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From his window, the child watches the choreography of the monarch butterflies. He remembers all the territories, all the landscapes visited, and feels like a tiny speck.
Through woodland and wasteland, it's already evening. The city is silent, the sun no longer shines and cars no longer rattle its urban clamor. Now the bustards themselves are silent. Leaving his house, the child heads for the woodland and meets nature on the ground. He bends down and whispers:
"Soil, if you are humiliated and grieve, then let the bond between us break, and let it go with the rain, let it go with the wind as quickly as this bond once united us".
The soil manifests itself, its infrastructure and very nature revealed to the child:
"Our bond cannot break. Look at steel and concrete. Our bond is even stronger, because it is nourishing. Our bond must last forever, for it is in the nature of man to wander and in the nature of the soil to be trodden.
We are all destined to live here together on the same soil of the same earth.
Soil is one of the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. It harbors biodiversity and is populated by micro-organisms that filter water and enable acclimatization and agriculture.
Through semiotic analysis of the soil and analysis of the fauna and flora communities in place, a diagnosis can be made to guide the preferred approach. This approach involves understanding the nature of the soil and its functions in relation to the habitats present, then proposing to consolidate the presence of the flora and fauna found in the biodiversity corridor, and finally letting nature take its course by ensuring its sustainability through the multiplication and proliferation of existing habitats.
An educational component raises public awareness of soil-related issues and promotes knowledge of the soil. A pedestrian circuit links five intervention sectors to highlight "Soil Stories", using soil as a storytelling device. The practical application of methods that can regenerate soil health (aeration, water filtration, carbon sequestration, organic matter) is demonstrated while meeting the objectives of the present mandate, namely to identify the conservation and restoration of habitat connectivity as a strategy for preserving biodiversity.
By identifying the soil as a structuring element on the scale of the biodiversity corridor and the eco-territory, the interventions translate into a citizen's journey offering a landscape experience through experimentation with soil, flora and fauna. These "soil stories", based on related phenomena, will take place in each of the sectors conducive to the enhancement of existing natural environments to create a harmonious living environment. This citizen's journey takes the form of a vertical landscape that determines horizons and a topography shaped by the recurrence of rain and the accumulation of water on and in the ground. The landscape built in the ground, on the ground or above the ground generates an immersive experience of habitats. A digital device is grafted onto the physical installations, providing information on the movement of wildlife in the territory covered.
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