As we contemplate emerging environmental, social and economic changes sweeping the planet, how could we rethink the ways we live, work, play and communicate? Could aging buildings, landscapes and infrastructure be re-utilized and modified to help us live more ecological, thoughtful and healthy lives?

Super Galaxy is an architectural system saturated in atmospheric and electronic phenomena. It is a nomadic enclave in an endless state of spatial and material flux. As it fluctuates between states of varying coherence (solidity, liquidity, and gaseousness), its inner structure maintains an invisible, yet definable pattern. It is a responsive system capable of dynamically interacting with its surroundings on many levels. It is in a constant state of motion as it calibrates and recalibrates relative to both real-time global datasets (weather, pollution, warfare, etc.) and local datasets (desired micro-climates, heat exchange, light and sound).

Date: 2005-Present
Location: San Francisco, CA
Design: Jason Kelly Johnson & Nataly Gattegno
Team: Beth Haber, Thomas Kelley, Carrie Norman

Press: David Gissen, Subnature: Architecture’s Other Environments; The Office Goes Open Air, San Francisco Chronicle (7/12/20)