Tag: Social Responsibility
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Mobile Homes
This project reveals the intertwined lives of humans and hermit crabs, prompting reflection on our impact: What happens to hermit crabs’ homes and nature as we construct our dream houses? The smaller square book showcases 70+ hermit crab houses. The larger book is a comprehensive guide, delving into hermit crab research, nomadic lifestyles, and sustainable…
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Expedition to the Far North & Findings
Expedition to the Far North & Findings is a pair of acrylic paintings responding to the works of naturalist illustrator John James Audubon. The paintings reinterpret one of his popular images, Common Buzzard, through a critical lens. Audubon is recognized as an American symbol for wildlife conservation. Over 500 wildlife organizations in North America are…
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Polaris: A Community VR
The night sky, the backdrop to which humans have always set their gaze in search of meaning and guidance, is reimagined as an interactive virtual reality platform designed to connect people with their communities, values, and ideas. Users can seek out opportunities to serve, education on ideas and initiatives for change, and can also find…
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The Wading City
The Wading City comes out of the indeterminacy prevalent in the 2020s, particularly the idea of the city and the building not only as a changing entity but as an adaptable entity addressing rising sea levels, food insecurity, ecological degradation, and local economic downtrends around postindustrial waterfronts. Thus generating an architecture which could respond to…
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Visibility
The thesis research aims to design a cultural sustainable center for the undeserved section of the society : women and children focused primarily in India. The concept is an effort to provide them visibility by restoring an endangered site in the midst of a metropolitan city, Mumbai. It incorporates the reuse of earthly materials and…
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Stella McCartney – The Present and Future of Fashion
Connecting Stella’s past with her material explorations, visitors get a chance to see all the work come together in her designs through recent years. This space features environmentally friendly materials including benches made from recycled plastic and foam, biodegradable mannequins made from a bioplastic material composed of 72 per cent sugarcane derivatives, and curtains made…
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Oyster House: Reclaiming Pre-colonial Landscape Narratives
Oyster House critiques the history of colonialism and land appropriation which occurred during Dutch Colonial expansion in 17th-18th century Brooklyn by bringing forward pre-colonial narratives and asserting indigenous presence often obscured in mainstream historical discourse. By unearthing historical landscapes tied to indigenous narratives and presence, a kinetic midden is exhumed and activated within a Dutch…
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Hydroterra Lamp
The lamp can open and close, similar to a book. When the lamp is absorbing sunlight, it opens for the solar panel layer to absorb sunlight. Biomimicry examples include the transparent butterfly wing, artificial leaf, hornbeam leaf fold, and gecko hair. The materials chosen for this project are all sustainable. School of Design | Interior…
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Teaching Transformations – Wearable Interior Conditions Apparatus and Shared Street Intervention Design
School of Design | Graduate Interior DesignStudents: Polina Shchukina As part of precedent research, the 2011 MoMA PS1 installation entitled “Holding Pattern” was analyzed. The project centered around the concepts of SHARING, ZERO WASTE, and facilitating COMMUNITY TIES, which were achieved through program and form. As part of precedent research, the 2011 MoMA PS1 installation…
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POPO
School of Design | Graduate Interior DesignStudents: Ruiting HuFaculty: Deborah Schneiderman Use the least building consumables to achieve the most purpose. Combine with different time-use demands to maximize the use of site resources. Starbucks is starting to use straw straws. This leads to the obvious question: “Why shouldn’t interior and architectural designers start to use…