卡皮拉诺孵化场

This project investigates how architecture can restore symbolic and ritual meaning within scientific landscapes, using the Capilano Salmon Hatchery as a site of inquiry. Modern functionalism has reduced many spaces, especially laboratories, to neutral environments that prioritize control over cultural or emotional resonance. By revisiting traditions of sacred architecture, ritual practice, and the construction of place, the project challenges the dominance of scientism and explores how built form shapes our understanding of truth and landscape. The resulting design proposes spaces that balance utility with introspection, reconnecting scientific infrastructure to deeper ecological, cultural, and spiritual narratives.

Each folly draws from archetypal forms often found in landscape and public architecture, creating interruptions in the engineered landscape that invite reflection, pause, and renewed attention to the salmon’s passage.

The follies are:

1. The Viewpoint

2. The Bridge

3. The Grove

4. The Amphitheater

5. The Rest Gallery

Through material shifts, rhythmic sequencing, and calibrated views, the follies cultivate ritualized movement and sensory engagement. They transform the hatchery’s infrastructure into a pilgrimage, revealing layers of meaning often obscured by scientific neutrality.