When talking about such a serious subject, such as the one proposed by Migrant Garden, you get the sudden urge to do something that matters. Within this context, we decided to do just that. Our design is meant to actually house a bird in it, and to be more specific, from the species listed as endangered, we picked the Common kingfisher - Alcedo Atthis.
This strategy leaves no room to interpret, it is an immediate call to action.
"The nest is in a burrow excavated by both birds of the pair in a low vertical riverbank, or sometimes a quarry or other cutting. The straight, gently inclining burrow is normally 60–90 cm (24–36 in) long and ends in an enlarged chamber."
Within the constraints, we found a way. What if we were not to waste the second cube we got? No
test. Only like this we could count the mass needed to build the house that meets the specific
requirements of our Kingfisher (60-90 cm). No room for error. We like to work under this pressure.
Suddenly our project became very architectonic.
We split the test cube in two and attached it to the main cube. Like this we got the centimetres needed for the space inside the nest. The 3 volumes are held together by a system of 4 metallic elements (no longer than 50 cm, the package size), that connect precisely. We liked the fact, that when many smaller elements are organized together by an idea, something much larger can be achieved.
