PLANT MEDICINE - FIELD MUSEUM
(2020)
Designed Exhibition in 3D SketchUp and 2D Vectorworks. Produced the 3D model in SketchUp, determined exhibition flow, wall layout and colors. Final drawings of floor plans, elevations, case and shadowbox layouts are drawn in Vectorworks.
""Rooted in community, plant medicine fosters connection and well-being. Among Chicago’s steel and glass, there’s another landscape in the city: one connected by plants, people, and healthy communities.
In this exhibition, learn about the many ways plants are used for health and wellness. Delve into the histories and uses of certain plants, including teas, spices, roots, and food crops. Through photography and personal accounts, meet the people cultivating gardens and well-being in Chicago’s diverse neighborhoods.
From pharmacies to gardens, plants shape the landscape of Chicago stores across the city offer herbal remedies from traditional medical systems that are hundreds or thousands of years old. Pharmacy shelves in Chinatown are brimming with teas used to support health and target specific ailments. Botánicas in the Pilsen neighborhood are a resource for culturally important practices, offering products for spiritual well-being.
The practice of cultivating plants in gardens across the city also plays an important role in health, wellbeing, and environmental connection. There are about 870 community gardens and urban farms across Chicago, creating shared spaces where strangers can become neighbors.
Growing familiar plants is one way that immigrants and refugees can reaffirm cultural identity and maintain familiar culinary and medicinal practices. Vacant lots transformed into gardens provide healthy food and new strategies in neighborhoods facing structural racism—which includes a lack of full-service groceries. All over the city, gardens combat pollution and are home to native plants and important pollinator species like bees and monarch butterflies."
Publication: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/exhibitions/plant-medicine
