Fossil fuel vehicles have brought the planet on the brink of collapse. Even with the introduction of autonomous electric vehicles on the street, we will still need to spend resources on managing the consequences of continued fossil fuel use.

Carbon sequestration is a process through which carbon is extracted from the atmosphere and is converted into carbon rocks, that can then be sculpted into any form with modern machines.

This project explores the possibility of reducing the amount of carbon in the environment by employing this technique and using the extracted carbon to develop glossy monolithic landscapes which resemble the aesthetic qualities of carbon rocks. This creates a ‘new nature’, where the machines substitute a major function of trees by absorbing carbon.

Through our design, we have created an ecosystem of machines which together perform a ‘ballet’ where some of the machines form, carve and sculpt the gardens, while the autonomous vehicles zip by the streets. Humans, though mostly tangential, can experience this everchanging and dynamic landscape, where chronological elements and technologies are co-present.