This project transforms a site of extraction into one of regrowth by drawing on the symbiotic intelligence of lichens.Using lichen as both metaphor and model, the project proposes architectural systems that scaffold ecological and relational restoration. The design positions architecture as a collaborator in environmental recovery, proposing strategies that shift extraction sites toward long‑term reciprocity and renewal. Ultimately, the work seeks to repair not only damaged ground but the fractured relationship between people and the land, making visible the material consequences of extraction and inviting a more accountable, embodied understanding of how the built environment is formed.
