TERRA-X by TECTONIC ASSEMBLIES is one of six projects that emerged from the mentorship of the Godrej Design Lab Fellowship in 2025. The fellows exhibited their projects and processes at the Concious Collective in December 2025.
As a unique wall system, TERRA-X, developed by four designers, articulates a performative block system atomised to enhance passive cooling in region-specific construction. Through iterative prototyping, the team examined existing precedents, tested fabrication methods, and assessed scalability and costs. By wire-cutting blocks into varied geometries, TERRA-X enables breathable wall assemblies while offering distinct, customisable visual expressions.
In its making, TERRA-X is an object of cultivated experimentation whose origins lie in a studio-led research framework – Tectonic Assemblies at CEPT University undertaken in Spring 2025. The collaborators worked intensively with students over an initial four-month period generating twenty-eight investigations, from which one was selected for deeper development. This trajectory centred on thermal comfort, foregrounding whether a single repeatable block could replace or integrate into conventional masonry systems while performing as a passive cooling device.
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