Chenyang Pan

The goal is to restore the relationship between water and dunes, reviving their natural mobility and allowing them to function as living barriers. This process supports the formation of new habitats for endangered species and strengthens ecological resilience through increased tree diversity. In turn, people are invited to shift from disconnection toward layered perception and renewed belonging.

The ocean current from the east is the site’s most promising driving force, initiating ecological succession. 

By understanding water’s dual nature—erosion and deposition—this force can be harnessed to shape a regenerative future.

The four images illustrate the ecological filter’s transformation over time:
Now, 50 years, 100 years, and 150 years—
as the structure gradually decays, new habitats take root and begin to grow.

Tree-based ecological filters, created by cutting down mature Scots pines, help trap sediment and support the formation of new habitats. Each 2m structure becomes a living scaffold in the evolving landscape.

A meditation space sits quietly among the trees, offering a sense of stillness and safety. 

Further on, exposed dunes appear—three mirrors reflect the surrounding sand, evoking its shifting history. A wooden mirror captures the forest behind, still growing. Through a timber frame, emerging habitats come into view. 

At the shoreline, ecological filters are under construction, and a sustainable future begins to take shape.

Let the landscape move—and let it remember how to feel.
Still Flow becomes a method of restoring resilience, reviving memory, and allowing Culbin to breathe, change, and sustain itself.