This project deals with the defamiliarization of conventional tectonics made possible through composite materials. The focus was to create strange scalar effects and mysterious joinery and seaming techniques, which create a sense of surprise and mystery not possible with mineral materials. The project explores how seams and components can begin to exhibit autonomy and avoid generalizing conditions often associated with construction systems by focusing on an exceptionally high degree of discreteness of components.

An integral part of this investigation was looking at ways of moving away from the homogenizing panelization promoted by parametric design. To achieve this, the possibilities of joints and seams to become jagged, near-figural, and even fake were examined. Joints and seams are no longer understood as the site of hardware, but rather of interlocking, friction-fitting, keying, and gluing.