A botany College & A Seed Preservation Museum that Lasts in an Apocalypse World
My final year project, Botany College and Seed Preservation Museum, unfolds in a world reshaped by collapse—where architecture becomes a quiet act of care, repair, and resistance. It is a place where knowledge is buried like seeds, waiting to bloom again. The building rises from remnants: fragments of a forgotten gas holder, weathered shipping containers, walls of compacted earth. It is not a monument, but a living system—designed to adapt, decay, and regenerate with time.
Technically, the project is grounded in sustainable and circular design principles. Reclaimed steel, rammed earth panels, timber, and reused containers were carefully chosen for their low embodied carbon, decomposability, and capacity for disassembly. The structural strategy combines prefabricated and site-adapted elements to reduce waste and allow for long-term flexibility.
Material lifecycle mapping, climate projections, and biodiversity planning support a holistic environmental response. Native and migratory species are accommodated through integrated planting strategies, contributing to ecological richness and habitat resilience.
Throughout my architectural education, I’ve developed an interest in how design can operate between reality and imagination—responding to urgent conditions while proposing alternative futures. My previous work has explored issues of material legacy, cultural continuity, and adaptive reuse in post-industrial contexts.
These investigations have shaped a practice that is both technically informed and deeply values-driven. I believe architecture must challenge linear thinking and instead embrace cycles of reuse, decay, and renewal.
Looking ahead, I am committed to pursuing work that bridges climate adaptation and narrative-driven design—projects that experiment with how we might live otherwise, and that position architecture not as a fixed solution, but as an evolving part of larger ecological systems.
