Land, Labor, Materials, and Ecology

Join us for a special lecture by David Godshall, the Co-founder and Principal at TERREMOTO. TERREMOTO is dedicated to making omni-positive gardens and landscapes that are fair, just, and generous in their relationships to labor, materials, and ecology. With an internal interrogation of landscape history and practice, the practice aims to create a constantly evolving set of metrics that will allow one to create gardens that reflect the greatness of the current moment.

In this lecture, David explores how closed-loop building strategies redefine architectural practice by shifting from extraction to regeneration. He will elaborate on designing for non-hierarchical office structures and collaborative environments, which can lead to new creative aesthetics and ethical frameworks. Ultimately, he will stress the important relationship between people, materials, and ecologies to uncover the gentler forms of beauty rooted not in control, but in reciprocity with the living world.