A

AIA CES Credits
AV Office
Abstract Publication
Academic Affairs
Academic Calendar, Columbia University
Academic Calendar, GSAPP
Admissions Office
Advanced Standing Waiver Form
Alumni Board
Alumni Office
Anti-Racism Curriculum Development Award
Architecture Studio Lottery
Assistantships
Avery Library
Avery Review
Avery Shorts

S

STEM Designation
Satisfactory Academic Progress
Scholarships
Skill Trails
Student Affairs
Student Awards
Student Conduct
Student Council (All Programs)
Student Financial Services
Student Health Services at Columbia
Student Organization Handbook
Student Organizations
Student Services Center
Student Services Online (SSOL)
Student Work Online
Studio Culture Policy
Studio Procedures
Summer Workshops
Support GSAPP
Close
This website uses cookies as well as similar tools and technologies to understand visitors' experiences. By continuing to use this website, you consent to Columbia University's usage of cookies and similar technologies, in accordance with the Columbia University Website Cookie Notice Group 6
Copy of aad calvillo simranraswant yvonnefu su22 stuyvesantpark06

Dormant Reappropriation of the Golf Course: Turning Around the White Man’s Footprint

Broadleaf Plantain is known as the “white man’s footprint” as came to the US through colonizers by accident where it was wanted as an exotic herb. Yet, it became unwanted due to the aesthetics of the elite. This idea of unwantedness was reinvigorated by chemical companies like DOW and Trump as it disrupted the aesthetic quality of grass and thus became a weed. The Golf Courses are sites of ecological disruption and inequity. They are landmarks of exploitation of labor and exorbitant use of water and chemicals for maintenance of the “pristine” nature. This speculative project aims at dispersing broadleaf plantain seeds over time silently to take over the Trump Ferry Point Golf Course through the foot, air, and water. It uses the same techniques as the white man’s project to go against them and use the dormant capacity of the seed to reappropriate the golf course.