The collection of drawings reflects a new conception of architectural texture, artificially produced and radically scaled. Here, texture is no longer tied to material specificity or the three-dimensional; it is amorphic as it transforms into two-dimensional artifacts into tactical images. Historically, texture has been an important aspect of building culture, the speculative nature of the indefinite materiality seen in each artifact is what creates juxtaposition between the syntax and synthesis of the drawings. Despite this fundamental shift toward the amorphic, architecture has failed to generate novel conceptions of texture; it has remained a matter of surface rather than it creating the architecture itself. Families of objects derived from specific qualities, such as lumpy, wrinkly, or bumpy, are drastically scaled to produce formal ambiguity. What appears in one instance as bumps on a surface shows up in another as stand-alone bumps, blurring the distinction between an underlying form and a surface-based texture. Further, texture informs the way objects aggregate as adjacent textures nest together in a series of loose fits. The drawings explore the nature of artifacts as pure texture, rendered in tone, and eidetic form.
Located east of Vatnajökull National Park in Iceland, the Folaldafoss Öix Observatory is designed as a remote yet deeply connected experience within the Icelandic landscape. Perched above the dramatic cliffs of the Folaldafoss waterfall, the structure offers panoramic views of both sky and terrain—bridging earth and cosmos for hikers, travelers, and locals.
The form draws from ancient Nordic shipbuilding techniques, reinterpreted through contemporary digital design processes. Fabricated from raw iron and timber, the observatory merges tectonic honesty with precision minimalism. Internally, a continuous linear aperture frames the horizon, allowing diffused light and shifting weather to animate the space.
This architectural gesture is both a viewing platform and a shelter—anchored to the rock yet hovering over the void. Its visceral materiality and tectonic clarity pay homage to Iceland’s geological volatility and cultural heritage. By rooting the structure in vernacular methods and natural materials, the design becomes a meditative vessel, evoking the primal connection between land, sky, and the human journey through them both.
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