Islamberg & Wayfaring, 2022
This pilgrimage through the mountains of upstate New York connects the rural community of Islamberg with the larger charity network in the region. Islamberg in coordination with FUDR, a local river protection organization, work to create a series of trails that enable both spiritual and environmental flourishing. One removes a rock from an abandoned quarry site that has been adapted into a shrine, and carries it with them along the trail to deposit into a gabion wall. The gabion wall is gradually filled to enable more direct engagement with environmental issues of the area such as the overpopulation of knotweed, or the blocked water transportation system along roads. This in turn fulfills the charitable obligation practiced by residents of Islamberg.
Unrolled Trailscape Video
This project was completed in collaboration with Ming Zhang and Yuli Wang for A4104-1 Architecture Studio IV, taught by Ziad Jamaleddine at Columbia University, GSAPP.
Activism, Architecture, Landscape Arch., Urban Planning
This pilgrimage through the mountains of upstate New York connects the rural community of Islamberg with the larger charity network in the region. Islamberg in coordination with FUDR, a local river protection organization, work to create a series of trails that enable both spiritual and environmental flourishing. One removes a rock from an abandoned quarry site that has been adapted into a shrine, and carries it with them along the trail to deposit into a gabion wall. The gabion wall is gradually filled to enable more direct engagement with environmental issues of the area such as the overpopulation of knotweed, or the blocked water transportation system along roads. This in turn fulfills the charitable obligation practiced by residents of Islamberg.
Unrolled Trailscape Video
This project was completed in collaboration with Ming Zhang and Yuli Wang for A4104-1 Architecture Studio IV, taught by Ziad Jamaleddine at Columbia University, GSAPP.
Activism, Architecture, Landscape Arch., Urban Planning
