2 family home on an urban lot with simultaneous communal and private experiences. 2 balconies, 2 bathrooms, outdoor shower, planted walls, large roof garden.
Flood proof and resistant to climate change. Living and utilities raised 12’ to be above flood plane. Hydropanels for clean water. Solar for electric. Gas-free.
In Progress
In 2022, I began experimenting with growing limestone from raw chemicals and waste materials.
The process was pioneered by Dr. Wolf Hilbertz in the 1970s as a form of ocean reef rehabilitation. As an alternative to using the ocean to source materials, we are doing it in a lab.
The limestone is grown in a saltwater tank over a course of 3 days to 3 months, depending on the object. The textures produced are echoes of their slow layerered underwater growth.
This electro-chemical process parallels the origin of life: warm freshwater from a seabed fissure meeting cold saltwater resulting in simple amino acids.
The system is zero waste, circular, and potentially carbon-neutral, just like life itself.
Using pure distilled water in the process produces pure white limestone. Tap water and rain water produce creams, reds and browns wholly unique to the location of its creation.
Devang Arvind Shah graduated from Parsons School of Design and is a licensed architect in New York State, with NCARB National Certification.
Recent projects include the flood-resistant Neptune House (2024-present), lab-grown limestone (2022-present), and sculpture Bed of Roses (2022), a finalist in the Times Square Arts competition.
NPR / Complex / NHK Japan / Wired / MIT Technology Review / Architects Newspaper / Architectural Digest / Vogue / Pitchfork / New York Times / Village Voice / Solare Design
ARRecent projects include the flood-resistant Neptune House (2024-present), lab-grown limestone (2022-present), and sculpture Bed of Roses (2022), a finalist in the Times Square Arts competition.
NPR / Complex / NHK Japan / Wired / MIT Technology Review / Architects Newspaper / Architectural Digest / Vogue / Pitchfork / New York Times / Village Voice / Solare Design
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registered architect New York State 038806
registered architect New York State 038806