What We Tend, Tends Us is a living pavilion that invites visitors to slow down, pay attention, and participate in an act of collective care. Proposed in the landscape of Lugano, the work responds to an era of acceleration and disconnection by creating a space for presence, observation, and reflection.

At its center stands a bamboo dome constructed from sustainably harvested canes. Over time, oyster mushroom mycelium spreads across the structure, transforming it into a living architecture that grows and changes through time. Beneath the dome rests a transparent biosphere containing a self-sustaining ecosystem of mosses, fungi, soil, insects, and plants—a miniature world that embodies interdependence and resilience.

Visitors are invited to sit, observe, sketch, photograph, or help care for the installation through simple acts such as misting the mycelium. As the pavilion evolves, it reveals growth, decay, and transformation as natural processes rather than conditions to be resisted.

By turning spectators into caretakers, What We Tend, Tends Us proposes that attention is a form of nourishment and that what we choose to nurture ultimately shapes us in return.