Skyscrapers to lifesavers- Rewilding Manchester by Man Hei Siu

The climate and ecological crisis are no longer fringe concerns. From stratospheric ozone depletion, air and water quality degradation to deforestation, they are URGENT EXISTENTIAL THREATS to the human race. We must act to reset our relationship with nature. Rewilding our city restores the area to its centuries-long practice of HUMAN SUPREMACY to ECOLOGICALLY CONSCIOUS CONSUMERISM. Our capitalist culture requires this constant consumption and disposal. This increases environmental degradation and climate change. But what if rewilding our city could reduce the magnitude of this EPHEMERALITY? Rather confining to the stereotypical language of simply promoting greater urban greeneries, one should stimulate the BUFFER ZONE between ECOCENTRISM and TECHNOCENTRISM. In turn, accelerating the developments of biophilic urbanisms to rectify the environment, society, and economy. Rewriting the relationship between HUMANS and NATURE is imperative. The old normal of taking and consuming is unambiguously malfunctioning. The NEW NORMAL must grow, restore, and cure.

Software used: SketchUp, Rhino, Photoshop, Twin Motion