The film presents a speculative scenario where coproduction is imagined as a guiding philosophy in the development of the site.
Spanning a period from 1965 to 2100, the proposition questions how a landscape can by passively designed to respond to the site’s heat, humidity, salt, tides and bird excrement – often “unwanted”, unproductive elements that architecture tends to insulate from. \
By closely looking at how these unproductive elements, it reveals that notions of ruination often take on human-centric perspectives. In designing for the site as a coproducer of architecture, alternative typologies and construction techniques are proposed in the form of a Coccolith Well, Weathering Perch and a Sunken Reef.
These interventions are co-produced by humans, architecture and non-human actants to form more land mass, a tourist destination and an ecologically rich site; all while asserting sovereignty of the state without the need for overdevelopment and the maximisation of territorial space.
Project: Incomplete Landscapes
Videographer: Eugene Tan
Long Form Video, Special Mention, Vision Awards 2023
