Past Ideas
Archive. School and early work
Before Base Habitation, I spent years on speculative work: architecture for extreme places, small energy devices, competitions and objects. Most of it was made at Carleton University in Ottawa and at the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen. Hover a project to see it, click to open it.
- X-01Amazonia PierMaster's thesis, Copenhagen, 2016
A pleasure pier built over the industrial belt of Manaus, a city of two million in the middle of the Amazon. A playful critique of the Free Trade Zone that keeps the city alive.
- X-02Carbon GreenhouseSvalbard, 2015
Farming in the Arctic. A hydroponic greenhouse grafted onto a power plant, feeding on its waste heat, CO2 and water.
- X-03Bio-RigCarleton, 2014
An abandoned offshore oil rig off the Atlantic coast of Canada, repurposed as a platform for new sources of energy.
- X-04HinterlandsAA Visiting School
A workshop at Carleton for the AA Visiting School: a series of 3D scans of the Carbide Willson ruins in Gatineau Park.
- X-05Saline SparkDevice
A small battery for cold places. Road salt spread over shovelled snow melts down through the device and powers it.
- X-06Staying AfloatDevice
Palafittes Energia, an attachment for homes on stilts that wraps the wooden piles and lifts the house when the water rises.
- X-07Le DiamantCompetition, Saucier + Perrotte
Competition for Théâtre Le Diamant in Old Quebec with Saucier + Perrotte Architectes. Concept, technical drawings and 3D modelling.
- X-08Pavillon de verreCompetition, Saucier + Perrotte
Competition for the glass pavilion of the Jardin botanique de Montréal with Saucier + Perrotte. Concept, drawings, images and 3D modelling.
- X-09BohtenProduct design
Wooden sunglasses. I was lead designer for the Bohten team.
- X-10WS22Design-build
No glue, no screws. A studio workstation for the architecture school, built in three weeks with Melanie Nunez and Jennii Yu.
- X-11Fauna and Flora of SvalbardInfographic
Why Svalbard is so green for its latitude: warm Atlantic currents and huge bird colonies. Published in IdN.
Also: Personal Submissions, History of Brazil, Editorial Design, Branding.
Prizes and mentions
- 2017Honorable Mention, Fairy Tales Competition, Blank Space
- 2016Honorable Mention, European Architectural Medals, Best Diploma Projects, for Amazonia Pier
- 2016Prize, MAKING: Alternative Designs for Factories, for Amazonia Pier
- 2016Prize, Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, for Amazonia Pier
- 2016VOLA Prize recipient
- 2015Prize, ISArch Architecture Competition, for Carbon Greenhouse
- 2014Honorable Mention, AECOM Urban SOS, for Bio-Rig
Press and publications
- 2018Storytelling Architecture, Blank Space (print)
- 2018IdN v24n5, Infographics and User Interfaces (print)
- 2017Wired UK, online and print
- 2017MAKING: Alternative Designs for Factories (book)
- 2016Burrasca Magazine #5 (print)
- 2016Bored Panda, KooZA/rch, SuperArchitects, Next Top Architects, Archi-ninja, e-architect
- 2016Tidsskriftet Grønland, Greenland Design (print)
- 2015World Architecture, Perspective Global