AIA Utah 2023 Student Honor Award Winner ARCHITECTURE OF ABANDONMENT Designing a Visitor Center for an Uncertain Future The Great Salt Lake has been in ecological decline for decades, neglected and dishonored, especially compared to the Wasatch Mountains towering above its shores. It is a symbol of environmental neglect, forgotten dreams and future opportunity. We are at a tipping point where the future of the lake (and of the whole region) stands in balance. As such, Architecture of Abandonment proposes a design for a new visitor center capable of fostering positive human engagement with the lake in the timeline where we are able to preserve it — or serve as a warning or memorial, a symbol of the consequences of ecological collapse if the Great Salt Lake were to disappear. A Dynamic Site The shores of a terminal lake are always in flux and thus prove to be a difficult location to build. The Saltair Visitor Center follows in the footprint of the former Saltair structures and reutilizes the site’s historic organizational philosophy. STUDENT Jaden Robertson 24 REFLEXION
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