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.
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Mission
Methods & Toolkit
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Expeditions
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Collaboration & Partners
People
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Shenkar - Engineering. Design. Art.
Microscopic algae, invisible to the naked human eye; single-cell organisms found in water systems.
Climate change has created some major challenges for microalgae. The water temperature can now reach 35°C, but microalgae cannot survive in temperatures above 31°C.
Over time, individual microalgae began to stick together — literally. As more and more individuals came together (and were unable to separate), the microalgae slowly formed into colonies. Within each colony, the outermost layer of algae, the layer that came in contact with the hot water, sacrificed itself for the group and died. The dead algae could no longer photosynthesize, but they did provide shade, shielding the rest of the colony from the heat. The algae also began to secrete half of their fat content into floating blobs of fat that provide additional insulation.
Yana Nidich, Nahal shalev
With the support of Shenkar’s International School
With the support of Shenkars' International School