Our connection to the land is crucial, yet the Anthropocene mindset alienated us from being part of nature. To counter this, a multi-layered project grew in Bersenbrück, northwest Germany. Working with the corn plant as a symbol of Anthropocene agriculture, this project questions how we can foster community and embrace biodiversity within the monoculture of a cornfield.

The design is a research residency within the cornfield and focuses on local materials, learns from traditional ways of building and community life, and cooperates with non-humans as a necessary part of the design.

Monoculture practices harm biodiversity and distance humans from the land. To counter this, the project cultivates companionship to rebuild connections with the intricate ecosystems that sustain life. It invites humans and non-humans into the cornfield and creates a resilient and biodiverse future community for the local ecosystem and beyond.