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
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Shenkar - Engineering. Design. Art.
Nahal Yarkon / al-Auja / Yarkon River
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At 27.5 km in length, the Yarkon River (Nahal HaYarkon, "Greenish" in Hebrew, or al-Auja, "the meandering", in Arabic), is the largest coastal river in Israel. The source of the Yarkon is at Tel Afek (Antipatris), north of Petah Tikva and it flows west through the heart of the Tel Aviv metropolitan area into the Mediterranean Sea. The Yarkon is a major scene for human-nature relationships before and during the Anthropocene. Its' abundant waters, and rich fauna and flora, have been hosting human settlements for thousands of years before and throughout the Anthropocene. During recent decades, the river was subject to contamination, massive exploitation of its water sources, as well as rehabilitation and conservation efforts. Climate change is already chaining local ecology and landscapes and will dramatically influence its' diverse habitats. However, the Yarkon's future will not necessarily continue to be dominated by human actions.
What alternative ecologies and landscapes will characterize the Yarkon after the Anthropocene? What kind of plants, animals (and humans) will inhabit its' waters, shores and surroundings, at the height of climate change and long after?
What alternative ecologies and landscapes will characterize the Yarkon after the Anthropocene? What kind of plants, animals (and humans) will inhabit its' waters, shores and surroundings, at the height of climate change and long after?
PROJECT GUIDANCE BY: Architect Oded Kutok, Olga Stadnuk, Architect Ginosar Wolf-Hansel
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With the support of Shenkar’s International School
With the support of Shenkars' International School