This project is based on seemingly pure absurdity.
The pandemic has lived with us for more than two years. And at the preface of it, accusations made unto the cause of the pandemic were that bats are natural reservoirs of the family of coronavirus. Without further evidence, bats took the blame because of both socio-cultural prejudice.
Bats as archetypes of numerous mythologies across societies are also collectively misunderstood. This negative imagery are perhaps due to their natural behaviors.
However as nocturnal animals, they are unquestionably important to the biosphere. They are natural pollination medium, the prey a lot of pests, their feces are natural fertilizer and they are immune to cancer.
There are too much to learn from this species.
However population of bats, in this case, Indiana Bats who are indigenous to the Chicago region are significantly decreasing by both human intrusion into their hibernacula, as well as diseases like white-nose syndrome.
This project is aspired to challenge itself with a possible solution to the symbiosis of bats and human. Knowingly, it will be dangerous to have intimate contact with wild bats because they carry both coronavirus, rabies, and parasites.
Thus the scheme is to create a internal separation between the two species however provide contact at maximum safety.
Eventually, through researches and studies, it will design a hollowed column system that mimics the characteristics of bats hibernacula as well as roosting spaces.
The pandemic has lived with us for more than two years. And at the preface of it, accusations made unto the cause of the pandemic were that bats are natural reservoirs of the family of coronavirus. Without further evidence, bats took the blame because of both socio-cultural prejudice.
Bats as archetypes of numerous mythologies across societies are also collectively misunderstood. This negative imagery are perhaps due to their natural behaviors.
However as nocturnal animals, they are unquestionably important to the biosphere. They are natural pollination medium, the prey a lot of pests, their feces are natural fertilizer and they are immune to cancer.
There are too much to learn from this species.
However population of bats, in this case, Indiana Bats who are indigenous to the Chicago region are significantly decreasing by both human intrusion into their hibernacula, as well as diseases like white-nose syndrome.
This project is aspired to challenge itself with a possible solution to the symbiosis of bats and human. Knowingly, it will be dangerous to have intimate contact with wild bats because they carry both coronavirus, rabies, and parasites.
Thus the scheme is to create a internal separation between the two species however provide contact at maximum safety.
Eventually, through researches and studies, it will design a hollowed column system that mimics the characteristics of bats hibernacula as well as roosting spaces.
