The Seedvillions workshop focused on public and private space in the city.  Understanding seeds as capsules of life that grow into plants only under the right circumstances, we proposed for the participants to understand what these conditions are for us as people.  What do we need to grow and thrive in the city?

Participants were asked to map through the derive technique a public park in Mexico City and then pick a site to create a Seedvillion (a pavilion made of seeds).  The seedvillion was conceived as a cocoon when someone could find privacy and rest within the public space of the park.  It creates a moment of rest and recovery.  These were designed first through computational techniques, then physically modeled with actual seeds to create mini-prototypes that collaged into possible environments.