Looping Back
Aligning with the SKN aterlier’s post-humanist approach, The Relational Museum is democratising and inclusive, meant to respond to rather than resolve conflicts, designed to platform non-human actors while providing fragmented communities a space to connect with one another and the world around them. Consisting of gallery spaces, as well as a fungi farm, greenhouse, and a communal dining room, three symbiotic nodes form a loop that echo the natural processes of decomposition and regeneration. Inspired by the resistance of fungi in the face of constant development and demolition on site, the museum platforms them as an active participant and curator of the museum’s programme. Grown onto recycled timber column bodies and decomposing them over time, fungi plays the role as an important evolving exhibit.
My design ethos is narrative-and context-driven. I believe hat architecture should be process-led and groundedin its site, honouring cultural and ecological histories, engaging with the present, while accomodating for the future. My goal is to create meaningful, purposeful architecture regardless of scale, acting with awareness of the biodiversity crisis and social inequalities.
