown in this section, and creating a vertical ten story scar within the landscape allows for the collection of natural spring water from the running river. This designed canyon will house semi and fully enclosed ecosystems of aroma therapy plants which will be harvested on side and used in the spas and labs.

Section Sketch

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Healing of the Body Through Aroma/ Chroma therapy within the Canyon Cave

Vals Thermal Baths Experience

Create Rock/Speleothem Spaces within Canyon Cut

Healing of the Body Through the Natural Spring Water from the Site

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Designing with nature and creating an architecture that is one with the landscape and comes out of the land. Using elements such as rocks allows for the architecture to blend in with the surrounding landscape.

Detail Section Sketch

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Longitudinal Section

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Cross Section

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Elevation

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Axon

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Plans

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Exterior Render

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Canyon Render

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Spa Render

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Thesis I Final Review

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Thesis II Final Boards

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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brownell, Blaine and Marc Swachamer. Hyper-Natural: Architecture’s New Relationship withNature. Edited by Meredith Baber. New York, New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2015. This book shows small scaled architectural projects that explore the relationship between architecture and the natural world. The projects are divided into categories: geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, microbial biosphere, botanical biosphere, zoological biosphere, and noosphere. These categories help classify the projects and help further divide research that is being done in the field of architecture and natural science. Some of the projects are very small scale, which intrigues me to see how a large idea on health and the built environment can be expressed and studied at such a small detailed scale. The projects in this book are inspiring. I would love to contribute to this filed of knowledge through my thesis and find how nature can create a visual response that brings forth a sustainable consciousness and heals the human body. Callen, Karena. Spa: Pamper Body and Soul with Ideas from the World’s Best Sources. New York: Rizzoli, 2001. This book goes into specifics on the human body and soul and environments that help heal. It talks about creating your own sanctuary through minimalist design. This book also talks about how the senses affects mood going more in detail on color, aromas, textures, and accessories. This book also describes the art of tranquility. Friedman, Terry, chronology. Time: Andy Goldsworthy. Dumfriesshire, Scotland: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1999. This book shows work from a very famous land artist, Andy Goldsworthy, an artist that has inspired me in the land art that I have created. This book explains time, change, and place through land art and documents Andy Goldsworthy’s work and shows how time, change, and place play a roll through is work within the landscape. Hartley, Anna. “Giverny in High Resolution.” The Washington Post: Travel, January 10, 2016 sec. F. This story in the newspaper shows how a small city in the outskirts of Paris has been completely transformed by the artist Claude Monet. His home which he designed the landscape to call out the beauty of nature is a hot spot for the town and has brought art to a new focus. This is an incredible story about an artist’s understanding of the beauty of nature and how he designed nature to not only inspire his life but to live on inspiring many that come to visit. Jiajia, Xia, ed. The World Spa Design II. Hong Kong, China: Artpower International Publishing CO., Ltd., 2014. This book talks about wellness and how important it is in designing. This book shows case studies of wellness spas that have been designed by inspiring designers that have profound commitment in furthering the research on design and the wellness of the human being. Jodidio, Philip. Architecture: Nature. New York: Prestel, 2006. This book talks about nature and architecture as one entity. Through precedents this book shows how architecture and nature can work together to enhance each other and make for richer environments. Kritek, Phyllis B., ed. Reflections on Healing: A Century Nursing Construct. New York: NLN Press, 1997. This book studies healing through a nursing perspective and shows how people heal and what triggers healing. This book describes recognizing healing as the most subtle work of all. This books shows healing in a more scientific way and explains the helping power of nature. Lee, Ying, ed. The World Spa Design: Hotel Spas & Beauty Spas\ Wellness Centers InteriorDesign - Vol.1. Hong Kong, China: Artpower International Publishing Co., ltd., 2014.

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This book explains the organization of successful wellness centers and spas and what is needed for healing and wellbeing at an architectural stand point.

Myers, William. Bio Design: Nature, Science, Creativity. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 2012. This book combines nature and science and shows the creativity of those who have worked in designing through these elements. This book shows how nature, design, and experimentation come together to create dynamic beauty. This book expands the horizons of design and shows how design can take on skills and studies that were out of bounds years ago. Through technology, nature, and science designers can answer questions through creative and innovative thinking. This book shows many case studies of work at a small intimate scale and how no matter how small scale a project is its can be so powerful a design that can foster healing and growth in the field of architecture and science like no one has every seen. This book is probably the closest to what I am looking at doing through nature and design and it is opening my eyes to a field of passion. Sternberg E. Healing Spaces : The Science Of Place And Well-Being [e-book]. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press; 2009. Available from: eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost), Ipswich, MA. Accessed February 2, 2016. This book talks about healing through space and time and is broken up into the senses. It further looks at places of healing and what defines them and what fosters healing through design in places such as mazes, labyrinths, hospitals, well-being, healing cities, the healing world, healing gardens, and places of peace. Andy Goldsworthy: River & Tides - Working With Time. Directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer. 2011; Los Angeles, CA: Docurama, 2015. DVD. This movie explains how Andy Goldsworthy sees the world and nature through his making of natural art and spending much of his life outside experiencing the natural world. He talks about the energy of life and the running flow of the river. He talks about this flow in all living beings and explains human’s need for the land rather than the land’s need for us to preserve it. He talks about the unpredictability of the river and life itself. He talks about working the natural space as he does his work and the energy of the earth that flows through him as he creates art and space by manipulating the land. Dior and I. A film by Frederic Tcheng. 2015; Los Angeles, CA: Paramount, 2015. DVD. This documentary shows the Belgian fashion designer Raf Simons as he is invited to design and a line for the paris fashion week. The part of the film that intrigued me was his idea of filling the walls of a house with flowers. The runways became a walk through this house with different rooms each filled with a different colored flower. The house, by this gesture alone of encasing the house with flowers like being in the inside of Jeff Koons puppy was revolutionary. People were in awe and the aroma was amazing. The people’s reactions in this film shows how nature really affect us humans in a powerful way and can inspire and heal. The Founding Farmers Cookbook: 100 Recipes for True Food & Drink From the Restaurant Owned by American Family Farmers. Kansas City, Missouri: Andrews McMeel Publishing, LLC, 2013. This book is unique in that it explains the story of North Dakota Farmers Union and their dream of creating awareness on farming and healthy eating. Their story is inspiring and shows how simple yet powerful their statement is and how famous they have become in the district. This book shows how nature can really inspire people to change the way they live their lives for the better. The Revenant. Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu and cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki. 2015; Los Angeles, CA: Twentieth Century Fox, 2016. Theater. I chose this movie because of the cinematography by Emmanuel Lubezki. The art of capturing the natural world in places that people no longer inhabit is so inspiring. Just by watching the way Emmanuel filmed the natural environment and brought the beauty and healing quality of the natural world through the cinematography of the film is incredible. Film, photography, art, restaurants, and the fashion industry are all capturing nature and creating a visual response that brings forth a sustainable consciousness to those that interact with it and has the power to chance a persons life and heal; we need creative architectural design to do the same. 2016 Oscar Winners Oscar Acceptance Speech “Making The Revenant was about man’s relationship to the natural world. A world that we collectively felt in 2015 as the hottest year in recorded history. Our production needed to move to the southern tip of this planet just to be able to find snow …For our children’s children, and for those people out there whose voices have been drowned out by the politics of greed. I thank you all for this amazing award tonight. Let us not take this planet for granted.”

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