How can we progress in a way that recognises and values what already exists?

Saunt

•Ravenscraig
•Land •Spiritual
•Scots
How can we progress in a way that recognises and values what already exists?
How can we build in a way that does not obliterate, but allows the essence of place to remain?
What kind of worth does a ruin have? Why is it that ruin, as a verb in English, is negative?
How can we build in a way that does not obliterate, but allows the essence of place to remain?
What do we mean by shelter, ideas of home?

Bield

•Loch Ness •Orkney •Ravenscraig
•Built Environment
•Scots
What do we mean by shelter, ideas of home?
What do we mean by communities and how we protect them?
What do we mean by communities and how we protect them?
In areas of land ownership, what characterises a piece of land which no one (are allowed to) own?

Striferiggs

•Loch Ness •Ravenscraig
•Land
•Scots
In areas of land ownership, what characterises a piece of land which no one (are allowed to) own?
How might you encourage people to take time, slow down and pay attention?

Between the sun and the sky

•Loch Ness •Orkney •Ravenscraig
•Nature
•Scots
How might you encourage people to take time, slow down and pay attention?
How do we leave space for, and continue to acknowledge (the significance of) what was there before?

Lairach

•Ravenscraig
•Built Environment
•Scots
How do we leave space for, and continue to acknowledge (the significance of) what was there before?
Listen to "Get Thy Bearings" by Donovan

Widdershins

•Loch Ness •Orkney •Ravenscraig
•Nature •Spiritual
•Scots
Listen to "Get Thy Bearings" by Donovan
How might we find ways to encompass, even celebrate what might at first appear incidental, accidental or unwanted and see the value in what can be unnecessarily or inappropriately deemed unimportant?

Barescrape

•Ravenscraig
•Land
•Scots
How might we find ways to encompass, even celebrate what might at first appear incidental, accidental or unwanted and see the value in what can be unnecessarily or inappropriately deemed unimportant?
What happens if we were to re-define the word "weed"?
What happens if we were to re-define the word "weed"?
How can we avoid otherization through creating a fundamentally inclusive built environment?

Unkan

•Orkney
•Orcadian Scots
How can we avoid otherization through creating a fundamentally inclusive built environment?
Is language within architecture destructive or constructive?

Gaa/Sun-Gaa

•Orkney
•Nature
•Norn
Is language within architecture destructive or constructive?
Does language within architecture work in the future tense as much as in the present tense?
Does language within architecture work in the future tense as much as in the present tense?
What do you hear when you listen to your breathing?

Éist

•Loch Ness •Orkney •Ravenscraig
•Spiritual
•Irish
What do you hear when you listen to your breathing?
How do we form a framework that takes into account the balance needed between rewilding or other natural conservation efforts, and development, depending on location?

Ath-fhiadhachadh

•Loch Ness
•Land •Nature
•Gaelic
How do we form a framework that takes into account the balance needed between rewilding or other natural conservation efforts, and development, depending on location?
Through the link in Further reading, listen to Iain MacDhùghaill’s 19th century song of longing “Òran Bhràigh Rùsgaich,” sung by Megan Henderson of the band Breabach - it describes the rich bird life in the forest by Loch Ness. Fragments of the old forest described in this song remain today about a river gorge at 'Allt nan Saighead' (stream of the arrows), surrounded by plantation trees.

Iargain fàtha

•Loch Ness •Orkney •Ravenscraig
•Spiritual
•Gaelic
Through the link in Further reading, listen to Iain MacDhùghaill’s 19th century song of longing “Òran Bhràigh Rùsgaich,” sung by Megan Henderson of the band Breabach - it describes the rich bird life in the forest by Loch Ness. Fragments of the old forest described in this song remain today about a river gorge at 'Allt nan Saighead' (stream of the arrows), surrounded by plantation trees.
Perhaps now that you have the word, you will find a dòirneag.

Dòirneag

•Loch Ness •Orkney •Ravenscraig
•Nature
•Gaelic
Perhaps now that you have the word, you will find a dòirneag.
What does it mean to ‘own land’?

Dùthchas

•Loch Ness
•Land •Spiritual
•Gaelic
What does it mean to ‘own land’?
How do you recognise when equilibrium has been achieved for people and place?

Cothromachadh

•Loch Ness
•Climate •Spiritual
•Gaelic
How do you recognise when equilibrium has been achieved for people and place?
How do you measure balance in your actions?
How do you measure balance in your actions?
How can the built environment facilitate the blurring of demarcation lines and the softening of frontiers?

Liminal

•Orkney
•Spiritual
•English
How can the built environment facilitate the blurring of demarcation lines and the softening of frontiers?
Architects and built environment professionals must work as funambulists at the threshold of the human-made and the natural to design environments that respect and enhance existing habitats, while providing opportunities for honourable and inclusive spaces for humans.
Architects and built environment professionals must work as funambulists at the threshold of the human-made and the natural to design environments that respect and enhance existing habitats, while providing opportunities for honourable and inclusive spaces for humans.
What can we learn from Orcadians on the important relationship between the sea and the land?

Tidalectics

•Orkney
•Land •Spiritual
•English
What can we learn from Orcadians on the important relationship between the sea and the land?
How can humans change their world view to incorporate habitats that are not human-centric?
How can humans change their world view to incorporate habitats that are not human-centric?
How can we engage in more cross-disciplinary analyses of architecture to demonstrate its transversal nature?

Transversal

•Built Environment •Nature
•English
How can we engage in more cross-disciplinary analyses of architecture to demonstrate its transversal nature?
How can we disregard politically and economically motivated demarcation lines to ensure we set objectives that will benefit us on a planetary level in the context of a climate emergency?

Planetary consciousness

•Nature •Spiritual
•English
How can we disregard politically and economically motivated demarcation lines to ensure we set objectives that will benefit us on a planetary level in the context of a climate emergency?
When something is erased, what is lost?

Erase

•Ravenscraig
•Built Environment •Nature
•English
When something is erased, what is lost?
Where has erasure taken place in your environment?
How can we engage with existing places without causing destructive erasure?
Where has erasure taken place in your environment?
Where do you see fragmentation in your environment; what larger whole are, or could they, be a part of?

Fragment

•Orkney
•Built Environment •Land
•English
Where do you see fragmentation in your environment; what larger whole are, or could they, be a part of?
Facing new challenges and changes, what do we need to modify to work with the environment and landscape, and not against it?

Adapt

•Orkney
•Built Environment •Nature
•English
Facing new challenges and changes, what do we need to modify to work with the environment and landscape, and not against it?
In an environment increasing in change, at what point does 'to adapt' become 'to anticipate'?
In an environment increasing in change, at what point does 'to adapt' become 'to anticipate'?
Beyond '50 words for snow', what other linguistic examples reveal the close understanding between indigenous peoples and their environments?

Biolinguistic diversity

•Loch Ness •Orkney •Ravenscraig
•Language •Nature
•English
Beyond '50 words for snow', what other linguistic examples reveal the close understanding between indigenous peoples and their environments?
What does ‘wildness’ mean to you?

Shifting baseline syndrome

•Loch Ness •Orkney •Ravenscraig
•Land •Nature
•English
What does ‘wildness’ mean to you?
Is there a word in your language for a place untouched by humans, such as an untouched forest?
Is there a word in your language for a place untouched by humans, such as an untouched forest?
How do we make connections across peoples, species, and listen and make space for those whose voices are unheard, or are quieter? How might we take time to listen?

Chthulucene

•Loch Ness •Orkney •Ravenscraig
•Nature •Spiritual
•English
How do we make connections across peoples, species, and listen and make space for those whose voices are unheard, or are quieter? How might we take time to listen?
Where do you see extraction happening in your landscape?

Extract

•Loch Ness
•Land •Nature
•English
Where do you see extraction happening in your landscape?
How can we create a system that values nurture, repair and care, over extraction and exploitation?
Is capitalism as efficient as it thinks it is?
How can we create a system that values nurture, repair and care, over extraction and exploitation?
When studying a site, perhaps begin with wandering?

Tine

•Ravenscraig
•Nature •Spiritual
•English •Irish •Scots
When studying a site, perhaps begin with wandering?
How can ecological theory combine with architectural discourse to create a design framework which promotes biodiversity, human well-being, and ecological resilience?

Movement ecology

•Ravenscraig
•Land •Nature
•English
How can ecological theory combine with architectural discourse to create a design framework which promotes biodiversity, human well-being, and ecological resilience?
How do architects design for the world when urbanisation could be a threat to biodiversity?

Oikos

•Loch Ness •Orkney •Ravenscraig
•Built Environment •Nature
•Ancient Greek
How do architects design for the world when urbanisation could be a threat to biodiversity?