2G1/3G4 - ARCH 552 - FALL 2025
STUDENT
Chenguang Zhao
PROFESSOR
Neal Robinson
This project begins with the myth of a stranded Fish God and transforms its anatomy into architecture. By deconstructing the fish’s bones, membranes, and circulatory logics, the market becomes a hybrid organism that reveals supply-chain fragility and Milwaukee’s shifting relationship with its lake. Three narrative viewpoints—a fishmonger, an elder, and a child—anchor the project in daily rituals while raising questions of resilience and stewardship. The market ultimately proposes a public architecture where myth, ecology, and labor merge into a shared spatial and cultural memory.