desert airport

Black Rock City, Nevada

2013

"Extreme environments offer the most obvious challenges in that you only need to address the temperature and wind. The desert canopy is the most conventional method of shelter and has been employed as long as humans decided to travel through the desert."

"Convention becomes so because it works well, is easy, and is typically inexpensive but it can't just be about guarding against the elements."

"What if we take something conventional and redefine it as not just a roof but as walls, apertures... it will give the airport an unexpected presence."

"... any metal probably won't even need to be coated or galvanized because nothing rusts in the desert, it'll last forever and can be re-purposed after the fabric is in shreds... or we can just replace the fabric."

"Whatever, let's just work out the details."