Woven Dualities Part 2 Project 2024 Carmen ChaShuang He Columbia University | USA Woven Dualities reimagines the landscape as a perpetually evolving canvas, weaving leisure and labor into the fabric of the environment. This project envisions a space where four previously disconnected agencies at Jim Thompson Farm—farmers, tourists, weavers, artists—eventually coalesce with one another and their intentions and actions will collectively weave a living tapestry of new cultural traditions and practices. Through bamboo permaculture, the project envisions the site as an adaptable framework ready to be continually shaped by its inhabitants. Residence units are designed to grow outward in tandem with the landscape—like a cocoon—, where horizontal canopies and vertical planes eventually blur into an open medium for cross-collaboration. Live bamboo serves as a living armature for artists to display art, and to hang, dry, shade, store, and experiment, etc.Designed for ephemerality with respect for the land, all parts of the project can be disassembled to leave a legacy of planted land art. Here, the lines between architecture and nature blur, inviting all who visit to play a role in shaping the collective story.The loose and fluid process of hand-making and experimentation helped develop a richer understanding of the proposal’s tectonics and purpose and was imperative in its development and design. Tutor(s)