This project frames energy as a catalyst for post-war recovery, proposing a decentralized Energy Island complex integrating renewables, desalination, and food systems in Rafah, Gaza, as a scalable prototype for resilience and sustainability.
Project Medussa is a sustainable architectural proposal integrating controlled micro-greenhouses, hydroponic systems, and community education to conserve fragile ecosystems, optimize resources, and promote environmental awareness within sensitive tropical landscapes.
RISE transforms human and environmental health in informal settlements through water-sensitive, naturebased infrastructure. Working with communities and governments in Fiji and Indonesia, it delivers sanitation upgrades and evidence to scale resilient, equitable urban futures.
A critical site-specific approach grounded in the SDGs, students engage in month-long fieldwork in pressured regions. Collaborating with local communities, they test designs informed by context, gaining methodological, empathetic, and applicable architectural competencies.
This research analyzes the transforming urban landscape, considering the process of expansion of settlements, within the limits of the headwaters of the Sóter and Pindaré streams, in the Prosa basin, in Campo Grande, MS.