ideas that inspire. Public Art. Regenerative Architecture. Digital Media.
IGNEA LABS
An archival workspace where material experiments, performance geometry and built-space speculation meet.
01 — Projects Index
Archival Taxonomy
A working index of material studies, reconstructed installations and spatial scores produced by the lab.
IdxPlateCategoryYearTitleDescription
01
Material Study2024Refraction / 04Light-bending lattice prototypes for temporary pavilions.
Material Study2024Refraction / 04Light-bending lattice prototypes for temporary pavilions.02
Thermal Research2023Thermal / 11Phase-change material tests mapped across seasonal heat loads.
Thermal Research2023Thermal / 11Phase-change material tests mapped across seasonal heat loads.03
Archive2022Cloudy Thoughts — RevisitedDigital reconstruction of the 2013 cork-and-moss installation.
Archive2022Cloudy Thoughts — RevisitedDigital reconstruction of the 2013 cork-and-moss installation.04
Performance Schematics2021BLACK VELVET — Spatial ScoreStage geometry and lighting diagrams for the touring duet.
Performance Schematics2021BLACK VELVET — Spatial ScoreStage geometry and lighting diagrams for the touring duet.05
Publication2020In Void — Field NotesPaper topography as a study in negative space and audience flow.
Publication2020In Void — Field NotesPaper topography as a study in negative space and audience flow.02 — Team
Research Collective
Founder / Creative Director
Mirelle Martins
Artist and creative director working across installation, performance and digital research since 2010.
Research Lead
TBD
Responsible for material taxonomy, thermal studies and archival indexing.
Design Technologist
TBD
Builds interactive schematics, data visualisations and web-based experiments.
Archivist
TBD
Curates project documentation, source imagery and publication-ready assets.