Of This Place

This work rebuilds a new chapter from the memories of the past, from inherited materials, traces of human presence, and the layered histories held within the grounds of Base31. Constructed from reclaimed site materials and preserved moss, the piece reflects the site’s ongoing evolution: from a WWII training ground to a future home for generations seeking connection to nature, history, and community.

The moss wall functions simultaneously as map, archive, and glance into nature. Reclaimed materials embedded throughout the work act as physical memory holders, remnants of structures and histories once present on the land while also gesturing toward the future villages and shared spaces that will become. The work considers how landscapes absorb memory, and how the ground continues to hold echoes of those who passed through it.

To the north, conservation lands extend across the site like a protective canopy; to the south, the heritage forest forms a living threshold. Together, these ecological systems embrace and shape the evolving community, acting as protectors, witnesses, and nurturers. The growth and spread of natural elements mirrors the gradual growth of the surrounding community itself.

Flowing through the composition, green corridors, in a branching form, reference the naturalized pathways that will connect future villages across the site. These “green fingers” suggest movement, interdependence, and regeneration, linking people not only to one another, but also to the living systems that sustain them.

Rooted in material reclamation and ecological renewal, the work invites viewers to consider how memory persists within landscapes, and how places continually reinvent themselves while still carrying the imprint of what came before.