Dani Epstein
 

"Designed Impermanence" is a critical methodological deconstruction of our built environment. Our existence is shaped by hierarchies of craft and materials, conformed perceptions, and socioeconomic contextual forces. Recognizing these tendencies and desires is crucial for proposing reimagined futures. Through redesigning physical parameters and configurations, visual provocations were created to challenge perceptions surrounding time, adaptation, and materiality.

This research centered around four themes: material craft ecology, adaptive alchemical constructions, reactionary behavioral assemblies, and evolving responsive systems. Through experimentation and research, these were synthesized to disrupt typical sensemaking by contextualizing how methodologies exist amid environmental tensions. Passive indicators of heat, humidity, and time acted as agents metamorphosing the methodologies while maintaining evolving relevance.This strain and agency symbolically provoke shifts in our understanding and attunement in our perceptions of change by providing space for contemplation through constructional aesthetics celebrating transformation.

 

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