Space Suits US:
A Case for Ultra-thin Adjustments
... an installation for the Venice Biennale
A Case for Ultra-thin Adjustments
... an installation for the Venice Biennale
Type: Installation
Site: Venice, IT
Date: 2025
Show: 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
... with Sam Hanson Sheffer, Emma Sheffer, Charles Kim, Emily Ezquerro and Jero Ezquerro
Site: Venice, IT
Date: 2025
Show: 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
... with Sam Hanson Sheffer, Emma Sheffer, Charles Kim, Emily Ezquerro and Jero Ezquerro
On July 20, 1969, humankind took its first steps on the moon. As these two men placed their feet on a celestial body, the imprint they left on the surface was not quite human. The oval-shaped indent on the surface of the moon is instead evidence of a system of metal and fabric that allowed the human bodies to withstand the otherwise uninhabitable environment.
Elaborating on the science behind space suits,
SpaceSuits.US proposes a shift in material cultures and climatic solutions in architecture by leveraging the adaptability and material specificity of space suits. Drawing parallels between astronauts in extreme environments and urban dwellers facing extreme environmental shifts, the project explores how heat reflection, thermal insulation, and ultra-thin adjustments to existing buildings can provide an architectural solution for impending climatic emergencies.
Building on NASA’s material research, SpaceSuits.US features a method of tailored assembly in which the materials in question can be pinned, cinched, or draped onto leaky old houses.
Elaborating on the science behind space suits,
SpaceSuits.US proposes a shift in material cultures and climatic solutions in architecture by leveraging the adaptability and material specificity of space suits. Drawing parallels between astronauts in extreme environments and urban dwellers facing extreme environmental shifts, the project explores how heat reflection, thermal insulation, and ultra-thin adjustments to existing buildings can provide an architectural solution for impending climatic emergencies.
Building on NASA’s material research, SpaceSuits.US features a method of tailored assembly in which the materials in question can be pinned, cinched, or draped onto leaky old houses.
After the Fact:
Kenzō Tange Chair Pavilion
... another experiment in architectural fact-making
Kenzō Tange Chair Pavilion
... another experiment in architectural fact-making
Type: Installation
Site: Cambridge, MA
Date: 2022
School: Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
... with Sam Hanson Sheffer, McCloy Leonard, Kate Robinson
Site: Cambridge, MA
Date: 2022
School: Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
... with Sam Hanson Sheffer, McCloy Leonard, Kate Robinson
This project proposes the insertion of an architectural fact-making device—a wall—in dialogue with the Kenzō Tange Chair Pavilion, American Architecture (Model).
John Akomfrah:
Listening All Night to the Rain
... the Great British Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Art Biennale
Listening All Night to the Rain
... the Great British Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Art Biennale
Type: Exhibition Design
Site: Venice, Italy
Date: 2024
... with Jessica Reynolds of vPPR Architects and the British Council for the Arts
Site: Venice, Italy
Date: 2024
... with Jessica Reynolds of vPPR Architects and the British Council for the Arts
- Featured on the Architectural Association Website
- Featured on the Harvard Graduate School of Design Website
Exploring post-colonialism, environmental devastation and the politics of aesthetics, Listening All Night To The Rain is Akomfrah’s boldest and most ambitious commission to date. The exhibition brings together eight interlocking and overlapping multimedia and sound installations into a single and immersive environment that tells stories of migrant diasporas in Britain. The exhibition tells global stories through the ‘memories’ of people who represent migrant communities in Britain and examines how multiple geopolitical narratives are reflected in the experiences of diasporic people more broadly.
A Matter of Fact:
Down to a Science
... an experiment in architectural fact-making
Down to a Science
... an experiment in architectural fact-making
Type: Master in Architecture Thesis, with Distinction
Site: Boston, MA
Date: 2022
School: Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Advisors: Megan Panzano + Lisa Haber-Thomson
Site: Boston, MA
Date: 2022
School: Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Advisors: Megan Panzano + Lisa Haber-Thomson
- Nominated for the GSD James Templeton Kelley Thesis Prize
The popularization of science has historically been understood as the extension of experience from the few to the many. In many ways, determined by the manner of seeing, early modern science and fact-making gained credibility through reproducibility, or rather, the multiplication of witnessing. Through the multiplication of witnessed experiences, Robert Boyle’s seventeenth century experiments in pneumatics represent the development of the experimental performance, making matters of fact both social and epistemological.
Framework Embodied2:
Rotch Travelling Scholarship
... a low-carbon addition to the Leon Electric Building
Rotch Travelling Scholarship
... a low-carbon addition to the Leon Electric Building
Type: Competition
Site: Boston, MA
Date: 2023
Organizations: the Rotch Trust + Boston Society for Architecture
Site: Boston, MA
Date: 2023
Organizations: the Rotch Trust + Boston Society for Architecture
- First Prize
- Featured on the BSA Website
Framework, Embodied2 is a (second) low-carbon addition to the Leon Electric Building. This project proposes the secondary embodiment of the existing structural framework of the Leon Electric Building through the addition of a CLT structural stitch. This addition effectively binds together public transportation, co-housing, co-working, care facilities and community spaces, all in order to produce a new type of urban infrastructure for Dorchester.
