Symbiogenesis is the idea that life emerged from and evolved through cellular symbiosis, which, in the latter half of the 20th century, were very much robbed by monoculture investment. Out of the 40,000 edible species in the ocean only 200 are shortlisted to our dining table. Especially in Rayong where if you asked any Thai person would know the province either by its oysters or fish sauce
In this phrase I imagine the last frontier of aquaculture is practiced by those who understood the importance of symbiosis using what left of the mangrove land. Different species are raised inconsideration to the state of the landscape creating micro seasonality in an inseparable network. Polluter industries took the opportunity to funnel their CSR capital from mangrove replantation to polyculture business. They provide sensory tools and devices to regulate the synthetic ecosystem.From water sensor on the bamboo pole hidden under vernacular oyster infrastructure, to the water filter on mangrove deltas. Fishermans became an overseer toward the enclosure implementing their traditional knowledge along with aquatic machinery to their daily life.
Unlike mass farming of monoculture, a sustainable polyculture requires a network of information and a market to rely on. While the landscapes change in reaction to the inhabited fauna, the species on our market would also be controlled by the state of the polyculture balance. Dishes such as oysters would be more common during the present of water pollution or sesame crab would dominate the market during nitrate depletion.
Opening up to embrace the benefit of alien species is the best we can do during the period of food depredation. Its level of resilience and adaptability would only prove useful to a dynamic ecosystem. With that being said, a platform where fishermen could share knowledge on species and experimental coexistences is crucial to the system.
Images below portrays the experimental cohabitation of four aquarium tanks with a mixture of different species not usually together in nature.
“ Nature always does things in the most efficient way “ as an approach to create structure that rely wholely on gravitational force, I set my term in this way of building as hand free, how to create structure with the least intervention of human as possible, but also in the controllable way.
In order to facing the obsolescence, me, as a dweller, create my own rules to respond with Mies’ rules. By bringing the unique points of this building such as the columns and details, I develop those point to oppose with Mies. So I create my own rules, Beau rules.
Firstly, the column has been developed to have different texture, layout, and layering. The grid system has been replaced by anti grid system in which everything is off the grid. The column cannot be exceed more than 4 on the floor level. Secondly, the column can be layered by paint or textures such as rough texture. For my rules I choose to use gold and orange which are my favorite colors. Lastly, the I beam columns can be off the ground or crossing over each other.
The different possibilities with Beau’s rules are illustrate and it brings the rules and concept up into bigger scale.
Here are my 3 collages. The first one is about the application that can order kaiseki roll that has been transformed into a temaki roll shape but still with the same ingredients. Second one is the vending machine which have the same purpose as the application. The third one is the preview of the space that has a conveyer belt distributing the ingredients to make the temaki roll