This photograph of heavens gate stairs in China procures an unusual retrospective of civilizations interaction with the wild and non-human, the cascading stairs asymptomatic to the appearance of a waterfall distils a tranquil sense of harmony with the limestone mountain. Understanding how the world has become culturally and socially produced is predetermined by the level of cultural conditioning in the communities that exist in that surrounding environment. The architectural alteration of 'natural' places is an interesting concept that draws on humans interaction and disconnection with the wilderness that is fast being changed to coexist more readily with the conditioning and alteration that has occurred in us. Exploring this interconnection and understanding the extent of our incongruence with the non-human presents potentially and endless and unintelligible challenge.