For the ‘Thresholds’ brief, we were tasked to identify an existing obstruction within a site and open it up. I chose the obstruction of history, specifically that of government ordered Japanese interment in WWII.

Battery Nash is a personal site— I call Bainbridge Island home. The Island’s Japanese population is crucial to its culture and infrastructure, and their history is tragic, yet simultaneously a testament to the strength of the intercultural bond found on the island. Bainbridge Island is a rare place in that regard. Due to the delicate nature of both site and subject matter, my interruption to the Battery was minor yet meaningful.