Miner 75
A SCI-ARC thesis film with concept work, matte paintings, and VFX pre-visualization. I assisted Christian Pepper with production.
Related Projects
The Austere
CRITICAL MASS Student Choice Award, 2018A speculative project that imagines a near-future of climate catastrophe where corporations provide prefabricated housing tied to labor contracts. Originally a design-build proposal for the U.S. Solar Decathlon, I reformulated the work to explore how speculative design could feel more imminent and unsettling. Instead of distant hyperbole, the project grounded its extreme scenario in plausible economic and social trends, positioning it between architectural proposal, narrative fiction, and propaganda artifact. Exhibited as a large-format presentation board and later as an augmented reality installation, the work won the Student Choice Award at Critical Mass in 2018.
Earth Vis
An experiment in converting NASA climate data into a real-time VFX graph visualization. For this project, I built a system in Unity where a compute shader drives particles across a globe in polar coordinates, sampling precomputed flowmaps for wind speed and direction, while their trails change color based on temperature.
Bezeliness Intensifies
A series of light sculptures and pen-plotted transparent graphics exploring the aesthetics of frames and bezels through space-filling curves, packing algorithms, and reaction-diffusion simulations. The work blended 3D printing, pen plotting, reactive lighting, and other digital production techniques. It was installed in three locations: the UIUC School of Architecture, the Broadway Food Hall, and a six-month window display on Urbana's main street.
Guccibytes
An exhibition and print zine showcasing unfinished speculative pieces from our studio organization, Quipit, with a focus on revealing the often-unseen digital components of our work. The zine was printed on long scrolls wrapped around PVC lattices, with embedded QR codes linking to AR content in Wikar. Each contributor used the platform differently: some created virtual galleries, others showed complex models on virtual plinths, and I created a "3D portal" to show one of my miniature models staged in its fictional setting. The physical exhibition components were built from materials recycled from a previous project.