Between Species
In a world that needs to get past its view of human beings as the centre of everything, the city can no longer take just the interests of people into account. Our health as citizens depends on the trees that clean the air we breathe and on the vitality of our microbiome. Our quality of life is directly related to that of the birds nesting in our environment. Every city today is an ecosystem with delicate balances and a multi-species community.
The Covid-19 crisis has made us all the more aware that the destiny of humans is intertwined with that of all the other species on the planet. The double threat to the planet from the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis obliges us today to think of urban planning from new paradigms that reconcile the well-being of humans with that of our neighbouring species in the city. And even, of course, to carry out architectural projects to meet the needs of non-human inhabitants in the city.
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Colon-ising Port
From 05/05/2022 to 30/06/2022
Augmented reality The ON-A architecture studio proposes transforming the Columbus monument at Port Vell into an enormous tree that will be a symbol of access from La Rambla to a new imaginary park: the Parc Blau. Transforming a historical monument that exists merely to be observed, and that speaks to us of a colonisation that took place in another era brings a new “Colon-isation” [Columbus in Spanish is Colón]. We can observe the Arbre Colon-itzador [Colon-ising Tree], a symbol of the ports openness towards the city, something full of biodiversity that everyone can enjoy and visit. Més informació