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PADLab:
Post Anthropocentric
Design Lab


The design laboratory for the post Anthropocene in Shenkar enables individuals and groups to internalize nature’s perspective, imagine new possibilities for nature during and after the climate crisis, decode the meanings of these possibilities and communicate them to the public, educators, experts, and decision-makers.


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Shenkar - Engineering. Design. Art.

PADLab:
Post Anthropocentric
Design Lab


The design laboratory for the post Anthropocene in Shankar enables individuals and groups to internalize nature’s perspective, imagine new possibilities for nature during and after the climate crisis, decode the meanings of these possibilities and communicate them to the public, education systems, experts, and decision-makers.


Laboratory
Mission
Methods & Toolkit
Actions

Expeditions
Species
Collaboration & Partners
People
Contact






Shenkar - Engineering. Design. Art.


The mallard is the most common wil duck, the ancestor of the domestic duck.

A hardy and adaptive species, it migrates and is able to survive in freshwater and saltwater. It collects its food using water filtration and builds its nests in burrows near the water's edge.

The mallard is not endangered, and several hundred mallards have even stopped migrating and settled permanently in our area. With the rising water levels and floods brought on by the rising sea level, the boundary between the Yarkon River and its estuary will blur. The mallard will spend more time in the water, and its need to migrate will decrease even further. With the rise in mallard population, the habitat will become more crowded, increasing the risk from predators like the jackal. The mallards will learn to work together and live in colonies. Nests for individual mallards will transform into protected communal nesting structures, shielded from the storm surges and fortified to keep predators out. Changes in the patterns on the mallards’ wings will allow groups to deter predators with flame-like displays reminiscent of the area’s frequent wildfires.

Anat Polyakov, Angie Najera
With the support of Shenkar’s International School
With the support of Shenkars' International School