Heteromorphic Geospatial Tessellations

Heteromorphic Geospatial Tessellations investigates the integration of multiple tessellation logics within the structure of a traditional rectilinear urban grid. This project addresses a fundamental geometric challenge: how can divergent spatial systems such as radial, hexagonal, and triangular configurations be embedded within and reconciled against the dominant Cartesian logic that typically governs city layouts?

Each composition introduces a localized transformation in tessellation type, creating zones of geometric divergence within an otherwise uniform rectangular framework. These morphic insertions represent alternate spatial programs such as parks or non-built environments through shifts in the underlying spatial logic.

The project operates at the intersection of geometric formalism and urban systems thinking. It focuses on parametrizing and representing differentiation at the level of structure. The work offers a diagrammatic study of spatial hybridity and highlights the tensions and transitions that occur when multiple organizational logics coexist within a unified geospatial field.

An accompanying animation explores these transitions further, presenting a temporal unfolding of how heterogeneous tessellations might emerge, expand, and stabilize within a larger rectilinear matrix.