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a bakery, a barbershop, and a bandstage.
in Charleston, SC.
Set on the site of Charleston’s first public housing project, this work confronts a legacy of erasure by operating in the in-between—a third layer referred to as (in)painting. Borrowed from art restoration and redefined through digital design tools, (in)painting becomes a method of spatial repair. The project resists the generic “historic sign goes here” narrative common in colonial cities, proposing instead a new typology that acknowledges and empowers a historically marginalized community. It serves as a case study in how rigorous research can generate both program and architecture.
a bakery, a barbershop, and a bandstage.
in Charleston, SC.
Set on the site of Charleston’s first public housing project, this work confronts a legacy of erasure by operating in the in-between—a third layer referred to as (in)painting. Borrowed from art restoration and redefined through digital design tools, (in)painting becomes a method of spatial repair. The project resists the generic “historic sign goes here” narrative common in colonial cities, proposing instead a new typology that acknowledges and empowers a historically marginalized community. It serves as a case study in how rigorous research can generate both program and architecture.