A grassy field with a small, square, sunken structure near the foreground, surrounded by wildflowers and encased by trees in the background.

Other Places

Other Places is a site-specific architectural installation at Art Omi Sculpture Park. Designed as a sunken room carved into the earth, the installation invites visitors to engage in quiet contemplation or to interact with others within its intimate space. Made from earth and flora, it presents architecture in its purest, most organic form, blurring the boundaries between built space and natural surroundings.

The experience of Other Places evolves throughout the day and across seasons, as light, weather, and human touch continuously transform the space. As visitors leave their marks on the organic surfaces, over time the sharp edges of the installation will erode, returning to the earth—a physical embodiment of memory, impermanence, and the passage of time. This architectural folly serves as both a refuge and a reflection on the cycles of nature.

Other Places was made possible by the generous support of Elise Jaffe + Jeffrey Brown and the Yale School of Architecture.

Completed 2024

Location: Architecture & Sculpture Park at Art Omi, Ghent, New York

Photography Above: Bryan Zimmerman

A hole in the ground surrounded by well-trimmed green bushes.

A construction crew is working on underground piping, with a worker in a white shirt and a yellow safety vest standing inside a square marked by yellow lines, surrounded by dirt. An excavator is nearby, and a truck filled with gravel is parked beside the site.

Excavated rectangular holes in snow-covered ground in a field with a forest in the background.

Six miniatures of grassy landscapes with tiny objects under glass domes displayed in a 2x3 grid.

Miniature green grassy landscape with a small hill and a tiny tent inside a glass dome on a white background.