A collection of models and experiments in materiality, form, constructability, visualization, and space.
discipline
Architecture
year
2017-2020
Location
BIOMATERIAL EXPERIMENTS // BEACH PAVILIONS
These models were made at the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia as part of a research project into the way biomaterials might impact construction methods. Here, a flat acrylic sheet with parametric cutouts is dipped into a pool of hot pine resin and beeswax. Held aloft while the concoction dries, the sheet forms a pavilion with delicate, minimal surface columns and curtains of glassy sap. The result is a visual confusion between tension and compression, new spatial geometries that are resultant from natural material properties, and a pavilion typology which can be melted down and reconstructed continuously.
The project was then visualized as a beach pavilion using AI image generators.
Pine Resin and beeswax extruded pavilion
AI Visualization study showing the pine resin and beeswax form as a beach pavilion
AI visualization study showing the pine reson and beeswax geometry as a beach pavilion
VELOCITY MODEL
Here, the challenge was to build a spatial model that captured the conceptual and experiential qualities of "velocity". The study is made from micro-lumber, museum board, and a ping pong ball
VISUALIZATION
The photograph of the velocity model was used a base in AI image generators to imagine an exhibition space
This masterplan provides a vision for a minimally invasive and environmentally resilient new downtown district of Muscat where the Wadi meets the sea. Freshwater and saltwater ecologies entwine to form a waterfront promenade that activates the embassy district and extends a peninsula neighborhood into the bay. Diverse histories, geographies and futures form a new urban infrastructure for Oman.
Originally published in Atlantis Magazine #33.1, titled (in)visible, this essay explores lessons from quantum physics to articulate the active power of visibility in shaping marginalized communities
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