Hilltop Lakes_install on lot 9

 The site is a blank canvas open for development, currently though its definition is described by its vegetation and the presence of pvc pipe and deer stands noting plot boundaries. Ultimately though it blends with the rest of the surrounding lots into a forest of undeveloped nature. Except for the road there are no hard boundaries or definitions to give to lot 9 on Navarro Drive.

 Front Door to Lot 9

So what draws us to a location, what compels us to experience a site seemingly boundless, do we need the presence of development, a door, a walking path, a road? Does there have to be boundary and order for us to consider the site worth traversing? 

On lot 9 there is now a door to a path that crosses through the brush and ends up at the back of the lot. Thus creating a definition of use, or just a definition of containment greater than the pvc pipes marking the plot. We found some doors and frames and created in a sense a 'non-house'... using the doors as a qualifier for an entrance and exit, placing one at the front of the site as you enter the brush, and then one at the back of the site where the brush ends and the site opens up. These doors signify the points of entry into the 'non-house' and provide a visual for defining the use, meaning that there could technically be an interior and exterior. It is now a developed plot, but in truth is not at all. It is still as wild and unruly as it was before we added doors and a path. With the addition of a qualifier and boundary however, we can give it place and provide a way to view the space.