Richard Fisher

A study double exposed photograph taken along a walk through the site.

A study double exposed photograph taken along a walk through the site.

A series of hand drawn sections taken along a transect running through the site, Bartram's Garden.

A series of hand drawn sections taken along a transect running through the site, Bartram's Garden.

A study of the various histories of the site beyond the accepted history of Bartram's Garden.

A study of the various histories of the site beyond the accepted history of Bartram's Garden.

This section focuses on a field at the end of the site.  It is exposed with the history of the gypsum plant that used to stand there as well as blueprint for the proposed reconstructed wetland.

A study of the various histories of the site beyond the accepted history of Bartram's Garden.

This section of the plot exposes the wooded path with the shipping history or the Schuylkill River.

A study of the various histories of the site beyond the accepted history of Bartram's Garden.

This section focuses on the wooded path that run next to the Schuylkill River.  It exposes the oil refineries on the opposing bank as well as hand written notes taken by John Bartram.

A study of the various histories of the site beyond the accepted history of Bartram's Garden.

This section of the plot exposes the end of the path that ends in Bartram's Garden with the history of the cider press found on the edge of the river.  It also makes not of the history of Bartram with pages of his plant identification notebooks.

This drawing depicts three interventions that respond to different aspects of the site independently, the historic cider press, the industrial history, and land as it responds to the river.

This drawing depicts the same three interventions, the historic cider press, the industrial history, and land as it responds to the river, but now shows how each system is modified by exposure with the others.

This drawn depicts the three systems exposed simultaneously to create the final intervention on the site.

Constructed perspectives of various interventions are placed along the sectional drawing in order to locate them along the site. Montage folds in more information of the history and textures of each location.