The third landscape defines the land that has been forgotten by humans but, as a political statement, flourishes with unexpected life. This became the starting point for the redesign of Silo D, one of the last remaining silos from Britain's industrial era. This project conceives a new purpose for an abandoned structure that once held the seeds that sustained life itself.
Silo D is reimagined as a transitional space where humans and nature can coexist and foster a symbiotic relationship. Colonised by trees, ivy, weeds, mushrooms and lichens, the silo has been transformed into an art gallery with a coffee shop and studio spaces. Its most prominent features are the bridges that extend from the silo, allowing visitors to walk among the trees and plants. With the goal of minimising its carbon footprint, the design reuses the existing concrete structure and proposes careful and efficient interventions to improve its thermal performance, enabling the silo to operate passively.