Graduate studio final project at McGill University. Recipient of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Medal 2022 and Royal Canadian Academy of Arts Arthur Erickson Prize.
As extreme weather events become more intense and frequent in the climate change era, this project finds the societal and political dynamics of the South Indian state of Kerala mitigate or adapt to the effects of flooding. The project is firstly an exposition on the dam as an architectural object at the confluence of mythology and technology and secondly a speculative near-future narrative where the projection of Kerala's present condition and current exploitation of resources will stage the critical issues of its landscapes to present their long-term consequences.
