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Concrete Cast Pipe Storage

Nathan Perkins

This map explores the dichotomy of concrete pipe sections above and below ground. On the surface they are static, separated and orderly; below grade they become connected and dynamic. Pipe measurements delineate scale; row lengths are measured. Concrete and aggregate materials: the ratio of sand, aggregate and cement is calculated for each row to indicate the process of extraction of aggregate, the application of new pipe configurations, and

their insertion into the ground. Surface, subsurface and strata indicate the space that the drums occupy once they are in the ground. Pipelines lead to and from Toronto along Highway 401. A list of invasive species enabled through the construction process highlights the consequent eradication of native species. The map exists as an indicative and coded composition of landscape features, materials, forms and patterns that refer

to development along the 401. Linearity is a defining characteristic. While the pipes in the photograph are currently static and uninstalled, situated with fairly predictive motives for a pipe network, their impact to the future landscape is unpredictable. The map speaks of industrial expansion and urbanisation, persistent activities within the Greater Toronto Area.

Emily Bowerman

on site review 36: our material future

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