Dotted Lines

Aimee Paterson

Bachelor of Design with HonoursSpatial Design

Dotted lines is a speculative case study that proposes a rhythmic strategy towards conventional conservation for coastal habitat recovery.
A farm fence deconstruction. 1/1000 sample of material in a 4.8km long farm batten fence sequence.
Four interventions made from repurposed farm fence material that support environmental agency and coastal farmland recovery.
Through an alternative strategy to conventional conservation this site becomes a living entity and not a resource.

Bachelor of Design with Honours

Spatial Design
Dotted Lines is motivated to move with, rather than against non-human ambition. Informed by Donna Haraway’s concept of situated knowledges, it proposes an alternative strategy to conventional conservation. A 4.8-kilometer farm fence becomes a deconstructed interface, repurposed to question colonial ideals and environmental passivity. Through a non-human perspective, this project reimagines architecture as a means of listening to, and collaborating with the living dynamics of place.
Exhibition location
Block 12 Level B