Ella Rocker


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Constructive Chaos.
Making things make sense.

Constructive Chaos.
Making things make sense.

What I’ve Done:


Community Organizing + Experience Design 





R&D + Industrial Design 




Assisting 





Academic Work 


Fine Art 





Functional Pottery 

Programmable Mud Initiative 

Assistant | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 2022

Programmable Mud is a research initiative focused on reducing the negative climate impact of new construction through additive design, low-carbon material innovation, and interdisciplinary collaboration across MIT and beyond.”

As a technical collaborator and assistant to Sandy Curth, I oversaw material development, executed robotic and SCARA 3D printing workflows, and contributed to the design and fabrication of a digitally printed earthen bench (shown at right).

The research, methodologies, and material investigations from this project became key drivers of my Master’s thesis, Terranaut.


To learn more about programmable mud, click here