Collaboration

with Habitat for Humanity, Philippines

BASECO disaster rebuild planning 2019-2021

Subsequent to the completion of my BASECO thesis fieldwork and publication, I was contacted by Habitat for Humanity to collaborate with them, the residents and the government to rebuild a portion of the BASECO site after a devastating fire in 2019. They were interested in testing my design strategies in project.

Together with Habitat and the city of Manila, we explored feasibility of site, materials, sustainability measures and density factors. The design is based on incremental housing concepts and utilize water collection, urban gardening and modular construction.

This project has allowed me to apply my research and development to benefit the local residents withan impactful post-disaster transformation.

Due to Covid and change in government, the original planning was put on hold. In the future perhaps there will be a successful implementation of our proposal

Independent R&D 2014 - ongoing Global Oceanic Locations

Rescue Vessel is a personal research and design development that started in 2014, and is still in an ongoing development.

The objective is to design a vessel that can withstand long distance oceanic voyages including large rogue waves. The vessel provides semi-long term or short term housing with self sufficiency for energy, food production and modern city services. There is a nurturing hub where multi-cultural collaboration and integration is supported and integration activities provide a smoother transition for the residents arriving at new destinations. This project is intended to allow for scalability and various versions that can include close off shore use of retired vessels.

The vessel is a response to the increasing need to house political and environmental refugees in all parts of the world. The number of those in need for shelter and healthy integration will only increase within the next decade due to climate change related pressures. This is intended to be one possible part of the solution. The fleet could include renovated de-commissioned cruise, container barges and military ships.

"Floating City", Global Oceanic Locations

R&D for The Seasteading Institute

2012-2014

Floating city originates from personal research and design development informed by initial research and guidelines provided through my Ambassadorship at the Seasteading Institute from 2021-2017.

The objective is to design a floating city that can survive in the ocean and is capable of re-organization and location change. The development should provide long term housing, food production, schools, hospitals and general city services with energy and food self sufficiency. The design has limitations set from research developed by the Dutch firm Delta Sync / Blue 21. The ideal form is a hexagon or pentagon base with maximum of two stories and the ability to re-orient the units. With rising sea levels, these cities could become a reality sooner than we think.

Malmö in-fill development in Västra Hamnen

Environmental studies

Lund University, 2018

At the opening of western harbor with a connection to Malmö central and the beach, this empty lot and former navel academy has extreme wind yet advantageous solar position.

This proposal is designed for optimal wind mitigation, solar maximization, and shadow minimization in a dense housing area.

Simulation outcomes informed the building typologies and decided positions of greenhouses, urban farming, outdoor activities, housing and community services.