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Moment of Stillness

Project locationVaal Triangle
CompanyZahra Mohammadi
University/SchoolUniversity of Westminster
Lead ArchitectZahra Mohammadi

Moment of Stillness is a speculative architectural project exploring whether a temporary pause in human activity could become an opportunity for ecological repair. In response to environmental collapse and extractive systems,the project imagines a new relationship between architecture, material innovation,and space exploration. Agricultural waste, particularly corn cobs,is transformed into a bio-based material that absorbs atmospheric pollutants. Enhanced in low Earth orbit, it returns as a purifier skin for polluted industrial landscapes, reimagining architecture as an instrument for recovery