Project by Annie An + Liberty Chapman
This project focuses on materials of excess found along the southern coast of South Korea, where oyster shell waste and an abundance of rice emerge from the region’s dominant industries of aquaculture and agriculture. Centered in Namhae, we investigate how locally available biogenic materials can inform new modes of construction. Rather than framing the region through a lack of standardized building resources, we reposition it through its surplus—transforming waste into material opportunity. Through this lens, oyster shells and rice become the basis for adaptive civic frameworks that engage coastal conditions, enabling architectures that support ecological resilience, local economies, and multispecies inhabitation.
