i/thee is an experimental art and design collaborative celebrating the cosentience of everything: living/nonliving, past/present, i/thee.
Our designs blend architecture, art, and landscape to create playful, concept-forward work, synthesizing the various needs of our clients, constituents, and stakeholders into unique co-creations.
We work on diverse scales and typologies—from artist housing to stage sets to large-scale public sculptures.
i/thee LLC was founded by Neal Lucas Hitch, Kristina Fisher, and Martin Hitch.
Send us an email at info@ithee.design
Find us on Instagram: @i____thee
OUR PROCESS FOCUSES ON
RADICAL PARTICIPATORY DESIGN
Sometimes this means working directly with communities, volunteers, and students to co-create architecture—such as in our projects, The Cathedral (2017), The Ferris Wheel (2019) and Half of A House (2023), built for Hello Wood International Summer School.
Other times this means interfacing directly with the environment—inviting nature in as a direct collaborator—such as in our projects Ghost House (2018) and Eb and Flow (2019) built for space saloon's mobile education camp.
We work with public organizations, cities, non-profits, and museums, as well as private institutions and companies to develop site-specific art installations and participatory activations.
Some of our projects include the ARTocka Trail Loop: a mile-long ecological art trail surrounding Lake Petocka, built for the City of Bondurant, Iowa,
which includes The Dining Room (2024)—a public picnic space composed of two intentionally eroded rammed earth walls intersected by a 30-foot table
…and the Puddle Pavilion (20205), a suspended river in the sky made of free-form, site-cast, algae-based bio-resin;
Peak-A-Boo (2022), a pixelated plywood wave, and Java and Jam (2023), a pair of thin-shell structures made from bio-composite plasters, commissioned by Bethel Woods Center for the Arts at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock Festival;
ReEmber Playland (2021) A reconfigurable puzzle-like set piece for the sandal company Teva;
A desert-sized sculpture garden for the Imperial Valley Desert Museum, including the Kerplunk Artist Houses (2018), the Ocotillo Observatory (2018), and the Giant Purple Prickly Pear Cactuses (2018);
Speculative eco-infrastructure for the Burning Man Organization, including Dig/Dug City (2021), a finalist for the LAGI Fly Ranch design competition; Agg Hab (2020), an experimental papier-mâché shell prototyped as part of the 2020 Oakes Creek Residency in Lubbock, Texas; and The Porcelain Throne (2017), a proposal for Burning Man’s annual Temple competition;
A self-assembling plywood dome called FLIM-FLAMS (2024) built for the Soil Factory in Ithaca, New York;
A public exhibition and installation proposal for Compound Yellow's Side Yard (2022) in Oak Park, IL;
and Walk (2019), a solo exhibition in Judson University's Draewell Gallery.
Our resedential projects include renovations and creative interventions belnding interiors and landscape in divers locations from Deserts Lore (2023) in Joshua Tree...
...to A House For Friends (2021) in Beautiful, Oakland, California...
I/THEE IS...
Neal Lucas Hitch: a designer, educator, and curator whose work investigates the interplay between humans, environments, communities, and technologies (not necessarily in that order). He has practiced in Chicago and Tokyo with firms such as Juan Gabriel Moreno Architects and Sou Fujimoto Architects, and has taught at Texas Tech University and Carnegie Mellon University. Neal holds a Master of Science in Design Technology from Cornell University, a Master of Architecture from Judson University, and studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in Bedford Square.
Contact: NealLucasHitch@ithee.design
Martin Hitch: a designer, practitioner, and educator currently teaching architecture and design at the Arizona State University. He has worked at several offices across California’s Bay Area, including Studio KDA in Berkeley, Frame Studio in Oakland, and Arcsine in Oakland. He holds a Master of Architecture from California College of the Arts and is an experienced thru-hiker, having completed multiple long-distance expeditions, including the Pacific Crest Trail.
Contact: Martin@ithee.design
Kristina Fisher: a designer and educator whose research focuses on the ecological role and social impact of public infrastructures. She earned a Master of Architecture with a certificate in Urban Design from the University of Virginia and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture from Judson University. Kristina has also studied and conducted research internationally at the Lorenzo de’ Medici Institute in Florence and with UVA in Barcelona.
Contact: Kristina@ithee.design
and friends:
Toryn Allen, Kevin Carreon, Alexander Garza, Alexis Hunsucker, Peizhao Li, Edwin Montoya-Cruz, Jacqueline Nguyen, Somayeh Ramezani, Lily Sanders, Caleb Scott, Anabelle Rice, Georgia Thomas, Varun Gandhi, Riley Wines, Claire Leffler, Enrique Espinoza, Mark Segovia, Zoe Wall, Shailyn Beaty, Matthew Coyle, Emily Hammer, Kristen McCullough, Emily Perez, Abigail Petrofes, Kani Willis, Antonio Braz Camargo, Aiden McGorry, Isaac Mendez, Melissa Eagleton, Kiri Channer, Csabai Viola Sára, Zsigmond Patczai, Lisa Eisen, Lilah Gutt, Mohammad Abbasi, Kelsey Miller, Hannah Dunning, Noémie Despland-Lichtert, Brendan Sullivan Shea, Hannah Rozowski-Vogt, Thatsama Leeumnadwong, Thanjira Vimonanupong, Ranchana Rungwatanawong, Tanaboon Kittisrikangwan, Chutimon Suetragulwong, Natchaluck Radomsittipat, Tinn Kiewkarnkha, Ann-pavinee Langenskioeld, Varinda Suphantharida, and The one and only Wavy Davy. Most photos by Breyden Anderson
