Storied Ground re-imagines architectural practice through the lens of ritual as recipes for land-based practices that attune the participants to the ontologically disparate co-constitutive intelligences of the land. It is through this lens that unseen intelligences may emerge from the past and present, and inform the design of the resilient communities we so desperately need for tomorrow.
Architecture deals with the representation of intentions and the
design of meaningful spaces, but the present paradigm of architectural
thinking and pedagogy limits designers to thinking through glass, steel
and concrete, locking the field into a schema of the world that has
outlived its ability to serve us in our mission. A paradigm shift is
necessary in architectural thinking that aligns with a transition from
the defuturing practices of capitalism and extractivist ideologies to
practices of relational world building.
It is necessary to see through the eyes of those who cannot speak,
and design with the diverse intelligences that make up our world.
Architects design from the ground up, and the way we construct ground
in our worldview dictates how we are able to think and design. It
influences not only which decisions we make, but with whom and for
whom. As a material-cultural practice, architecture must recognize that
to design is to bring forth worlds into being.
Storied Ground re-imagines architectural practice through the
lens of ritual as recipes for land-based practices that attune
the participants to the ontologically disparate co-constitutive
intelligences of the land. It is through this lens that unseen
intelligences may emerge from the past and present, and inform the
design of the resilient communities we so desperately need for
tomorrow.