Banyan Walk

Lake Osecola is the central keystone element to the Coral Gables campus of the University of Miami. Working in Collaboration with Ben Skavnak, we intention was to create a floating "urban furniture" installation inspired by the Banyan tree that mirrors its position on the lake. The banyan tree's prop roots suffice for a solid connection to the ground as represented with concrete custom cast piloti. A rehabilitated Florida mangrove wetland would act as a back drop to the new circulation path across the northwestern end of Lake Osceola.