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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Species
Collaboration & Partners
People
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Shenkar - Engineering. Design. Art.
A species of waterfowl mostly active at night.
The climate crisis has changed the habitat of the night herons around Taninim Stream. As a result of the fires and changes to the local flora, the night herons lost their main nesting place — the tops of tall trees, where they could be safe from predators — and were forced to nest in the brambles and rocky hills.
To be able to build nests in this new terrain, the heron’s beak grew thicker, developing a layer of keratin around the bone. The increased salinity of the water and the drop in the stream’s water level made fish scarcer. As a result, the herons now preserve fish in their nests using the salt byproducts produced by the salty holy bramble, a new species that has also adapted to the new conditions.
Lamis Onallah, Malak Bshoty, Anwar Aburiash
With the support of Shenkar’s International School
With the support of Shenkars' International School