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CONTROLLED COLLAPSE
Agricultural Wastelands can act as laboratories for experimentation in restoring balance to unhealthy systems between man and nature. �is project seeks to re-de�ne our notions of place. �e Salton Sea, an agricultural wasteland of accelerated change, will test the capacity for which people can build reciprocity with a terminal environment.
LOWER DIVISION STATESTotal: 7,378,643 acre-feet (a.f.)
Total: 2,780,376 a.f.
Total: 1,500,000 a.f.
Total: 4,356,839 a.f.
Total: 241,437 a.f.
ARIZONA
NEVADA
NEW MEXICO
COLORADO
WYOMING
UTAH
CALIFORNIA
MEXICO
967,495 a.f.Metropolitan Water District
1,180,000 a.f.Palo VerdeIrrigation District
2,679,356 a.f.Imperial Irrigation District
322,730 a.f.Coachella Valley Water District
Water that used to reach the Gulf of California has been completely diverted for the use of expanding suburbs. The price of water is growing as climate change continues to alter the face of the earth, especially the arid region of the west. Agencies with large sums of money are buying water right like tat of the Salton Sea to sustain their growth. With a lack of water inflow the sea will dry out increasing the chances of pollutants becoming airborne.
Colorado River Watershed
Riverside County
White Water River
Imperial County
San Jacinto Mtns
Santa Rosa Mtns
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Proposed Site
Chocolate Mtns
Salton Sea
San Bernandino Mtns
San
Die
go C
ount
yIm
peria
l Cou
nty
New River
Alamo River
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15 mi0 mi 7.5 mi
BORREGO SPRINGS_76miles 1hr 45mins
3,429
Cremation CeremonyAshes are divided amongst family membersDepart Los Angeles at 6:10am
scale of the valley
scale of the windmills scale of the desert
scale of the agricultural plots
scale of the seascale of the mountains
7:40am there is still two hours before sunrise, the clear skys of
the desert reveal its extents as you reach the mid-point
Arrive at 9:10am
Residue of ashes still on handsWaiting in traffic for 2 hours
Re-integrated back into reality
LOS ANGELES
overpopulation
cemetery overcrowding decrease of open space
cremationdeparture
procession
desert environment
The vastness and awe of the desert is in its most dynamic state. The sunlight unveils the
palette of colors that transform the desert, creating a religious experience
The most intriguing moment in this ritual process is not when the sun’s rays first touch the mountain but the
instant just before when all of what will be creation hovers on the edge of emergence 9:30am
RIVERSIDE_115miles 2hrs
SAN BERNANDINO_115miles 2hrs
PALM SPRINGS_63miles 1hr 12mins
303,871
209,924
44,552
3,429
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ccou
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he jo
bs in
the
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rial v
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head
on
with
the
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est b
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of w
ater
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rnia
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major surrounding cities_distances_populations geologic_psychologic thresholds processional sequence to site_scale shifts site context
6:10am 9:30am 10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm
scale of the city