This project reimagines the historic train shed at Liberty State Park as a regenerative botanical and civic infrastructure that fosters ecological restoration and public engagement. Inspired by the layered ecologies of the site—from tidal wetlands to upland woodlands—The Living Shed proposes an architectural system that responds dynamically to environmental conditions through modular roofscapes, water management, and adaptive reuse. Programmatically, the design integrates a visitor center, science pavilion, seed lab, greenhouse exhibition, and community workshop to form an open-access landscape for research, education, and cultivation. Acting as both a prototype and a microcosm of the surrounding park, the project transforms a site of industrial ruin into a living matrix of renewal, where architecture becomes a medium for collective stewardship and ecological thinking.
