There, Not There
Ornamental Tiles
2021/ Bronze, foam, patina
This collection is a model-based installation exhibition that challenges the idea that ornamentation is non-essential to architecture. Instead, it explores a notion of ornament which transgresses the boundary between architectural form and aesthetic object through the lens of material exploration.
Drawing from the uniqueness of natural forms – the fact that no two shells are identical – and the use of these forms within ornamentation in baroque architecture, this project began by creating unique sculptural tiles.
The tile carving process was inspired by time-enduring ornamental rocks and shells found in 16th Century Italian Renaissance garden of Villa d’Este.
Paneling
2022/ Wood
Currently, technologies in both representation and production have enabled architects to create seemingly limitless expressions of materials, form, and scale. This project resisted using parametric design as a starting point and instead developed an alternative design methodology centred around analog making, melding technology with craft in further design stages.
The Burn
2022/ Cross Laminated Timber
The project challanged modern construction materials by putting them to the test of fire.
Beyond Foam
2022/ Styrofoam