Daniel Blanc

Studio led by Professor Julie Nelson

The Institute for the Study of Human Impact

An educative building that explores the habit conditions of two bird species and interaction with humans.

How can humans and species co-exist? How can architecture serve as a conjunction between the two? I sought to answer these questions through my design proposal. By focusing on 2 species that make their home in the garden, the Northern Cardinal and the Red-tailed Hawk, I began to investigate what constitute as habit; both species represents 2 groups of animals, ones that prefer to be closer to the ground and others preferring to be towards the canopy of trees. With these 2 concepts of habitat, my architecture sought to define how people species interact through proximity in not intrusive ways.