COMMON GROUND

Situated beneath a highway bridge, the structure operates as a porous architecture where human, animal, and vegetal life intersect, offering spaces for shelter, rest, and exploration.​ Partially covered with fabric bags filled with soil and seeds, the structure is designed to evolve over time. As plants begin to grow, they gradually envelop the surface, forming a living skin shaped by environmental conditions. Rather than controlling this process, the work allows the species best adapted to this site to emerge and prevail. The upper layer functions as a bird feeder and nesting material source, while also supporting climbing plants that extend across the structure. Below, cavities provide refuge for animals, and tensile surfaces invite human inhabitation. Placed within a landscape fragmented by infrastructure, the work introduces a small sanctuary where disrupted ecological relationships can begin to reconnect. It creates a space for observation and reflection, where human and non-human life meet, adapt, and coexist within a shared, evolving environment.

​

This installation and its construction methods are original artistic expressions developed by Lua Rivera as part of the Rivera Rhizomatic Construction Method.