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SOUTH ELEVATION /

SOUTH ELEVATION /

POST & BEAM EXHIBITION MODULES /

POST & BEAM EXHIBITION MODULES /

SUNKEN RAMMED EARTH THEATRE /

SUNKEN RAMMED EARTH THEATRE /

PERSPECTIVE SECTION /

PERSPECTIVE SECTION /

PLAN 2 /

PLAN 2 /

GRASS [ROOTS]

Grass Roots begins where sun, water, and land intersect. It understands connection with Country through light and shade, the sound of footsteps against flowing water and the quiet conversation between human and non-human. At the heart of the design, a winding boardwalk drifts down the slope. Beneath, water follows the same rhythm as the user, flowing along a narrow gutter that swells into reflective pools at moments of stillness. Through the holes of the perforation, small tussocks start growing into and above the path, and the material that was once known becomes a whisper, quietened by the wild native grasses.

Anusha Klair

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GRASS [ROOTS]

Grass Roots begins where sun, water, and land intersect. It understands connection with Country through light and shade, the sound of footsteps against flowing water and the quiet conversation between human and non-human. At the heart of the design, a winding boardwalk drifts down the slope. Beneath, water follows the same rhythm as the user, flowing along a narrow gutter that swells into reflective pools at moments of stillness. Through the holes of the perforation, small tussocks start growing into and above the path, and the material that was once known becomes a whisper, quietened by the wild native grasses.

Anusha Klair

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