The primary design consideration for this project is to address the chronic erosion that plagues the area. This becomes problematic for the sustainability of the project in its sheer potential to wash away any architectural interventions.
Local farmers are addressing this with the implementation of various erosion-proofing procedures aimed at strengthening the hillsides. Swaling and drainage interventions seek to slow rainwater, allowing it to percolate the soil and feed the plants. The plants then develop root systems which further strengthen the soil, assisting in the redevelopment of the hillsides.
These interventions have been made for agricultural purposes. Can they be adopted to suit the needs of an architectural intervention? Can architecture be used to deter erosion and join the regenerative cycle? Can Architecture provide benefit and enhance its natural surroundings?
Borrowing from the philosophy of polyculture, this project seeks support by supporting the soil on/in which it so greatly depends.
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