Milan Design Week 2025
April 2025
As part of the Central Saint Martins MA Material Futures exhibition in Milan Design Week 2025 at Dropcity, I presented Reclaimed Soils, a research-led project exploring how conflict-contaminated land can be transformed into bioremediating building materials. Using Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP), microorganisms bind polluted soil into solid bricks, helping immobilise heavy metals such as lead and zinc, common in war-scarred terrain.
Central Saint Martins
Graduation Show 2025
June 2025
The MA Material Futures Graduation Show marked the culmination of two years of interdisciplinary research and experimentation at Central Saint Martins.
I presented Reclaimed Soils, a project exploring how conflict-contaminated land can be transformed into bioremediating building materials. Using Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (MICP), I work with microorganisms to bind polluted soils into solid bricks that help immobilise heavy metals such as lead and zinc, reframing damaged ground as a source of regeneration, memory, and healing.
The exhibition served as both a public platform and a milestone.
Here. Design | Beautillity Collective
December 2024
Reclaimed Soils as part of The Winter Series 2024: Waste Not, Want – Circularity and Desire talks by The Beautility Collective from Here., and hosted by Solus.
Exploring how design, biotechnology, and memory can converge to restore damaged landscapes and reframe narratives of waste. The event brought together powerful reflections on the relationship between desire and circularity, asking how we can design not just with sustainability in mind, but with care, curiosity, and intention.
