The terra viscus is a super-saturated soil, one that is never completely solid or liquid, one that is never in stasis but in a continuous state of being made and being removed. This ground consists of geological, cultural, ecological, and tectonic conditions that interweave and overlap to create a non-repetitive, patterned identity of multiple and hierarchically understood variables. This physical description of our site also serves as an analytical methodology. The condition allows us to vivify, to analyze, and to create relevant building strategies in the physical, cultural, and phenomenal identity that is Southern Louisiana.