Developed for the Urban Confluence Silicon Valley competition in San José, California, the project explores how architecture can emerge from biological principles rather than from a fixed formal composition. The proposal combines biomimicry, computational design and material research to imagine a new type of civic landmark in which structure, enclosure, landscape and public space operate as one integrated system.

The design investigates growth as an architectural method. Generative branching systems organize the primary structure, while bio-inspired material strategies create a porous and adaptive envelope. Water, vegetation, daylight and circulation are woven through the project so that the building behaves less like an isolated object and more like an inhabitable ecological framework connected to the landscape of San José.

Computational growth & ecological integration

Generative Structure

Bio-Material System

Living Infrastructure

Recursive branching rules generate the primary architectural framework. The system develops hierarchically from major supports into secondary and tertiary members, allowing structure, enclosure and circulation to emerge from the same computational logic.

The project investigates chitin-based and bio-inspired material strategies as an alternative to conventional synthetic construction. Material density, porosity and thickness respond to structural demand, environmental exposure and spatial requirements.

Landscape, water, daylight and movement are integrated into the architecture rather than treated as separate systems. Elevated paths, planted zones and open ecological spaces transform the landmark into an inhabitable public environment.

Drawings, renders & details