Open Collections

Abstract

This graduate project engages with five specific sites located along the Fundy Footpath, a sixty-one kilometer trail that runs along the southern coast of New Brunswick, on the Bay of Fundy. The goal is to create a strong sense of place through small interventions in a remote landscape. This act of place-making serves as a catalyst for developing a sense of community, promoting ecological respect, and fostering a deeper understanding of the natural landscape, while generating important public revenue responsibly through Eco-tourism. For each site that I have chosen, I have designed a building inspired conceptually and aesthetically by site-specific, local architectural precedents rooted in the history of coastal New Brunswick: the lighthouse, the fishing shack, the fishing stand, the smokehouse, and the chapel. These sites and accompanying structures embody a unique investigation of the current relationship that exists between twenty-first-century humans and “the wilderness” and serves a platform for visitors to engage with each other, the natural world, and the history of the region.