Nesting Nature | Caterina Tiazzoldi

"Nesting Nature is one of the honor guest installation at the Salone Satellite 2015. A project responding to the theme of the Universal - Expo 2015 "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life" through the narration of the architect Caterina Tiazzoldi month long experience as Artist in Residence in Everglades National Park located in Florida in USA.

Nesting Nature draws a sinuous space bounded by vegetal and elastic wall textures hiding and revealing the space fluidly.  Navigate sequence of open and closed spaces and textures,  fluidly navigates the public as alligators in a glades of  natural and artificial atmosphere where light and shadows mingle with matter."

The installation is realized with a combination of wooden rails to support an elastic structure that accommodates the plants’ weight. The installations’ structure’s flexibility reflects the vibrant and fragile balance between man and nature.

Located a few miles from Miami - one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, the Everglades is one of the most delicate environments of our planet. Consists of nine different ecosystems - from the reef to the forest of Mangroves - Everglades is home to countless plant and animal species including alligators, crocodiles, sharks, manatees, and birds of all kinds. Each of them is competing for the most valuable asset: water.

Nesting Nature reflects Everglades web of relationships between ecosystems: the installation was planned and performed during the month long residency, where it was necessary to understand how to balance human needs with those of the park. The month elapsed between park rangers, scientists, animals and visitors, and traveling through mangrove forests enabling the architect to understand how the installation could positively contribute to the park’s ecosystem.

The project became a moment of communal exchange: a group of young volunteers, for example, has helped gather palm leaves in an area devoted to make way for space for plant species  under extinction.