Rewinding the Ride

Rewilding the Ride is a conceptual public art piece that envisions a vibrant urban landscape where engineered structures and wild ecosystems grow together in a spirit of play. Flowing roller coaster tracks weave through flourishing greenery, transforming rigid steel into forms that echo native vines, branches, and forest canopies. Floating flower-like balloons carry people through the scene, drifting among blossoms like pollen on the wind. The composition celebrates the joy and wonder that emerge when movement, nature, and imagination collide.

As both a landscape architect and artist, I approach my work through a lens that blends design, ecology, and storytelling. Inspired by the relationship between architecture, natural systems, and the public realm, Rewilding the Ride explores how public art can encourage curiosity, delight, and a deeper connection to nature within everyday urban environments.

Created as a concept for the City of Vaughan's ARTonBOXES program through digital illustration, the piece imagines cities as living landscapes—places where ecology and infrastructure coexist, and where moments of discovery can emerge in unexpected ways.