Denial Architecture

Denial Architecture explores how rising seas are reshaping life in the Marshall Islands. What began as a project to document buildings at risk of flooding grew into a deeper investigation of how architecture holds stories of power, displacement, and resilience.

Using a technique called photogrammetry,  imperfect digital models of three structures were created: a towering bunker built to record nuclear tests; an American suburban-style bungalow intended to rehouse the Marshallese on Bikini Island, later abandoned when the land proved too contaminated; and a traditional home on Whoto, assembled from improvised materials so it can be rebuilt after storms and flooding. Through these forms, rising water becomes a powerful symbol; not only of the physical loss of land and homes, but of how histories can be submerged, silenced, or forgotten over time.