Dominika Zofia Budzinska

Year 2 MArch

Nebulous Stewardship

Predicting Fog Movement and Harnessing Condensation
Isle of Scilly, St. Mary’s Island, UK

Nebulous Stewardship is a data-driven design response to the climate emergency-led water scarcity and local food system deterioration in the Isles of Scilly.

Using fog as an architectural medium and informed by nature-derived precedents like the Namib Desert beetle, the scheme reframes what hydrophilic architecture can be - an architecture that passively gathers, channels, and ethically cares for water. Introducing pioneering methods for modelling condensations, humidity gradients, and atmospheric states, the project develops new representational strategies to capture hydrophilic behaviour.

The project reframes what hydrophilic architecture can be (an architecture that actively gathers, channels, and ethically cares for water). And brings innovation, including pioneering methods for modelling condensations, gradients, and atmospheric states, to developing new representational strategies capable of capturing hydrophilic behaviour, facade with humidity‑responsive components etc.

Rooted in experimentation and shared stewardship, the scheme reimagines water governance as a collective civic experience, empowering communities and cultivating long-term resilience amid environmental uncertainty. It pushes the boundaries of sustainable design, bridging vernacular intelligence with experimental environmental design.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominika-budzi%C5%84ska-a55b751b5/