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This project is based on the Isle of Arran, in the Firth of Clyde (the river Clyde’s mouth), while the design site is centred on the Holy Isle, a small island of spiritual significance. Arran is known as a miniature Scotland, as it contains Scotland's most distinctive landscapes, rich stories and legends. Holy Isle is a spiritual retreat close to Arran, providing islanders with a space to reminisce and celebrate their common culture.
The summits represent the concept of eternity, carrying the history, legend, divinity and human memory from generation to generation, as cultural relics of nature and human history. By contrast, human activity is constantly changing, and the summits are constantly influenced by human activity. In a constant timeline, man and mountains are a contrast of change and invariance.
The goal of the project is to create a landscape festival that echoes historical stories using indigenous materials to respond to and reflect history, to engage participants as builders of the landscape itself and to remember a condensed history through construction activities.
An overall view of the coast and festival activities.
A new port is created with rammed earth walls, moulded to resist the erosion of the waves. Under different tidal conditions, material can be transported to the site by ferry and built at activity centres.
Arran whitebeam will be replanted in conjunction with other tree species of choice, creating a corridor of Arran native culture. One can see Arran's famous mountain directly through the layers of trees and have a long-lasting sensual echo.
A series of rammed earth tests were made to see how different forms of rammed earth weather and erode over time.
The drawings show the changing process of site construction and erosion.