deep see creatures

Concept for rapidly deployable synthetic reefs and marine habitat modules. The design also lends itself to trash collection when needed, acting as a kind of oceanic tumble weed.

"Deep see" is a play on words which refers to the use of artificial intelligence as an intelligent agent, deployed where urgently needed - the environment, in this case the ocean. Rather than turn the focus of artificial intelligence and machine vision on ourselves, what might we discover if we focus it on the natural world instead?

virginia beach: urban atoll

Virginia Beach reimagined as an urban oasis - a sustainable vision that sheds the often sterile tendencies of contemporary "green" aesthetics for a more septic, bio-inclusive and wild alternative.

gaudi haeckel giger

the commodification of the natural world

While this series puts forth striking images of handbags, we use the stylistic tendencies of Gaudi, Haeckel and Giger to highlight the commodification of nature through the fashionization of biology.

Why should i care about the natural world, when i can wear it? Following the same logic, one might ask: Why should i care about that pristine landscape, when really it is a neighborhood that has yet to be built? That open field is just a piece of property, yet to be developed. That lake is a product, yet to be bottled ...

The way we think about the world matters.

Changing the way we think about the world starts NOW.

cyber neom

an aerial octopus

a communication device conveying information to the city

coming soon

aⁱe³ | the ai edit™ 3: extremophilic

‘Extremophilic’ refers to organisms (extremophiles) which adapt to live in harsh environments, such as those with extreme temperature, pressure and radiation. Climate change and extreme weather conditions are actively altering the planet in ways that we are only beginning to understand - one thing is certain however, the status quo must change if we are to navigate this new world effectively.

This series argues for the urgent need to rethink our built environment, freed from modernist dogmas including purity of form, cleanliness and sterility. We propose an architecture that is not too distant from the natural world in which it resides - one that can grow, take in and provide sustenance, and decay. The explorations here are often messy instead of pure, dirty and sometimes putrid instead of clean and sterile, and yet, they still read (mostly) as architectural in essence.

While we use generative AI as a means to bypass traditional training as an architect, and the deeply ingrained habits and tenets that accompanies such, the tool used is not the message.

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