Drawing dust explores architectures potential to help inhabitants of The North Shore, California. Here particulate matter from the receding Salton Sea floods the surrounding neighbourhoods in toxic polluted air, for many young children, when the desert winds are strong and the dust is thick, leaving the house is not an option. 

The project builds upon conceptual model making to generate a building typology which utilise the strong dusty winds which plague the area, filters harness the prevailing winds to capture, funnel and clean the air, creating a dust free oasis inside. Here the architectural
components of the building are formed to perform this task themselves, utilising pressure changes to drive filtered air around the open plan school. Throughout the scheme these architectural filters go on to replace elements inside the school, becoming the ceilings, walls and fabric floors of the classrooms, helping to create internal variety and interest.