Aberrant Dynamics

Ascension Island becomes a speculative climate rehearsal site, leveraging its history of human experimentation. Space debris is guided into controlled re-entry, increasing solar exposure while seed-embedded geotextiles raise ground temperatures. As heat intensifies, land imprinting methods, inspired by existing fauna, activate across the island to generate microclimates, habitat structures, and reef-forming substrates. The work tests how vegetation and species might respond within a provoked future ecology under extreme planetary conditions.

Speculative Design | Fall 2025 | Professor: Andrew Madl

Cut Scene Animation (Kate Jolly & Blake Burba)

Ascension Island Existing Timeline

Genealogical Infographic - Methods & Effects (C: Kate Jolly & Blake Burba)

Imprinting Island Section (C: Kate Jolly)

Master Plan (C: Kate Jolly)

Perspective I (C: Kate Jolly)

Land Imprinting Plan I - Highest Elevations (C: Kate Jolly)

Imprinting Animation

Perspective II (C: Kate Jolly)

Final Exhibit III

Final Exhibit IV

Ascension Island Existing Microclimate Diagram (C: Kate Jolly & Blake Burba)

Land Imprinting Plan III - Low Elevations (C: Kate Jolly)

Final Exhibit I

Perspective III (C: Kate Jolly)

Final Exhibit II

TerraRoll Imprinter Diagram

Land Imprinting Plan II - Mid Range Elevations (C: Kate Jolly)

Final Exhibit V

Ascension Island Projected Territorial Mapping/Key Players

Final Exhibit VI

TerraPush Imprinter Diagram

TerraLith Imprinter Diagram