This installation turns my personal story of displacement and craving for belonging into a ritual workspace built from clay circles and projected memories. Each clay circle represents a memory from my search for belonging like the village hay wheel (childhood safety), the carpet city (imagination refuge), the coin (displacement between schools), and the stone (crossing borders). It is also projected on pillars however there is a final fifth circle which remains unfinished, a question mark that invites my course mates to interact and press their hands into the clay and help complete the set. Inviting others to help finish the circle turns a private memory into a public ritual. Which shows that belonging is not an idea to chase but a practice we build together, through simple acts of maintenance and care.

I chose clay because it demands patience and touch. Clay dries and cracks without maintenance, so working with it slows us down and makes us present. It’s a perfect material to show that care and attention must be an ongoing action.

As a person who lived in many places and felt in-between, I want to show how design can help people feel included in the space. Sharing space with dear people is far more important than furniture or technology. I hope this work helps everyone feel a little more seen, a little more included, and a little less alone.