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Hi, I'm Tristan.

design is my passion.

Environmental Design student at OCAD University, working across architecture, urban design, product design, and photography.

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01 About

Rooted in design,
growing with
purpose.

Tristan Nascimento

Hi, I'm Tristan a Bachelor of Design student at OCAD University specializing in Environmental Design, graduating 2027.

My overall work explores the connections between sustainability, spatial experience, and human-centered design. My architectural work sits at the intersection of ecology and built form seeking to give something back to the city around it with my thesis being centred on the integration of green infrastructure in urban architecture. Outside of this I often find myself creating and designing a lot of projects, from bikes to posters to even starting a small buisness. I love designing and creating not only for myself but for others to enjoy.

keep scrolling and you'll find, that this website isnt all i've designd...

Urban Environmental Design
Environmental Architecture
Green Infrastructure
Product Design
Photography
Graphic Design
Rhino
SketchUp
Fusion 360
AutoCAD
Adobe Creative Suite
Physical Model Making
JavaScript / HTML & CSS

02 Work

Selected Projects

The Power Plant
Thesis Architecture 2025–2026
01

The Power Plant

Integration of green ramps in a community art centre. Explores how green infrastructure can be meaningfully woven into existing urban buildings — not as an add-on or mandate, but as a structural and social gesture.

Lip Gloss Tube Squeezer
Product Design Etsy
02

Lip Gloss Tube Squeezer

A self-designed and produced tool that squeezes every last drop from lip gloss tubes. Designed, made, and sold independently through the designd.tn Etsy shop.

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Urban Design Architecture
03

coming soon

Mixed-use residential tower integrating a productive vertical farm into the building envelope. Food production as architecture.

Urban Design
04

coming soon

A system of micro-parks and green nodes stitched throughout a high-density neighbourhood to improve walkability and ecological connectivity.

Photography
05

coming soon

A documentary photography series capturing moments where nature reclaims space in the city. Weeds through concrete, moss on brick, roots lifting pavement.

Graphic Design
06

coming soon

Editorial design for a self-published zine exploring biophilic design principles and their application in contemporary urban planning discourse.

03 Contact

Let's make
something
together.

Whether it's a design collaboration, freelance project, or just a conversation about cities and green space, I'd love to connect.

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