Project Tag: London
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Fleet Gin Distillery
Fleet Gin is a distillery in Farringdon. The site for the project lies about 100m north of Farringdon station and is occupied by a trench hosting the metropolitan line. Enclosing this trench yields a new, highly constrained plot, requiring both bespoke technical solutions and a speculative spatial proposal. Located between Exmouth market and Smithfield market,…
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The Baron in the Trees
Inspired by Italo Calvino’s “The Baron in the Trees”, this project calls for the return of the contemporary citizen to the rural by sharing habitats with an arboreal flora and fauna. The technical ambition for the building is to take the form of a tree house. It consists of a nursery in Epping. This nursery…
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A Reinterpreted Wardian Case
“Wardian case, or vivarium, enclosure with glass sides, and sometimes a glass top, arranged for keeping plants or terrestrial or semi-terrestrial animals indoors. The purpose may be decoration, scientific observation, or plant or animal propagation.” Britannica, 2022 This project is a contemporary reinterpretation of the wardian case in an urban context, allowing for safe and…
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Raindrop Instrument
This interactive installation consists of a steel frame hosting 8 platforms, water drippers and medical blood bags, exploring the acoustic qualities of rain and how sound responds to material. Materials found at Bow Creek are subjected to the impact of artificial rain drops. The user interacts with the piece through two channels. Frequencies at which…
Leo Kauntz Moderini 