Fish Cube

As sea levels rise, it becomes important to consider how human construction will be used by fish in the future. For the last few years, SUPERFLEX has been engaged with ongoing research that has involved listening and learning from marine life in an effort to determine the needs and preferences of other species. Human architecture is based on 90-degree angles, but for fish and underwater creatures, the right angle is the wrong angle: they require maximized surface area and variations in shape. 

Fish Cube maximizes the surface area of a cube, a building block of human architecture, without producing any waste material. Using an innovative wire-cutting technique, the cube is cut into four equal parts so that when it is taken apart, it provides more habitable surface area for marine life. These parts can be arranged in any number of configurations, creating sculptural infrastructure that functions as art for humans and potential housing for fish. Fish Cube suggests that humans can start building with other species in mind, moving away from anthropocentric approaches and toward interspecies living. 

Fish Cube is developed by SUPERFLEX and KWY.studio.