Landscape Voids
Handmade Water & Social Infrastructure in Amatengo
STU1602, “The Agency of Mezcal in the Oaxaca Valley of Mexico”, Fall 2018, Harvard GSD
Advised by Elisa Silva
In the pursuit of empowering local community, Landscape Voids will unpack the ephemerality of waterscape in this semi-arid climatic condition to be a place to generate income in time of rainy season and to be a cultural place for people in time of dry season. Ultimately, the project will ground new affordable social infrastructure which could be incrementally enhance the flexible relationship of life, water and land.
Landscape Voids Seasonal Plan
Dirt is everywhere. Landscape Voids considers design intervention of Earthwork to create the straightforward modules which scales and shapes are incrementally adapted to the specific topography, people activities and maintenance factors. Landscape Voids will enable people to access clean water to craft their cultural spirit, from the beginning of planting agave stage, growing woods for burning fuel stage to the final Mezcal fermentation process.