{"id":116328,"date":"2025-07-09T10:52:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T14:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/?post_type=metro_program&#038;p=116328"},"modified":"2025-07-22T09:46:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T13:46:01","slug":"alexandra-croft-seapunk-design-rethinks-waste-water","status":"publish","type":"metro_profile","link":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/profiles\/alexandra-croft-seapunk-design-rethinks-waste-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandra Croft\u2019s Seapunk Design Rethinks Waste and Water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1300\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//04//63754-02-1.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-02-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-02-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-02-1-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-02-1-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-02-1-1536x998.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">For her project, Intermediary Softness, RISD Assistant Professor Debbie Chen, working with graduate research assistants including Alexandra Croft, created a water-collecting structure at RISD\u2019s Tillinghast Place. The lightweight structure\u2019s shingles, which Croft contributed to the design and fabrication of, dance in the wind, directing water into small catchment pouches.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group article-header_intro none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"article-date\" aria-label=\"Post Date\">July 9, 2025<\/p>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Alexandra Croft\u2019s Seapunk Design Rethinks Waste and Water<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"summary size-regular\">Blurring the lines between land and sea, the RISD master\u2019s student explores waste systems through a sensorial, nonlinear, and ecologically attuned design practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>By: <\/span><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"//tag//alice-bucknell/">Alice Bucknell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"social-share\"><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.facebook.com//sharer//sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Falexandra-croft-seapunk-design-rethinks-waste-water%2F\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.linkedin.com//sharing//share-offsite//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Falexandra-croft-seapunk-design-rethinks-waste-water%2F\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M4.98 3.5c0 1.381-1.11 2.5-2.48 2.5s-2.48-1.119-2.48-2.5c0-1.38 1.11-2.5 2.48-2.5s2.48 1.12 2.48 2.5zm.02 4.5h-5v16h5v-16zm7.982 0h-4.968v16h4.969v-8.399c0-4.67 6.029-5.052 6.029 0v8.399h4.988v-10.131c0-7.88-8.922-7.593-11.018-3.714v-2.155z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"http:////pinterest.com//pin//create//button//?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Falexandra-croft-seapunk-design-rethinks-waste-water%2F&amp;description=Alexandra+Croft%E2%80%99s+Seapunk+Design+Rethinks+Waste+and+Water\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"> <path d=\"M12 0c-6.627 0-12 5.372-12 12 0 5.084 3.163 9.426 7.627 11.174-.105-.949-.2-2.405.042-3.441.218-.937 1.407-5.965 1.407-5.965s-.359-.719-.359-1.782c0-1.668.967-2.914 2.171-2.914 1.023 0 1.518.769 1.518 1.69 0 1.029-.655 2.568-.994 3.995-.283 1.194.599 2.169 1.777 2.169 2.133 0 3.772-2.249 3.772-5.495 0-2.873-2.064-4.882-5.012-4.882-3.414 0-5.418 2.561-5.418 5.207 0 1.031.397 2.138.893 2.738.098.119.112.224.083.345l-.333 1.36c-.053.22-.174.267-.402.161-1.499-.698-2.436-2.889-2.436-4.649 0-3.785 2.75-7.262 7.929-7.262 4.163 0 7.398 2.967 7.398 6.931 0 4.136-2.607 7.464-6.227 7.464-1.216 0-2.359-.631-2.75-1.378l-.748 2.853c-.271 1.043-1.002 2.35-1.492 3.146 1.124.347 2.317.535 3.554.535 6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12 0-6.628-5.373-12-12-12z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=https://metropolismag.com/"mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Falexandra-croft-seapunk-design-rethinks-waste-water%2F&amp;subject=Alexandra+Croft%E2%80%99s+Seapunk+Design+Rethinks+Waste+and+Water\%22 target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12 12.713l-11.985-9.713h23.97l-11.985 9.713zm0 2.574l-12-9.725v15.438h24v-15.438l-12 9.725z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column empty-header-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap size-regular\">A sensitivity to the senses, the affective registers of nonlinearity, and the complexity of transitional spaces\u2014environmental and otherwise\u2014characterize <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////issuu.com//alex.l.croft//docs//croft_portfolio/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alexandra Croft<\/a>\u2019s (M.Arch <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////www.risd.edu///">RISD<\/a>, 2025) design practice. From speculative-fiction seapunk communes that deal in oyster reciprocity to gargantuan gill-shaped rain-capturing pavilions moored on disappearing beaches, Alexandra\u2019s&nbsp;work&nbsp;and interests&nbsp;oscillate across architecture, art and design, inhabiting\u2014much like her preferred site of coastal regions\u2014a murky in-betweenness.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//04//63754-03-791x1024.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-03-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-03-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-03-768x994.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Alexandra Croft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Challenging Traditional Water Infrastructure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Croft\u2019s \u201ccoast-to-coast\u201d perspective manifests in projects that tackle waste systems, flood futures, water infrastructure and the need to imagine beyond the linear-progressive \u201ccrash\u201d course of the Anthropocene. Her work as a graduate research assistant for Assistant Professor Debbie Chen on Intermediary Softness (2023\u20132024)\u2014a gossamer fabric-shingle pavilion for holding rainwater on RISD\u2019s own beachfront property\u2014make the case for a softer \u201ccatch-and-release\u201d response to the stubborn bureaucracy of many <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//profiles//future100-architecture-students-power-of-water///">water infrastructure projects<\/a>, which supports her interest in the scale. Alongside Good\/Poor (2023), a sculptural installation that riffs on the American Framing pavilion at the <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//viewpoints//a-south-40-architecture-venice///">2021 Venice Architecture Biennale<\/a> to challenge rigid binaries in wood construction, Alexandra\u2019s work embraces a material sensitivity, exalting in the pleasures and possibilities of becoming fluid and open to adaptation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1350\" src=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//wp-content//uploads//2025//04//63754-06.jpg/" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-06.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-06-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-06-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-06-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/63754-06-1536x1037.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Courtesy Alexandra Croft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ecological Methods of Construction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Meanwhile, Ground Unit (2024) and The Cloyster (2023) radiate outward to a system scale, embracing new social and ecological frameworks for surviving with\u2014not against\u2014the rising tides and resources panic brought on by anthropogenic climate change. Ground Unit digs into the urban noir of <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////metropolismag.com//viewpoints//schooled-what-is-infrastructure///">waste systems<\/a> in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, offering a kind of pneumatic soil bank that breathes in contamination and breathes out remediation. The Cloyster, set along the ever-expanding salt marshes of New Bedford, Massachusetts\u2019s Acushnet River, dabbles in a speculative <a href=https://metropolismag.com/"https:////betterworld.coop//sectors//sector-housing///">seapunk living co-operative<\/a>, rewiring notions of private property into a community land trust within the briny embrace of a changing planet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">After she graduates, infrastructural intrigue and watery persuasions may lead her on to a postgraduate summertime venture in Belgium, where she hopes to further deepen her study of carbon-conscious earthen construction between liquid and land. By embracing the choppy current of our environmental future, Croft\u2019s practice will remain buoyant wherever it takes her\u2014and us\u2014next.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:60px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"comment size-regular\">Would you like to comment on this article? 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