The proposal that interacts with the vertical, horizontal and lateral water junctions and fluctuating water levels of the site at Tottenham Marshes; a wetland and a flood plain. The designed building integrates into the landscape and acts as a mediator between the man-made and artificial, as well as a calibrator of the hidden water systems. The proposal is in an intervention in three phases:
The establishment of the UK Groundwater Forum a subsidiary of the British Geological Survey, an educational and research facility dedicated to the understanding and promotion of groundwater. The creation of the Allotment Centre [Artificial Growing Zone] which is a space leased out to students, agricultural scientists and other users interested in experimental agricultural methods. And finally, through a network of underground water channels are to be distributed to create pockets of allotment islands across the marshlands; a strategy to redefine the marshes as a direct reflection of the hidden conditions of the site.
'Cloud juice and the drama of weather was the title I gave to the thoughts that were inspired by the idea of a 'collection'. I was interested in the concept of the unpredictability of weather conditions and meteorological predictions. I wanted a location, which would explore the collision of these two conditions; the natural and the human, inside and outside. A window best represents a visual as well as a physical separation between the two states. The unpredictable weather outside reacts to the controlled room conditions inside creating a thin film of water on the windowpane. My proposed intervention used the condensation to trigger a larger system spanning the length of the window. The system consisted of a series of small-scale automata inspired mechanisms that inhabited different parts of the window. When the smallest fragment of condensation collects on the window’s surface, a circuit is completed and the mechanisms start to slide, swipe and push their way across the window’s surface. A minute intervention revealing a much larger landscape on the other side.
Urban ‘Pick Your Own’ Strawberry Farm. Productive Urban Landscapes and the framing of urban events in the city.
Design Team | Madeenah
The booth design for project Madeenah consists of a series of folding timber ‘A’ frames arranged to make two partitioning walls that enclose an inner seating area, with shelf spaces for doubled-sided storage and display. The Madeenah booth installed at the Nuqat Design Conference and UNDP’s World Cities Day allowed attendees to examine the methodology behind the Madeenah walking tours, partake in a series of mapping activities and engage with a carefully curated selection of books. The installation was designed to be modular, easily transportable and can be set up in a multitude of configurations for alternate modes of display and use. The ‘A’ frames were later re-used as a shelving system for the Madeenah studio space with custom wooden floating shelves distributed along steel rod supports.
Design Team | Madeenah
Proposal for the design of an exhibition to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of a Real Estate Company’s establishment. The exhibition will showcase the company’s main tenants; in addition to featuring key moments in the company’s history. The site, a shopping complex built in 1979, retains its distinct sense of authenticity in its material use and composition. Built as an indoor arcade, the building took advantage of its location to act as a commercial pedestrian passage between two main roads in the heart of Kuwait City. The installation will run along the length of this complex, expressing a physical timeline. Along the entire length of the timeline installation, important events of historical and cultural significance will be displayed using carefully designed visual devices or viewing ports.
