Granular Refinement

Granular Refinement

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Exploring the Domino Sugar refinery across past, present, and imagined futures, from the refinement of sugar to the refinement of data. Using a red/grey/blue stereoscopic approach designed for 3D glasses, red marks the historic sugar refinery, grey the current office space, and blue a speculative data center. The overlapping channels allow for examination of the temporal layers simultaneously, revealing the texture and material decay. Here, the 3D glasses are both a lens and a conceptual device, making visible the hidden relationships between labor and urban decay.

Exploring the Domino Sugar refinery across past, present, and imagined futures, from the refinement of sugar to the refinement of data. Using a red/grey/blue stereoscopic approach designed for 3D glasses, red marks the historic sugar refinery, grey the current office space, and blue a speculative data center. The overlapping channels allow for examination of the temporal layers simultaneously, revealing the texture and material decay. Here, the 3D glasses are both a lens and a conceptual device, making visible the hidden relationships between labor and urban decay.

Site:

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Typology:

Spectulative Analysis

Spectulative Analysis

Spectulative Analysis

Partnered with:

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School:

Columbia University GSAPP

Columbia University GSAPP

Columbia University GSAPP

Professor(s):

Amelyn Ng, Didier Lucceus, Louis Fisher + Alex Ching-Chen Liu

Amelyn Ng, Didier Lucceus, Louis Fisher + Alex Ching-Chen Liu

Amelyn Ng, Didier Lucceus, Louis Fisher + Alex Ching-Chen Liu

Semester:

Fall 2025

Fall 2025

Fall 2025

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Any questions about me or my work? Reach out, and let's chat! I'm ready to listen, learn, and grow as a young designer.