This research and cataloging project undertaken by the studio looks with a fresh perspective at existing conditions to better understand how our cities perform. Cities are unique sites of spontaneously propagating, resilient urban plants capable of inhabiting our most concrete, derelict landscapes - along roadsides and chain-link fences, between cracks of pavement, and within vacant lots and rubble dumps. What’s remarkable is the fact is that these plants require no human assistance to assert and maintain themselves in these extreme, often volatile urban conditions, while providing the same ecologically performative benefits of traditional landscape plants and street trees. Opening one's eyes to a new way of seeing, the urban environment abounds with unacknowledged plant life.

This project was featured on Urban Omnibus. Follow the link on the right to see the full article.