philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA

University of Pennsylvania, PennDesign
critics: Marion WEISS & Michael MANFREDI (guest critic)

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Erin SAVEN & Ryan Rebecca WALL: In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, it has become imperative that architects respond to climate change by rethinking the role of infrastructure and responses to the water’s edge. Working Tidal seeks to provide a systematic yet flexible framework to accommodate high density housing, emerging aquatic field research, and natural habitats through the creation of a habitable constructed wetland.

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philadelphia PENNSYLVANIA

London Research Studio at the AA
University of Pennsylvania, PennDesign
critic: Homa FARJADI

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

Erin SAVEN & Ryan Rebecca WALL: Located in the Battersea area of London, this technology campus acts as an instrument of spatial ‘friction’, by treating ground, path and structure as a continuous volume that shifts, expands and contracts according to the concentration of people, light and activity.

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