Ongoing project that consists of a collection of ceramic tiles created from images I manipulate into patterns of former residential homes that have been converted into Airbnbs or "luxury" apartments, stripping them of their original character.

Also including images of abandoned high-rise hotels and apartments, as well as half-abandoned high-rise condos that never achieved their tenant goals.  These are meant to mimic the traditional Puerto Rican style tiles

You're living all over me

 The consequences are both cultural and practical: the weakening of historical and social continuity, alongside the emergence of buildings that compromise sustainability and habitability within the Caribbean environment and undermines the historical and social fabric of Puerto Rican communities.

Ceramic tiles function in this project as both ornament and archive, carrying traces of cultural identity embedded within Puerto Rico’s architectural surfaces. As neighborhoods undergo rapid transformation, these surfaces are removed, covered, or replaced, marking visible sites of displacement. Traditional architectural features (sometimes protected under cultural heritage regulations)are increasingly substituted with designs modeled on mainland United States aesthetics. Beyond visual incongruity, these imported styles frequently disregard the environmental and social realities of the Caribbean, resulting in constructions poorly adapted to local climate, weather conditions, and patterns of living.

A central concern of the project is the erosion of Puerto Rico’s architectural identity, in which replacement operates both materially and symbolically as an erasure of cultural memory. Through repetition and pattern, tiles become metaphors for permanence and loss, reflecting cycles of demolition, renovation, and redevelopment that reshape communities.