USC Architecture Xpo
This thesis explores how AI can be a transformative tool to reinterpret architectural forms by utilizing fashion design as prototypes. Although architecture and fashion differ in scale and function, they share similar design and fabrication techniques. By integrating garment deconstruction techniques with architectural form analysis, this research investigates how AI can identify and abstract geometric […]
This research explores how to integrate traditional Chinese garden principles into contemporary vertical garden skyscrapers, merging cultural heritage with modern sustainability. By applying concepts like borrowed scenery (借景), yin-yang balance, and symbolic plant use, these vertical gardens become urban sanctuaries that reflect harmony between built and natural environments. Utilizing materials such as steel, glass, and […]
A new formalism challenges modern value systems and a world engineered for order and efficiency. This thesis posits a new mode of contemporary design through the translation of typography’s syntactical elements into architectural tectonics. Similar to how architecture can be understood through tectonics and design language, typography is distinct by its anatomies and how these […]
This thesis, embodied in the video game “Blueprints of Destiny: Architects of Eldoria,” presents a novel digital design tool for architectural education and exploration. By integrating core design principles into an engaging and interactive experience, the game cultivates critical thinking, problem-solving, and resource management skills while offering a unique platform for experimentation and iterative design […]
This project is a contemporary evolution of Metabolist architecture, reimagined at the scale of the individual and rooted in ideas of adaptability, growth, and change. Unlike the vast urban megastructures of the original Metabolist vision, this project focuses on small, flexible modules that can be added, removed, and replaced over time – reflecting a more […]
The 21st century has witnessed an explosion in wireless communications. Increases in their variety, capacity and usage show no end. Cellular networks, ubiquitous wi-fi and satellites mean that wherever we go we can be tracked. Surveillance capitalism hijacks our attention, harvests our behavior and sells them back to us as personalized products. There is no […]
Modern architecture and urbanism have been shaped by carbon form- structures, materials, and spatial systems rooted in fossil-fuel capitalism and growth-driven metrics. This thesis proposes a radical decoupling from that paradigm through the concept of post-carbon form: an architecture no longer determined by extractive logics and instead operates within a regenerative logic that produces a […]
This prescriptive method, which integrates vernacular details and historical context with AI-driven design methodologies, produces a novel pattern language for architectural assembly that merges traditional wisdom with advanced technology, resulting in trend-resilient architecture that is culturally resonant, contextually aware, and repeatable. This exploration also serves as a case study for my future work, work that […]
This thesis redefines architectural authorship in the age of AI—not as the vision of singular auteurs, but as a collective, collaborative, and even anonymous. Using Étude-Based Research Methodology (EBRM) and Transdisciplinary Architectural Thinking, it explores architecture through open-ended études that expand the discipline and extend beyond it. Authorship is not established in isolation; it is […]
The port was once the only way for cities to participate in global trade and develop an international presence. But now, despite many ports still being utilized for export and import of goods in the largest cities around the world, they have become reduced down to industrial sites held back by old processes and systems. […]