When Avetex created settling basins for the by-produces of viscose production, construction crews bull dozed agricultural fields and apple orchards to create a berm along the river. This berm records different histories and deliberate acts. This constructed earth divides the river from the basins and fields above. Monitoring wells emerge mysteriously from a tangle of sycamores, alders, birches and witch hazel that has been allowed to grow into a lush green line along the water. This proposal incorporates a series of stairs and ramps that allow access to the river.
Paths connect the stairs, registering flood levels.
Existing, unobtrusive monitoring pipes become measuring stations, where the function of these wells is evidenced. A channel, its form abstracted from a fish skeleton, allows clean water to reach the river. All levels of this place, from its riverine to civic edge are filled with activity. If you are interested in viewing the complete P.O.L.Y. website, please click here.