Dwellings (2017) is a temporary site-specific installation in a public park in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Constructed from discarded residential shutters found on Craigslist, the work consists of three collapsing houses installed directly on the landscape.

The project began with my interest in the idea of home—not as a fixed place, but as something inherently fragile. By building houses entirely from shutters, architectural elements associated with privacy and protection, I transform symbols of security into unstable structures that appear to sink into the ground. Installed within an everyday public park, Dwellings introduces a subtle disruption to a familiar environment, inviting viewers to reconsider the relationship between shelter, vulnerability, and belonging.

Exhibited
Herbert Von King Park, Brooklyn, 2017

Medium:
Temporary site-specific installation
Found wooden shutters
Approx. 4 × 5 ft each structure