Benjakitti Forest Park / Arsomslip Community and Environmental Architect. Image © Srirath Somsawat
In an age where humanity’s detrimental impact on the environment has become increasingly evident, the concept of re-wilding is emerging as a powerful approach to conservation and ecological restoration. In line with growing attention on landscape architecture in recent years, the idea of removing human intervention from our natural surroundings in order to restore a stable equilibrium seems to offer a low-effort, ethereal way to right fundamental climate wrongs. But is a lack of meddling in nature really all there is to re-wilding, and how does this relate to architecture and design? We look at key concepts, applications, and examples to find out.