CONNECTING STATIONS

Core Team Member & Experience Designer

Cross-Cultural Design Collective

Connecting Stations is a design activist collective operating in the Middle East and beyond. We create immersive, gamified experiences that train participants to bypass political gridlock and "prototype" shared futures. Using a blend of physical game mechanics and digital tools, we construct temporary autonomous zones where diverse groups can practice radical empathy.

For the YouTopic Festival, we developed RiverViews, an immersive simulation game for youth from conflict zones (e.g., Armenia/Azerbaijan, Russia/Ukraine). The core mechanic centered on a "Riverboard", a physical interface merging participants' home rivers into a shared territory.

I developed the project's digital backbone: a Custom AI Agent that functioned as a "Cultural Blender."

The Process: Participants inputted symbolic objects from their rival cultures. The AI Output: The system generated Hybrid Artifacts and Speculative Rituals—new cultural forms that belong to neither side alone, but to a future "River Community". The Result: The AI didn't just summarize conversation; it visualized a tangible, shared heritage, allowing participants to see the potential of their coexistence.