PLANT CANOPY - EXTENSION

Architecture can be utilized as a buffer to house existing habitats and retain extinct agriculture. Producing new microclimates allows for cohabitation of different survival species, despite the danger that one can have on the other. This allows for an environment to be created that welcomes visitors and animals to engage in different relationships with native and foreign agriculture. Building materials such as fabric and wood can act as a sound diffusor and prevent echoes. Along with providing an adaptive space for vegetation to climb.


A study on existing and instinct vegetation was conducted on Governors Island. This proposed garden creates microclimates for different plant species and allows visitors to walk through a canopy structure made up of materials that plants are utilizing as growing structure to hang or climb on. Engineered wood was utilized as material for a woven shade device that is predicted to become nutrients for the plants to eat overtime. The tent-like structure changes shape as it rotates throughout the retaining wall, following sun and wind angles.