Urban Nature Fabrication: A Framework for a Practice-Based Teaching Methodology of Design for the Pluriverse

Francesca Valsecchi, Saverio Silli

Abstract

In this paper, we present and discuss a teaching experience whose brief is to reflect and act for human-nature reconnection. It represents a novel direction within an established design curriculum and aims to introduce a consistent practice of a decolonised, anti-consumerist approach to design in the learning environment. The paper will expose the rationale of using Nature as a subject of study and highlight some research directions for a design that may contribute to new forms and methodology of practice that can offer a fresh outlook to the sustainability challenges by aiming for ecological awareness.

Keywords

• Urban Nature
• Pluriverse
• Multispecies
• Fabrication

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