2010
Shelter Competition, Japan

If Laugier's image compels us to see architecture at its moment of crystallization and emergence from nature, the Stump Hut marks the moment of departure on its return journey.

An archetypal structure made of modern wood materials becomes the substrate and support for forest growth, eventually becoming inextricably embedded in the landscape from which it came.


Project Team:
Daniel Irvine, Michael Lis