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Re: Park Ave Redescription and material reorganization of high-density architecture
The Living Block
The Living Block reimagines the neighborhood in a cityscape where community has been overshadowed…
Absorptions
The “Absorptions” project is an innovative attempt to explore the possibility of revitalizing unu…
Six Strategies for the “Unliked”
Six Strategies for the “Unliked” envisions the potential of “ordinary” and sometimes considered “…
The Botanical Speculation
The Botanical Speculation envisions reintroducing nature as a core infrastructure element in urba…
24/7 Conquest
24/7 Conquest explores the transformation of a rigid office building into a flexible space tha…
Infrastructure for Indeterminacy
This project examines the Union Carbide Building at 270 Park Avenue, the largest building ever vo…
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Right to the Beach: Sustainable Communities in the Ecuadorian Coast
Reef Interplay: Between Sand and Sea
Artisanal fishing in Ecuador serves as a critical pillar of the cultural and economic framework o…
Negotiating The First Shoreline
Within the serene shores of Punta Blanca, a close-knit community gathers on the beach for fishing…
Coastal Acupuncture: Community Growth in Ecuador through Urban Anchors
This project engages with local Punta Blanca residents to create urban anchors for community grow…
What is the Beach?
This project reimagines the beach as a tapestry of life beyond mere tourism—a vital, living ecosy…
Food Journey
Ecuador is renowned for its incredible gastronomy and diverse dishes, influenced by its unique na…
CARING FOR
This project explores the terrain where the political dimension of design can be examined, consid…
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Transmuting the Wound: Cultural Infrastructure for Divinity, Nature, & Collective Experience in NYC
Death Doula
Death is something that everyone will encounter in their lifetime, but people are afraid of death…
Nocturnal Embrace
Central Park’s heart lies in The Ramble, a landscape designed to mimic primitive nature, offering…
Eternal Flow: The Manhattan Skyline as a Continuation of Natural Cycle
The Manhattan skyline, often celebrated as a symbol of human triumph over nature, and the Smith-9…
Wildhaven
The New York Public Library, long revered as a temple of knowledge, has a profound responsibility…
Consolation Wave: Facing and Healing the Wounds of Sacrifice in Gowanus
Gowanus has long sacrificed itself for the born of the tall, gleaming Manhattan we see today, thr…
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Land(fills): Toxic tours, recompositions and geographies of breath
TIME CAPSUL-ING
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park used to be the Corona Ash Dump; “the valley of the ashes”, as descri…
Steamview Park: Extracting from Coned to democratize energy distribution
Through history, Soundview Park has been the place of dispute between Con Edison and the communit…
From Golf Ball To Weeds
Ferry Point Park, located in the Bronx, is split in two by the Whitestone Bridge. However, due to…
Rock’s decomposition rituals From anti-colonial landscape terraforming to microbial inhabitation
The project envisions a future for Pelham Bay Park that transcends human-centric narratives, tran…
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Complicit Images: Navigating Post-Digital Media Ecologies
Expanded Vision
Overall the project aims to display the interconnectedness of all of these spaces, screens and in…
Dopamine City
The research reveals that contemporary architecture is increasingly influenced by the rapid consu…
Immersive Landscapes
The current ecological crises urge us to rethink the foundational dichotomy between natural and a…
Ghosts of Nakagin Tower/Lost and Found in Translation
What is the afterlife of a demolished building?
Through the digitalization of architectural pr…
LIKE Architecture_Clout Image
Clout images are visual representations or portrayals that hold power or influence over an object…
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The City Island: Speculative Islands of the City
Plug In Community
Contrasting the existing segregation in Coney Island with the gentrification generated by the hou…
The Bird Tower & Pier
The Bird Tower & Pier project aims to create a unique space that caters to bird enthusiasts, scie…
The City Island
This project at Floyd Bennett Field emphasizes cohabitation with the site, featuring a phased tim…
Memoryscapes: Designing Inclusive Communities for an Aging Future
This project addresses critical social issues such as aging, Alzheimer’s disease, and urban disco…
Today, the connection between Manhattan and Coney Island is over-constructed, turning Coney Islan…
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Sexy Apocalypse. Embracing The End
Inhabiting the Black Box: Integrating Human, Ecological, and Technological Networks at H5 Data Center NYC
The proposal aims to transform the H5 Data Center in NYC into a revolutionary hub that integrates…
Memory of the future - Soil Rituals for the seed of death and burial of life
We are looking at a possible end of the world with the end of terrestrial and soil centric proces…
Gutscapes Gazette
Gutscapes Gazette, a ‘mobile food bank’ gazette featuring the latest news, ideas, food recipes, c…
Data Mourning Promenade: How to Memorialize Our Digital and Physical Bodies through Trees
The project proposes a sustainable way to store and commemorate data by converting the deceased’s…
Compose by decomposing
Humanity didn’t fail in achieving an ecological balance with the planet; only some few actors did…
Anachronous Follies of Life and Death
In the world without US, these follies are designed as bioremediators. Designed with a common ske…
Memory of Soil
Soil hosts a diverse community of microorganisms, plants, animals, and minerals. Their interactio…
Anomalistic deceleration
The world has to take action to prevent ecological collapse by decelerating those accelerating th…
Flux Navigator
The world is facing an imminent crisis—potentially an apocalypse. This study contrasts two seemin…
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ACCESSIBILITY to Sustainable Energy and the Promise of a Future
EEE (Excavating Existence Energy) EEE (Excavating Existence Energy) Accessible geothermal power generation on prison facility island
Based on a series of studies on geothermal energy in New York City, I propose the idea of using i…
UP (Utilize Power)
In May 2024, the city’s GrowNYC Compost Program ended due to budget cuts, leaving approximately t…
Floating Purifier: A Collaberative Ecosystem
We aim to use simplified design to encourage the community to collect and utilize various types o…
Hydrogen Synergies
The project transforms an abandoned coal power plant in Dunkirk, NYS, into a state-of-the-art Gr…
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The Future’s Future
Ministry of Disaster Management
In the future’ future, the United Nations establishes aDisaster Management Department to address …
Transport Department in the Future’s Future
The Ministry for the Future - Novel by Kim Stanley Robinson
In the future, people no longer tr…
HEALING WITH THE GENTLEGRACE OF WATER
The Ministry of Water Treatment and Healthcare
In the distant future, a water-energy system wi…
Concrete Sequester
In the future, carbon-absorbing concrete will become the primary material of construction. Concre…
The Exchange: Production, Consumption, Culture
The Ministry of Urban Agriculture and Food Sovereignty focuses on transparency, equatable spaces …
Ministry for the Future - Climate Resilience and Adaptation
The Ministry is set a few decades into the future. The project deals with creating a future’s fut…
Publicity Department of the Future
Based on the novel “The Ministry of the Future”, in a world after the collapse of the global econ…
Ministry for Air Transportation
In the future airship hub, airships will transport representatives from countries around the worl…
Prospect Pods: The Ministry for Land Transportation Innovation
In the future’s future, set in the late 2050s, commercial jet travel is nearing obsolescence in a…