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Visualizing Care: Mudbrick at MohenjoDaro

By Uzma Z Rizvi

"LIAVH (a research accelerator) has done experiential work with mudbrick in Pakistan, and is now working on experimenting with 3D printing mudbrick which aims at combining ancient and contemporary technologies. In addition to the mudbrick display, we will also display the current data visualization work that we have developed around our data accessibility mission for archaeological work at MohenjoDaro, Pakistan.

As the work is still on-going, I have included some of our in-process images from the experiments that we are currently doing in the materials lab at Pratt. I consider this to be the second part of the exhibition ""Visualizing Care"" that will open on April 3rd in ARC LL F-09 -- the display at the ROH will focus in on the materials study of organic and sustainable building materials."

A man works in a messy studio space with scattered clay residue and tools on a large central table. He is holding a caulking gun, and various containers and equipment are visible in the background, suggesting an active material or fabrication lab.
A rectangular woven composite material sample, likely fiberglass, lies on a green cutting mat with a black spool of filament nearby. The surface of the sample shows a detailed crisscross weave pattern.
From left to right: Kelly Hayes McAlonie, Carisima Koenig, and Kory Smith at the 2025 NASCUP conference
A dual-monitor computer setup displays a robotic simulation in Rhino on the left and a Grasshopper visual programming script on the right. The desk holds various objects, including a coffee cup, a meal container, and tech accessories.
Four neatly cut rectangular blocks of reddish-brown clay are arranged in a square formation on a plastic sheet over a dark surface. The clay appears moist with visible tool marks and texture variations.

  • Uzma Z Rizvi

    Uzma Z. Rizvi is an anthropological archaeologist. She received a PhD in Anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. She specializes in the…