More Than Human challenges the typical role of nature in design, from one that is historically viewed as adversarial to one that is cooperative. This proposal utilizes the ecological systems at Pfister's Pond in Tenafly, NJ, and, in doing so, embraces time as a method for design.

As a collaborator in design, time is distinct, slow, and cannot be rushed. Time is also inevitable and cannot be stopped. When looking at the cycles in an ecosystem, time is crucial to understanding how an environment changes over unique and observable scales. Time also has a role in how structures are created, specifically in the space when concrete changes from a liquid to a solid. Because these systems of change can be observed and understood, they have the potential to be deployed in a design. 

To this end, time is s a unique collaborator in the design process. The project embraces ecological systems, such as decay and growth, through the use of jute fiber formwork that enables primary producers to flourish. Additionally, the emergence of unique habitats from the way concrete changes viscosities enables it to support multi-species inhabitants through providing different types of shelter in the design, simply by varying time. Through this More Than Human model, architecture can create structures that will change with ecosystems. The result is structures that work with, not against, their environment.