Using Trees as They Are—an exhibition by Zachary Mollica, Emerging Architect Fellow at the Daniels Faculty—is on view in the Larry Wayne Richards Gallery from December 11, 2023, until February 26, 2024.

Known for projects that demonstrate ways to put together non-linear bits of tree, Zac has started to apply the same set of tools for close observation to a broader range of materials and their sources.

“This exhibition is about trees and an approach to working with the best properties of their products that I have been refining both intentionally and not, for years. When we build with wood as we do, using just a few species and forms, we directly contribute to an ongoing and pervasive simplification of forest ecosystems around the world. If we could re-diversify the ways we build with wood, we could actively encourage the re-establishment of healthier systems by the act of building.”