Justina Alexandroff is a designer and researcher working at the intersection of biomimicry and computation.
Justina's practice explores biodiversity loss in the built environment, examining how pollution disrupts interspecies sensory communication by proposing multispecies design responses. Justina’s practice was shaped by an MA in Material Futures at Central Saint Martins and a BA in Design at Goldsmiths. In 2026 she was the recipient of the Mills Fabrica’s Innovation Award and the Chancery Rosewood Creative Transformation Award. She is currently a Material Design Researcher at Carbon Cell, working with biochar-based materials for packaging that has the potential to enrich compost as it decomposes.
Justina’s research will explore biomimicry and computation, and the potential of these processes to create hyper-local, regenerative urban design. Asphalt, concrete and brick intensify the urban heat island effect and strip away ecological factors that mitigate heat and pollution. Through site-specific fieldwork, material experimentation, prototyping and the use of native plant and climate datasets, Justina will investigate how nature's surface strategies can inform locally responsive, multispecies design.
