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An urban ecology field guide

FIELD NOTES 37

Small habitats at the edge of the city, recorded at the scale of a hand and a footstep.

Inspect a specimen
The researcher photographs a living specimen without removing it from the seam.
Protocol 06The researcher photographs a living specimen without removing it from the seam.
A field worker records growth along rain-darkened city masonry.
Site 04A field worker records growth along rain-darkened city masonry.
Glassine, a hand lens, and acid-green markers sit beside an empty specimen sleeve.
Field kit 02Glassine, a hand lens, and acid-green markers sit beside an empty specimen sleeve.
A luminous cabinet presents identified specimens beside deliberately vacant cells.
Cabinet 03A luminous cabinet presents identified specimens beside deliberately vacant cells.
Interactive study / field lens

Look closer. Keep the context.

Macro view of an insect and lichen ecosystem surviving in a concrete seam.
Macro view of an insect and lichen ecosystem surviving in a concrete seam.
A field worker records growth along rain-darkened city masonry.
Site 04A field worker records growth along rain-darkened city masonry.
A coordinate card shows time, temperature, moisture, and one missing observation.
Condition 05A coordinate card shows time, temperature, moisture, and one missing observation.
Field photographs and coordinates cover a working city map without decorative data.
Map 07Field photographs and coordinates cover a working city map without decorative data.
At dusk, the same concrete seam remains occupied after the researcher has left.
Release 08At dusk, the same concrete seam remains occupied after the researcher has left.

Image index

  1. 01 / Specimen
  2. 02 / Field kit
  3. 03 / Cabinet
  4. 04 / Site
  5. 05 / Condition
  6. 06 / Protocol
  7. 07 / Map
  8. 08 / Release
Project context & references

An urban ecology field guide

Thirty-seven small lives turn the seams of a city into an active field station.

Observe before classifying.

Setting
Rain-dark masonry, street-level surveys, and a natural-history cabinet built for incomplete evidence.
Value
Careful observation before classification.
Design approach
One large specimen and a small habitat photograph; field records align to a side margin.

Independent design project · Isaac Sohn · 2026