Incheon, Korea [ AIA/BSA Unbuilt Architecture Honor Award ] Incheon’s lost maritime history is recovered by recreating an inland sea around the historical Ahamdo island: allowing it to be an island once again. This sea will incorporate artificial reefs to shelter a delicate wetland ecosystem with an urban wilderness park running through it. Recreation areas, […]
Newton, MA [ Dwell Magazine Feature Feb 2012 ] In many older suburbs, the typical pattern of construction is to replace an existing house with a much larger one built out to the legal setbacks. The Braver House is a prototypical alternative: To instead build a small, efficient residence that simultaneously minimizes its actual footprint, […]
Seoul, Korea[finalist, invited competition] Water, digital technology, and sustainability are merged in this new reinterpretation of the iconic but now underutilized Seoul Olympic Stadium. A temporary structure to house the international Seoul Design Olympiad (SDO) events, an inflatable arch is held away from the structure of the historic stadium. Through a simple process of condensing […]
Panama City, Panama As Panama City expands at an unprecedented rate, environmental sustainability is becoming central to future developments. However, because of the high amount of rainfall and humidity, the effect of natural ventilation strategies for office and residential towers is limited. Instead we looked at ways to both generate electricity and harvest rainwater through […]
The Braver House is an alternative for older suburbs where houses are being built to the setback line creating buildings much too big for their lots. Instead we designed a small footprint house but built a screen to the maximum setback line. This allows indoor spaces to extend to the exterior and also allows us to […]
SsD has been selected as a finalist in an international competition in Incheon, Korea. We propose recovering Incheon's lost maritime history by recreating an inland sea around its Ahamdo island – now threatened to be infilled by adjacent urban development – allowing it to be an island once again. This sea will incorporate artificial reefs to shelter a delicate wetland […]
Thu Thiem, Vietnam The proposed plaza, park, and bridge hosts ceremonial and everyday events in a new mixed-use district for Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Our project creates a kilometer long plaza, green in its physical presence, green in its construction and dynamically scalable to the events of the city. Floating above the entire […]
