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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Shenkar - Engineering. Design. Art.
An aquatic mammal from the mustelid family.
For a very long time, the Earth’s climate and topography changed dramatically, directly affecting the flora and fauna, including the otter’s habitat in the Taninim Stream basin. Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions reshaped the area completely. The surviving flora and fauna had to adapt to and affect their habitat in turn.
Previously a solitary animal that lived in holes abandoned by other species, the otter has become a social animal that lives in colonies with other otters. The otters now build their own homes — ones that meet their needs.
The otter’s paws have also changed, its two middle fingers elongating to better serve it in building its home. The otter has developed weaving techniques. It now builds structures from waterlily roots and uses debris to reinforce them with a kind of exoskeleton.
Adva Loya, Amit Dines, Johnathan Bresler
With the support of Shenkar’s International School
With the support of Shenkars' International School