3G3 - ARCH 422 - WINTER 2025
STUDENT
Shaguun Patel
PROFESSOR
Angela Cho
The initial investigation explored terrazzo as a method of recycling used objects through irregular casting, challenging its conventional smooth and standardized production.
This strategy extended to Toronto’s Port Lands, a landscape shaped by contaminated soil, extraction, and redevelopment. I proposed an underground mushroom farm, using the excavation as an opportunity to define both form and program. Debris and displaced soil from the site become aggregate for terrazzo walls, floors, and roof. The mushrooms gradually remediate the soil, while the land above is restored as public park space. The project links material reuse, environmental repair, and architectural form into a single regenerative system.