A collaborative work with Claire Cleland, the Moth Man arose from a brief to create a client, work and live space within a Shelf City.

The Moth Man was to be an elderly gentleman who had type 1 Osteogenesis imperfecta, and due to his condition, he developed an affinity with moths and the delicacy of their wings. 

With a focus on the Moth Man’s obsession with his moths the scheme had his living quarters revolving around a massive viewing gallery with a single light source and angled walls to maximise the shadows. The Moth Man would then view the moths and the shadows within this space, much like how one might go to watch fish swim around in an aquarium.

For the living quarters, pods where envisioned. Taking key concepts from the outdoor fireplace designed by Haugen/Zohar Architects, the aim was to create semi-solid walls that would allow pockets of light to freely flow through, allowing the moths further light points to play with. Additionally, the pods were significant for the client's sense of getting closer to the moth, with the pods symbolically representing the cocoons from which the moths emerge.