The Hedge is a proposed Baptist Mission Center serving University of Arkansas students. Their organization is known as The Hedge, which refers to a protective envelope that God places around his followers. The design embraces the architectural potential of this symbol as both a diagram and material identity. In doing so, the project transformed the hedge analog to become an architectural organization that instigates a vibrant inner social life that grows from inside out to create a singular and unifying exterior volume. The vegetation that makes up the majority of the exterior envelope has varying presences depending upon the level of care that the ABS Mission chooses to give it. The building therefor is placed in a continually oscillating cycle between unkempt hairiness and well-manicured topiary; unbound to a single way of being.