This project explores emergent design methodologies to create and test a dialogue of digitally fabricated ceramic and timber components. Timber is used as carbon sequestering structural elements for the building, while ceramics are used for their shielding and provide functions such as water collection, thermal mass, and bio-receptivity. This is done with the aim of mitigating the extreme effects of a changing climate in London, including flooding, drought and heatwaves. System principles are then used to design an architecture occupied by transient communities of protesters and students to help foster bottom-up change in a time of increasingly fascist government.

A focus on manufacturing techniques and build quality is emphasised throughout, in order to stress the importance of these factors on the longevity of the architecture and concurrently, its ecological impact. I believe that Architects should be as involved with the manufacturing process as much as possible in order to understand materials and their behaviours, creating a feedback loop which enhances design decisions. More advanced manufacturing methods can also enable physical designs which are closer to the complexity and beauty of nature, allowing architects to create systems of design rather than drawing by hand. The complexity and intelligence of design and manufacture should strive to integrate our made objects symbiotically with our ecosystem.