CoCo C. Tin 田智婷 is a Hong Kong-born designer, strategist, and writer specializing in cross-cultural investigations and alternative ecologies. She is trained as an architect and works with global collaborators to bring complex worlds to life. Recent research includes oceanic protocols, climate technologies, and bygone commons.

Her interdisciplinary practice spans Design, Strategy, and Editorial — building forecasts, initiatives, brands, books, furniture, exhibitions, spaces, and experiences. 

Clients and collaborators include: Prada, Miu Miu, WSA, Aspen Art Museum, Canadian Centre for Architecture, OMA, Food Architects, Collective Studio, Harvard GSD, Princeton SoA, Cornell AAP, and more. Her writing has appeared in FAR-NEAR, Rumor Review, DISC, Pairs, and other peer-reviewed publications. Her work has been exhibited at the Venice Architecture Biennale, the Architecture Association, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, UN Climate Change Conference, Évora Museum, and other cultural institutions. 

She holds a post-professional M.Des from Harvard Graduate School of Design and a professional B.Arch from Cornell University AAP, both with Distinction and Awards. 

She currently lives in New York, is a Senior Strategist at 2x4, and most recently taught at Yale University.


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Algae Composite Panels

Category: Design, Material Innovation
Location: Boston, US
Year:
2023


A material investigation of algae’s aesthetic and mechanical properties in the creation of bio-based structural panels.

Global increases in fertilizer use, changing ocean circulations, and water temperatures have resulted in an exponential growth of seaweed around the world, especially in Florida and the Caribbean. Varying proportions of seeweed, sand, shell, water, and bio-binding agent are paired with compression drying techniques, formulating a method for panel production based in local economies and ecologies.

Harvard John A. Paulson School Of Engineering And Applied Sciences
In collaboration with Sarah Nicita











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