Design Development - Tree Root Inspired Design

I went back and look at the design of galleries in oasis, and thinking how can i relate my main buildings to all the galleries around it.  So i found more pictures of tree root....

More Pictures of Tree Root...

So i began to draw roots and see that if i can turn it into something interesting, i started from drawing a side view to more of a top view.  I look at the negative space created by overlapping tree root and wonder what if they are actually buildings and the roots represent paths.  I throw the picture into photoshop and invert the colour to see what would it look like.

It looks like structures arranged in a circle and pointed inward which create this investing circulation and pattern.  I began to explore the form in more of an architectural planning perspective and play around with the size of the buildings, organic shapes and width of the paths.

And while i was drawing, the picture reminds me of a river and group of islands.  So i pulled out a historical map that i found ages ago; a map of the Gowanus Mill Creek.  I used the same tactic to create a form that will represent the history of Gowanus in an abstract way.

Reference

http://landflux.org/resources/Shallow%20versus%20deep%20roots.jpg

http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2013/191/d/c/root_silhouette_pack_001___hb593200_by_hb593200-d6ctjvt.png

http://www.relationshipsglobal.net/Shared/Uploads/Images/Prod_62_root.png

https://nicosteyn.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/roots.png

https://thecompounder.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/tree-roots.gif

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2012/064/4/4/hazel_tree_root_by_ogge87-d4rtz0b.jpg

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/50dcbaa5e4b00220dc74e81f/5143e265e4b0dd2a72ff70b9/5143e266e4b0dd2a72ff70c1/1363403378214/