Digital Photography.
Across Ecuador’s geographies, all life is unified under the inalienable rights of nature. These natural rights, or Sumak Kawsay, imply more than an aestheticized view of nature, but instead embrace humanity as a symbiotic element at harmony with the natural world. Understanding how humans can live in symbiosis with nature, especially in one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems on the planet, is pivotal. Buildings choreograph our daily lives. They perpetuate or reject inequality. An architecture of adaptation requires a deep understanding of sociocultural systems in order to assure that culture survives beyond a just transition but thrive. By connecting across disciplines such as filmmaking, performance, writing, and drawing, through the lens of urban planning, might we imagine how story telling can combat an inevitable climate future.
2023—
2025