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This project explores the terrain where the political dimension of design can be examined, considering architecture not merely as a space for societies to walk in, but as a compositional or cosmopolitical practice that connects and disconnects, creating a body of evidence that gives voice to controversies. This is a song between us, the sea, the trees. A forest of us. A symbiotic symmetry. A branching geometry that flows within us and around us. But do you see it? Can you feel it? Do you breathe it? Can you find it?

Located between the coastal community of Punta Blanca and the Pacific Forest of Ecuador, this project aims to create a public corridor along an existing waterway, intertwining the forest, coast, and locals. The corridor serves as soft infrastructure, restoring the ecosystem by harvesting water, providing clean, natural water to the locals, and serving as public space. Through prototypical interventions along the river, concentrated in the landscape, the project reorganizes what already exists, not altering the society that lives there, but rather supporting, caring for, and empowering them. Utilizing local materials and traditions, these interventions offer a replicable model for ecological recovery, fostering a symbiotic relationship from mountain to sea.