Michaela Dawe

Michaela grew up in Manhattan with her mother, father, and little sister. In her undergraduate career, Michaela studied Spanish, French, German, and Early Childhood Education, in addition to her degrees: a major in English Literature and a minor in Music. In 2019, Michaela graduated from NYU’s London Master’s in Historic and Sustainable Architecture program, cementing her desire to design with careful regard for the existing world. In her personal time, Michaela enjoys painting, traveling, and quilting. She has dreams of trekking the Inca Trail and returning to Nepal to bungee again.

Mountain carved and built up into platforms then painted orange, white, teal, and blue.

Carvings and Aggregates: New Prototypes for Cappadocia’s Rock Architecture II Yasmin Goulding, Michaela Dawe

Fallen rocks and debris clustered at the base of a mountain painted many colors.

Carvings and Aggregates: New Prototypes for Cappadocia’s Rock Architecture II Yasmin Goulding, Michaela Dawe

The broken pieces of stone from the cliffside tumble down the whitecaps to create new aggregate at the bottom of the valley.

Carvings and Aggregates: New Prototypes for Cappadocia’s Rock Architecture II Yasmin Goulding, Michaela Dawe

An isolated wall and window with excavating texture and blue and silver paint.

Carvings and Aggregates: New Prototypes for Cappadocia’s Rock Architecture II Yasmin Goulding, Michaela Dawe

Use of coloration, breakage, and ornamentation to create a sense of continuity and coherence between the different parts of this buildings chunk.

Carvings and Aggregates: New Prototypes for Cappadocia’s Rock Architecture II Yasmin Goulding, Michaela Dawe

These ruins are cut and polished to create new interventions. This act of natural erosion creates a constantly changing scenario that celebrates the inherent variability of the material.

Carvings and Aggregates: New Prototypes for Cappadocia’s Rock Architecture II Yasmin Goulding, Michaela Dawe

Michaela Dawe

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