"We are so deeply in the so-called Anthropocene, with human action causing an overwhelming impact on climate and the environment, it’s difficult to even fathom another way of thinking, being and designing."
writes Nadine Botha
DAMN Magazine Jan-Mar 2019, Interview with Claudia Pasquero by Nadine Botha
We are so deeply in the so-called Anthropocene, with human action causing an overwhelming impact on climate and the environment, it’s difficult to even fathom another way of thinking, being and designing. Drawing on advanced computing and harvesting intelligences from multiple species, ecoLogicStudio is pioneering a multispecies-centric redefinition of architecture and design. The London-based studio recasts purported problems in the environment as opportunities for interaction, opportunities that transcend modernist binaries of what is considered natural or artificial in our cities and attitudes. Co-founder Claudia Pasquero tells DAMN° why we can’t clean nature, how biotic cities differ from smart cities, and what the biggest challenge of working with algae and spiders is. (Nadine Botha)