The construction of the outdoor installation for the Ripple Ripple Rippling exhibition was built using dry stone construction techniques. A group of masons and wallers placed stones on Bedford Square in line with the artists' intentions: a foundation wall was built which resembled the floor plans of migrant workers housing in Shigushan village. Once completed, the outdoor installation was a platform for herb growing, performances and events. Chen Zhen, Cyan Cheng, and Mengfan Wang, the three artists curating the exhibition, later invited Laura to host a workshop and give a lecture on dry stone walling to students and the general public.

The workshop started with a conversation on architects’ physical engagement with proximal environments. Laura Stargala and her collaborator, Timothée Ryan, gave an overview of dry stone construction, sharing both historical precedents and past work. The lecture centred around the potentials of irregular stones, specifically their capacity to create spatial conditions using weight and friction, without the use of mortar. In the course participants engaged with the stones hands-on in order to understand its characteristics, which can best be understood through a haptic, or sensory, engagement. Similar to dry stone builders who typically learn dry stone construction by deconstructing historic walls, the students learned how to build by observing the original walls. Thereby the participation directly contributed to the material recycling and reuse of structure.  Dry stone walling is known for its re-use after demolition, acting as a circular method of construction.