An Erratic Act

MIT

An exploration of authorship and landscape, this graduate thesis investigated the afterlife of a decommissioned granite quarry in coastal Maine. Using the geological erratic as metaphor, it examined architecture as an external artifact repositioned within altered terrain. Through staged solo acts, drawings, and models, the work critiqued extractive histories while probing what it means to claim space for oneself in architecture. The project framed authorship as temporal and iterative, unfolding across parallel mediums.

Fig 1: Printed book copies Fig 2: ToC

Fig 3: Book spreads, 600+ pages

Fig 4: Cumulus clouds in Maine

Fig 5: Dwelling on the island Fig 6: Bump map of the model

Fig 7: Aerial view of the island

Fig 8: A derrick Fig 9: The residency dwelling

Fig 10: Vestiges of the granite quarry Fig 11: Flora

Fig 12: Blender BTS