As part of the Magic Carpet 1.0 option studio at UBCSALA, Narita Ico reinterpreted the banig—a handwoven mat from thePhilippines—as both a drawing surface and spatial field. Her project traced the mat’s material, cultural, and colonial histories, transforming its weave into a mapping system of domestic rituals, diasporic memory, and resistance. Through layering, fragmentation, and reassembly, Narita reimagined the banig not just as a surface for rest, but as a site of storytelling—where threads of heritage, migration, and care are interwoven into architectural representation.

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