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Bridgette Van Sloun

Bridgette Van Sloun

New York, NY, US

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[re]STRUCTURING forested languages

Language is the essance of a group of people’s culture. Language is memory. Research began through the connections found between culture and nature ir relationship to ecological disasters.A deep tie was found in the forests of Borneo, where the indigenous people have a intrinsic cultural connection to the land and its development.A design intervention was created that would combine local cultural and reforestation through “growing” education centers, entitled ethnobotanical medicinal centers.

 
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Status: School Project
Location: Mount Kinabalu, Borneo
My Role: Designer

 
selected research areas on Borneo
selected research areas on Borneo
structuring and growth conceptual design
structuring and growth conceptual design
structure and cultivation design
structure and cultivation design
ethnobotanic medicinal center
ethnobotanic medicinal center
evolution of design
evolution of design
future reestablishment
future reestablishment