Tara Workshop is a key previous project and a direct methodological precursor to the Avala Lab residency. The project focused on exploring the relationship between design, space, and the natural environment through fieldwork and experimentation within the specific landscape context of Mount Tara.
The work was realized through the development of conceptual, site-specific structures responding to topography, ecology, and ambient conditions. Design was used as a research tool—not as a finalized architectural solution, but as a way of analyzing space, testing relationships between materials and environment, and articulating spatial thinking through artistic practice.
Tara Workshop established core principles that continue within Avala Lab: on-site research, process-based practice, experimentation, interdisciplinarity, and an understanding of art and design as forms of inquiry. The project serves as an important reference for how artistic practice can emerge from a direct relationship with landscape, ecology, and spatial context, rather than from predefined forms or narratives.
