Lilly Saniel-Banrey

Designer of many things. Sowing joy and wellbeing into the details of everyday life. Currently at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. See a full scope of work including architecture, graphics, objects, and documents. Or just see my current projects.



Loose Ends
Lean-tos
+ Backdrops

Harvard Graduate School of Design
Studio led by Jennifer Bonner
Site / Chelsea, MA
(partnered project- all media an exclusive effort, Renderings in collaboration with Kirsten Sexton)

Through the lens of the still life, contemporary media culture, and the shifting urban condition of Chelsea, Massachusetts, this project proposes loose ends, lean-tos, and architectural backdrops as a new aesthetic for urban housing models and as an expedient densification device. Large CLT additions protect existing office structures, transforming an existing office block into over 500 beds and 100,000 square feet of public programming. The architectural gestures are caricatures in nature, exaggerrating an existing blankness or monotony present in multi-family design. This exaggerated blankness is punctuated by moments of collective impulse and energy.