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The rising ocean becomes a catalyst of metamorphosis, transforming marine ecosystems and architecture in a narrative of climate speculation.

The Disappearance of Garden Island

The Disappearance of Garden Island explores climate fiction through an integrated lens that enmeshes the consequence of eco-catastrophe with the transformation of a mechanised apparatus. This project begins with the proposal of a museum, one that aims to commemorate marine species and habitats lost to the warming and acidification of the sea. Prospecting how architecture can engage with the volatile environment, an entity of fabrication becomes the buoyant divide between the museum and the eventuality of submergence. The museum and the ‘machine’ continue to rise with the expanding sea, hypothesising an architectural vision of disappearance in a speculative deteriorating landscape.

As the Sydney Harbour becomes permanently altered, the Exhibition of Fossils and Lost Species commemorates marine lives and ecosystems lost to the warming and acidification of the sea.

As the Sydney Harbour becomes permanently altered, the Exhibition of Fossils and Lost Species commemorates marine lives and ecosystems lost to the warming and acidification of the sea.

Meanwhile, the rest of the building performs as a self-generating 'machine', cultivating the ceaseless production of the museum within the premise of the floating tower.

Meanwhile, the rest of the building performs as a self-generating 'machine', cultivating the ceaseless production of the museum within the premise of the floating tower.

Alongside the museum, the ‘machine’ also fabricates the tower’s façade as an experimentation of both the construction methodology of 3D printing and the sampling of materials in response to erosion.

Alongside the museum, the ‘machine’ also fabricates the tower’s façade as an experimentation of both the construction methodology of 3D printing and the sampling of materials in response to erosion.

The tower is anchored by four supporting towers, which act as vertical pillars that guide the building as it continues to float with the rising ocean.

The tower is anchored by four supporting towers, which act as vertical pillars that guide the building as it continues to float with the rising ocean.

Aside from the ‘machine’, the lower 6 levels also shelter an integration of research centres and fabrication labs for underwater habitats and artefacts, such as sea walls and benthic structures.

Aside from the ‘machine’, the lower 6 levels also shelter an integration of research centres and fabrication labs for underwater habitats and artefacts, such as sea walls and benthic structures.