Co-Adaptation 05

Program

Inhabitation, Culture, Research, Production, Distribution, Consumption

In order to access and occupy the remote and harsh zone of an interchange multiple programs are necessary. No single program arranged
in a monoculture could possibly survive on its own. Each program and use therefore has a reciprocal and integral relationship with each other. They rely on each other in a symbiosis that allows them to perform to their potential. Housing provides more permanent dwellings for the researchers and farmers and transient accommodation for agro-tourists, which increases awareness on a visceral and experiential level. The tree farm and its infrastructure protects the housing with sound attenuation and carbon sequestration. Research areas develop strands of tree that grow straighter, are less prone to disease and sequest carbon at faster rates. Commercial space interfaces with the public, creating a sense of place while providing education thereby improving awareness, and contributing economic resources. Distribution facilitates growth of the system by
providing a collection point from which to transplant trees that are ready to be planted, whether along the highway or to points beyond.
Cross programming, not only makes sense on economic and ecological levels, but is vital to the project’s existence. The separation and
division of program is primarily what creates liminal space; it is fi tting that programmatic weaving offers the alternative.