Feral Cyborgs

A textile interwoven with roots is a physical manifestation of the cyborg nature of landscape construction.

This barefaced breed of cyborg can be found in designed and ignored landscapes.

Photo credit: Evan Blondell

These cyborgs sit waiting to be recognized as the constructed reality of landscape architecture.

Waiting to suggest the aesthetic appeal of dynamism;

Waiting for landscape architects to recognize and talk about the potentials of intentionally partnering with contingency.

A mission of creating intentional, constructive cyborgs through design encourages landscape architects to be observant, critical, and bold. The role of tectonic theory in landscape architecture is to guide landscape architects in bringing cyborgian thinking into practice.

Thanks to Evan Blondell and Chris Carl for taking me out to the Boneyard & Saline Creeks as part of their first Urbana Land Arts Project, where I discovered these feral landscape cyborgs.