The project is part of Birdsong Brackenridge, a celebration of San Antonio’s historic Brackenridge Park organized to cultivate awareness for the legacy and future of the park. Inspired and co-sponsored by Grammy Award winning movie music supervisor Randall Poster and his seminal “For the Birds: Birdsong Project” - a collection of compositions that celebrate the music of birds, DPAW was invited as one of ‘ten internationally acclaimed architects to design birdhouses’ for the project.

Designed for hummingbirds (a species that specifically does not use birdhouses), the project is a 3-dimensional tapestry for nesting. Comprised of copper-hued aluminum wire used for training bonsai plants, the structure provides a woven framework of increasing density and complexity. Twisted loops and Y-shaped branching provide the ideal conditions for hummingbirds to construct their nests – a flexible cup-shaped structure that is typically bound together with spiderweb silk. Inspired by the ornamentation found in the iridescence of hummingbird feathers and kimono silk embroidery, the structure is interwoven with a smaller gauge wire that provides added shade and shelter.