A visual research methodology was applied to investigate in-situ informal settlements 'retrofitting' that is user-specific, site-specific, micro-scale, affordable, smart, light and scalable infrastructures that enable, support and strengthen the growth of existing micro-scale socio-economic activities: creating/cultivating an enabling architecture/platform for already occurring ‘events’ and ‘everyday’ rituals in the informal settlement.

The project explores the interplay between physical space and the experiences of stages of migration. It takes on the form of a pit-stop for migrants. The project questions and highlights laws of entry and exit and manipulates rules from the conventional harbor or airport, as a critique on current border-policing.

As part of our ongoing research into Caves, we have published a short film that charts a survey of the Mbai Caves network, in Paradise Lost, Nairobi, Kenya.

Through a simple survey of an innocuous cave in Africa, we discuss architecture from a geological, political and cultural standpoint. Our "wild" proposition is to begin curating from here the vast network of evidence or in fact artefact sites of humanity's impact on this planet. Cultural events in the
arts would be integrated to bring greater awareness to the age we live in.

The idea of constructing customised hyper-performing economic sites has deep relevance for a city seeking to chart its next wave of transition, particularly in the face of macro-economic volatility. This project unveils the enclaves, their modes of production, and the architecture within these sites that supports these modes of practices.

The brief was to create a more contemporary, open-plan living area for the family, that re-established the flow of the house and improved the general aesthetic of the home, while also re-connecting the back garden to the house to create indoor/outdoor living, as well as for the children to enjoy.