9 Mar 2025
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Grounded approaches soil as a carrier of ecological and cultural memory, presenting it as an ecosystem that embodies natural intelligence and serves as a living archive and supportive model. The exhibition emphasises how this often-overlooked element provides crucial insights into past civilisations and ecological systems, and highlights the potential for coexistence with nature.
Blending innovative research and traditional soil-construction, the project creates space for an interdisciplinary approach that fosters meaningful discussions, where life both above and below the soil is equally valued in a world where it is often overlooked despite being the most vital natural resource. Through the multi-sensory exhibition in which visitors will be able to feel, smell and engage with soil, the curators invite visitors to reflect upon the hidden consequences of industrial activity and unsustainable development, including but not limited to the erasure of cultural sites and biodiversity. By integrating tradition with technology, the project renews focus on climate change, livelihoods, and cyclical systems through architectural networks through not only a renewed spacial awareness, but also social, ecological and historical awareness.