Holocene Passage

Installation: approximately 24 ft. (7.4 m) long, wood, glass, moss, open windows, nature
Archivio Emily Harvey and the Venice Architectural Biennale, Venice, Italy - 2002

Far left: view inside structure looking towards Ruga Dei Spezieri

Center left: top inside view looking towards Ruga Vecchia San Giovanni.

Center right: view inside structure looking towards Ruga Vecchia San Giovanni.

Far right: view towards Ruga Vecchia San Giovanni window, with one of several pigeons that began investigating the project.

 

The properties of the moss may be altered by daily climate change and other natural phenomena through the open windows at either end --
on dry days the moss is a dormant, dullish green color, on moist days, to the extent that weather/moisture can reach within the structure, a more vibrant green.

installation view, site view/main page

press release; opening images 1; opening images 2; article in Italian