Philippines

Soil-beings (Lamánlupa) reimagines architecture through the principles of soil-body and soil-time. Architecture often reduces soil to a stabilising substance providing ecosystem services. However, by perceiving soil as alive and forceful, the project explores how it might reshape architectural aspirations and solutions.
Rooted in Philippine soils, the pavilion positions soil at the centre of understanding and creation. Through translocal workshops, the project acts as a platform for longterm research and creative education that unites technical experts, local governments, cultural workers, indigenous leaders, and communities who make soil ethically and aesthetically significant. By “unbuilding” architectural imagination, it considers artistic methodologies and fosters alternative alliances for ecological and technological kinship.