Wildlife Insfrastructure
Award of Excellence
2024 Asian Design Award
Site: Catskill, NY
instructor: Laura Salazar Altobelli
May, 2022
Award of Excellence
2024 Asian Design Award
Site: Catskill, NY
instructor: Laura Salazar Altobelli
May, 2022
The project is conceptualized as an infrastructure for wildlife and human as well as a piece of land art. It is located at Catskill, New York. Catskills. The project challenges the idea of a 'wildlife preserve' as a closed-off system. It promotes the co-existence of benign human activities and a safe migration pathway of multiple wildlife species.
The infrastructure crosses over the railroad, providing a bridge for both migrating animals and humans. Soil is piled on top of the roof to form a wildlife overpass. The form of the building softens the steep curve of the slope to encourage animals to go outside or inside the preserve.
The infrastructure crosses over the railroad, providing a bridge for both migrating animals and humans. Soil is piled on top of the roof to form a wildlife overpass. The form of the building softens the steep curve of the slope to encourage animals to go outside or inside the preserve.
