Designing a more symbiotic home

I designed and prototyped Spring, a compact automated growing environment, and an exploration of how homes can live more symbiotically with nature through everyday food production.

In collaboration with Ed Brial and Gabriel Bruckner

Key outcomes

Working prototype integrating hydroponics + controlled environment.

Demonstrated efficacy across diverse crop types.

Defined a scalable product vision of networked units and subscriptions.

Contributions

Designed the system architecture (hydroponics loop + sensing/control + enclosure).

Built and iterated prototypes through repeated grow cycles.

Shaped the product concept and user interaction model (mobile control + replenishment).

Indoor plant growing device with various green leafy plants inside a glass enclosure mounted on a wall, illuminated by a bright light.
Diagram of a smart greenhouse system with interconnected modules, including a greenhouse with plants and smaller containers for plant growth.
A white board displaying photographs and notes organized by a vertical black line labeled 'Strong Signal' at the top, with sections labeled 'Local' on the lower left, 'Global' on the lower right, and a 'Weak Signal' label at the bottom center.
People writing notes and ideas about farming moving to the city on a large sheet of paper. The notes include concepts like higher visibility of food production, increased small-scale local food, hydroponics, and synthetic food rise.
A laboratory incubator with a purple glow, containing seedlings, on a cluttered workbench with various bottles and spray bottles in front, in a workspace setting.
Close-up of small, round seedling starters in foam trays, with a tiny sprout emerging from one seedling.
A graphic illustration of a cross-section of fresh vegetables arranged from left to right in categories: pink oyster mushrooms, lions main mushrooms, South American rainbow, strawberries, Chinese greens, Italian stallions salad, modernist herbs, Thai herbs, Cannabis Sativa. An interactive smartphone overlay displays a shopping app focused on red hot chili peppers, with details about the peppers and an 'Add to cart' button.