The City is Not Only Human
multispecies & inclusive
urban installation
type: Competitionclient: Concentrico Logrono International Festival of Architecture and Designprogram: Urban Installationlocation: Logrono, Spainsize: 85 m2year: 2023status: Ideateam: Jose Maria Casado Gomez
The City is Not Only Human; it is a multispecies urban installation located in Plaza Escuelas Trevijano, in Logroño. The main goal of this proposal is to raise awareness among its visitors that the design of cities and public spaces should not merely respond to anthropocentric concerns, as humans are not the only urban actors inhabiting cities.
After identifying the primary residents of the environment, a catalog of Plug-In Artifacts is created, acting as intermediaries between the beings that inhabit the space and their respective actions. These artifacts form a series of independent Urban Elements, which provide the foundation for the intervention, allowing interaction between species. The distribution of various elements leads to Interspecies Devices, which catalyze the blend of relationships occurring within the installation.
The proposal challenges the conventional notion of anthropocentric public space, weaving a network of connections between architecture and native biodiversity, fostering environments where the city is not just for humans, but for all beings that cohabit and call Logroño home.
