WANDERING WILLOWS

Bird Sanctuary

USING WILLOW TREES AND POLLARDING, LIVING STRUCTURES ARE GROWN TO FORM DISTINCT ‘FORK’ SHAPES. THESE PORES CREATE OPTIMAL NICHES FOR NESTING WILLOW FLYCATCHERS, A FEDERALLY ENDANGERED BIRD SPECIES.

RANCHES CUT AT AN ANGLE TO PROMOTE HEALING

INOSCLUATION ENCOURAGED BY TYING TREE LIMBS TOGETHER. PERFORATED WOODEN CUBES CREATE RIGID FORMS FOR BRANCHES TO GENTLY GROW AROUND WITHOUT CAUSING ANY DAMAGE.

LEFTOVER TRIMMINGS FROM THE POLLARDING PROCESS ARE UTILIZED TO CONSTRUCT A LIVING FENCE. THIS FENCE WILL GROW SIMULTANEOUSLY, 20 FEET AWAY FROM THE NESTING STRUCTURE AND WILL ACT AS A SCREEN BY VISUALLY SEPARATING PEOPLE FROM NESTING BIRDS. THIS DELINEATION ENSURES TYPICAL NESTING CONDITIONS IN SPITE OF BIRD-WATCHERS AND OTHER DISTURBANCES.

IN ACCORDANCE TO PARAMETERS, THIS ONE-STORY LIBRARY INCLUDES A RECEPTIONIST DESK, A DIRECTOR’S OFFICE, ADA-APPROVED RESTROOMS, A RENTABLE STUDY/EVENT SPACE, AND AN OUTDOOR PATIO. ADDITIONALLY, A CAFE WITH SEATING IS PROVIDED.

NORTH AND SOUTH PROFILES PRESENT THE PATIO AND FRONT ENTRANCE CONDITIONS, RESPECTIVELY.

SKYLIGHTS MIRROR THE VERTICAL WINDOWS, AND CREATE AN ABUNDANCE OF NATURAL LIGHT FOR READERS.

INTERIOR SPACES ARE DESIGNED TO BE TALL AND OPEN, TO ALLOW SPACE FOR CREATIVE THINKERS.

A MEZZANINE LEADS UPSTAIRS TO AN OPEN PATIO SPACE WHERE PLANES CAN BE OBSERVED AS THEY TAKE OFF AND LAND.

PROFILES SHOW MATERIALITY AND SCALE.