JELLYFISH
YIDUO (STEPHANIE) YAO
This platform dwelling is a robust concrete framework with lightweight infill components producing a layered facade. Elevated to safeguard against storm surges, the raised platform activates the understory with dynamic programs and verdant flora. Comprising three principal components—a heavy concrete srtucture, a delicately articulated interior housing layers of elements, and a spiral staircase ascending to the rooftop—the interior is modular and completely adaptable. By 2040, projections anticipate its transformation into an urban farm and food market sustained by local water collection thereby embodying a forward-thinking approach to adaptive architecture.