Siman Qin

A constantly evolving landscape

Research question:
Could a controlled manipulation of landform creation become a process-driven method for constantly changing and evolving landscape?
Could a rapidly changing landscape in a human timescale offer richer and more varied experiences in response to the smaller worlds many of us will live in as a result of COVID and economic collapse?

Design statement:
Edgars Creek is an anomaly in the context of the inner north of Melbourne as the lower reaches of the creek flow primarily through Silurian sedimentary geology. This results in some interesting geological features such as the Silurian cliff which shows gorgeous stratification. As it is a phenomenon that the users are attracted to the sedimentary geological features and the areas of deposition, which are also the destination sites for most of the desire line paths. These desire paths are a good registration of people's interests as there are virtually no formalized path networks in the lower reaches of the creek. Due to the projected Covid-19 recession, there is a lot less freedom of movement and travel, which requires the landscape at Edgars Creek to provide rapidly and constantly evolving experiences through a human timescale for the users nearby.