The lack of connection between humanity and natural ecology contributes to architecture's failure to address climate adaptation. Urban growth has opted to overlook lived experiences to optimize efficacy, which leaves nature as an afterthought in design. With South LA being an example of this dilemma, the thesis proposes that environmental phenomena such as sun, plant growth, creature habitation and sound to be channeled into a marvelous experience. This will reveal the extraordinary within the ordinary, and help reframe how people will consider the existing phenomena and make perception of ecological change unavoidable.
