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Sarah McCarthy

Framework

Tuesday, 12 May 2026

Learning to Learn

Inspired by the Dalton Plan, the Learning to Learn Framework unites pedagogy, curriculum, space, and technology. It reimagines education through three strands: assignment a digital hub where students access and prepare core content; lesson shifts classroom time from content delivery to teacher led analysis, guided discussion, and collaborative application, and study student driven enquiry, supported by adaptive Learning Centres for quiet, semi collaborative and collaborative study.

XiangXu

Burn Recovery Pressure System

Monday, 11 May 2026

Chrys

Chrys is a parametric pressure garment designed for pediatric burn recovery. Utilizing a gradient topology lattice structure, the system automatically densifies over scar tissue to deliver a precise therapeutic pressure of 25 mmHg, while maintaining breathability across healthy skin. The design features a modular identity system that separates medical functionality from the aesthetic layer. This enables young patients to customize the garment with interchangeable visual elements, mitigating treatment-related psychological stress through engaging personalization.

Qianshuang Song

Huizhou Architecture Renovation

Sunday, 10 May 2026

Beyond the Green Hills

Located in Yixian County, Huangshan, China, the project renovates a Huizhou style residence through reuse. The design follows a restrained approach, retaining the original wall and roof system while adapting interior spaces for current living needs. On site surveying and 3D scanning informed a digital model to support structural and spatial adjustments. Window proportions were modified to improve daylight and ventilation while respecting traditional logic. Split level lofts and a courtyard pavilion support spatial continuity and reinforce links with the surrounding landscape.

Mısra Özel

Bench

Saturday, 9 May 2026

Altered Heritage

This sculptural bench originates from parts of a damaged Italian console dating back to the early 20th century. Rather than restoring the missing sections, the design reinterprets the fragmented form through bold material interventions. Hand-carved beechwood is combined with Rosso Levanto marble and satin stainless steel to create a hybrid composition. The result is a functional seat that retains traces of its historical origin while presenting itself as a contemporary collectible object.

Hiroyuki Shinohara

Tea House

Friday, 8 May 2026

Suzumushi

Sounds of Suzumushi is a series of woven bamboo pavilions that reinterpret traditional basketry as inhabitable architecture. Using the Kagome weaving technique, long bamboo strips are interlaced to form lightweight, self supporting enclosures without mechanical fasteners. Digital modeling and structural simulation translate tacit craft knowledge into scalable construction, enabling forms from intimate seating to a pavilion for small gatherings. Filtered light, tactile surfaces and integrated sound create a calm sensory environment, renewing bamboo weaving as a contemporary social space.

OMNI•Chang’An Site Concept Show

Cultural Travel Performance

Thursday, 7 May 2026

Omni Chang’An Site Concept Show

Omni Chang’An is China's first large-scale site-specific conceptual theatre, a whole piece of stage performance based on the intangible cultural heritages of Shaanxi and driven by the most state of the art stage technology. The theatre is composed of 8 original parts carried in different dimensions and styles, Heming (Harmony), Nichang (The Rainbow Skirt), Yingren (The Imagined Man), Wanxiang, Chang’an, Chongyuan (The Reunion), Gongsheng (Interdependence) and Chuanqi (The Legend).

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