Think about a point forward in time, where Petroplastic production has ceased. Where we are left with an abundant resource in mass that largely ends up in dumped in pits of waste collection. This untapped resource sits and seeps into the oceans and the land while we continuously squeeze the earth for every last drop of an end material that we let go to waste. We should learn from the cultures that did not waste, the ones who are now most effected by the pollution and who are the least guilty of it.
We should learn from their knowledge of material reuse and it’s our job as architects to apply this material and entice a wider awareness while collectively fuelling an economic and progressive incentive for a circular building economy.
A city wide event embodies a plastic narrative through 9 pavilions around London. Utilising “recycled” pure forms in a plurality of symbolism and heritage to generate interest, inform the public and ignite a rebirth of plastic as a material through expanded interest and a collective awareness.
Interior Pavilion
Think about a point forward in time, where Petroplastic production has ceased. Where we are left with an abundant resource in mass that largely ends up in dumped in pits of waste collection. This untapped resource sits and seeps into the oceans and the land while we continuously squeeze the earth for every last drop of an end material that we let go to waste. We should learn from the cultures that did not waste, the ones who are now most effected by the pollution and who are the least guilty of it.
We should learn from their knowledge of material reuse and it’s our job as architects to apply this material and entice a wider awareness while collectively fuelling an economic and progressive incentive for a circular building economy.
A city wide event embodies a plastic narrative through 9 pavilions around London. Utilising “recycled” pure forms in a plurality of symbolism and heritage to generate interest, inform the public and ignite a rebirth of plastic as a material through expanded interest and a collective awareness.
In May of 2003, the Coimbra Urban Rehabilitation Society spoke in regards to development of an empty lot known as Terreiro De Erva at the International Conference on Recovery, Urban Renewal and Social Lower Town. (Portugese Translation)
“Any settlement of the yard or enlargement of the alleys which connect between Directa and Sofia Street is against the nature of this space. It is a residential space between two pillars [Medieval and Industrial] of the urban history of Coimbra.”
Terreiro De Erva or “The Herb Yard” is an urban void in Coimbra, Portugal which developed from the removal of the original Santa Justa Church in the 19th century. The current state of the site reflects the piecemeal development of the city, illustrating the urban conflict of Historicism versus Modernisation. The project equally embodies this dichotomy as the resonance between two extremes, preservation of the site and a Utopian modernisation of urban living. The brief which was designed as an interpretation of a 21 unit housing complex, illustrates this perspective by raising the residential space above the square. This leaves the archaeologically sensitive site and the public square largely intact, while facilitating a unique ground condition for the residents and weekend markets, as well as granting views and light for the residences above.
A competition to redesign a beauty salon in North Tel Aviv, with site survey through to concept, visualisation and presentation in under one week.
Based on a palette of warm materials and pastel colours, the project began with precedent research and a thorough mapping of the site. A 3D model was then built to allow for a number of spatial activation ideas to be tested before the final concept was developed.
A reflective box was inserted in the rear of the salon to facilitate a massage | treatment room, a kitchenette with lunch space for staff and partition the space into the ideal programme, in addition to carrying refracted light towards the rear of the project.
In 2016, The Tel Aviv municipality in conjunction with Atarim Tel Aviv Site Management and 10 architecture practices through Israel began a competition to reshape this historic structure in hopes of a brighter future.
Financially unsuccessful and ridden with negative connotations including embezzlement, negligence resulting in dolphin deaths, a double agent murder and a terrorist attack, the Tel Aviv Dolphinarium was the site of a much needed redesign.
