Project by Xinyi Zheng
“Plastic Bloom explores the impact of plastic pollution on nature through a wearable body installation. The body is imagined as a plant struggling to grow in a plastic-dominated environment, where green clothing suggests life while plastic wrapping tightens and suffocates growth, revealing the fragile balance between beauty and contamination.
Geothermal Energy Extraction is an explanatory drawing that illustrates the full cycle of geothermal power generation, from exploration and drilling to energy conversion and reinjection. The project visualizes underground heat sources and highlights geothermal energy as a sustainable alternative within a global context.
Symbiotic HexaHive is a mobile architectural habitat designed to support urban bees in New York City. Through pheromones, color, shelter, and seasonal movement, the structure creates a shared environment where humans and pollinators coexist.
Synthetic Climates on Mars proposes modular atmospheric chambers that recreate Earth-like climates to support astronauts’ emotional and psychological well-being in extreme extraterrestrial environments.
