Cities are the focus of the loss of biodiversity that is leading us to the Sixth Mass Extinction, mainly due to the concentration of CO2 emissions, the heat island effect, and the limited green areas. Barcelona is a critical example of this phenomenon, but Las Ramblas, where ELISAVA is settled, can be a laboratory to try to reverse this situation and stimulate the establishment of a more biodiverse environment through design.

Until now, architecture has been understood as an exclusively human discipline for the search for comfort, while contemporary practices show us that our agendas must expand to non-human scenarios based on solidarity and interspecies justice.

For this workshop, "Interspecies Fall Pavilion" proposed studying species that already inhabit Las Ramblas and others that could be attracted there and exploring their needs and desires to develop our own versions of architecture for animals.

Credits
Collaborators: Students of MIAD Masters at Elisava
Client: ELISAVA, Design and Engineering
Photo: © José Hevia