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Symbiosis between Cave and Urban Village

I was motivated by the morphology of the Inwood Hill Cave. The intricate interwoven shapes of tree trunks, roots, stones, and topography show harmony as if they were symbiosis.

I analyzed the process of photosynthesis to investigate how trees synthesize energy in sunlight and transfer water through vascular. Based on these laws of nature, I thought I should create my own installation that delivers energy, water, and ventilation and deliver it to the inner space of the cave.

My project is to make a water-holding chamber inside the cave. A tree in the rain passes through the vascular to the inside of the cave. Water collects along the terrain of Inwood Hill Park. Based on this natural phenomenon, I proposed an architectural design in which nature and technology coexist by organically designing a space with the function of storing water inside the cave.