Rhythms of Resilience is a multifunctional floating station designed for Zone 3 of Tonle Sap Lake, Cambodia—an area where local communities are increasingly displaced by environmental degradation caused by upstream hydropower dams and sand mining along the Mekong River. Once one of the world’s richest freshwater ecosystems, Tonle Sap now faces the collapse of its seasonal flood rhythms, sediment flows, and traditional fishing systems.
This project reclaims a former arrow fishing trap site—once vital, now ecologically harmful—and transforms it into a modular station hub for agriculture, fishing infrastructure, and eel farming. Rooted in the principle of balance, the station is built with vernacular materials such as bamboo and rosewood, using tensile structures that allow it to adapt to shifting water levels and community needs.
The architecture is not static—it is meant to breathe with the lake, shifting with the ecosystem just as the people of Tonle Sap always have. With low-tech, manually operated systems and localized aquaculture strategies, the station promotes self-sufficiency, ecological repair, and cultural continuity.
By supporting both economic regeneration and ecological stewardship, Rhythms of Resilience offers a model for climate-adaptive infrastructure that doesn’t just survive change—but participates in healing it.
