Projects
2025
COLLECTIVE HOTSPOTS
Cooling Practices and Infrastructures
09:43 • Andalusia, Spain • Collaboration with Mahwish Khalil
Transcending regional borders and landscapes, unprecedented heat levels engulf city centres each year. In a time where locals are often warned to stay indoors and withdraw from public spaces in fear of heat exposure, this installation highlights distinct instances where local communities foster collective intelligence as forms of resistance.
The short film traces how everyday urban infrastructures evolve into cultural artifacts at the intersections of climate and architecture within the context of southern Spain. Collective intelligence is unveiled through ways of collaboration between locals and the city as they reimagine their urban fabric.
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The shadows of ancient tree canopies are integrated and readapted into contemporary infrastructures of shade, while the movement of water is materialized into urban cooling mechanisms. From fabric canopies sheltering streets to prosthetic architectural adaptations such as fountains, awnings, window blinds, misting devices, and green trellises on façades, these initiatives define a spectrum of resourceful, transformations.
Directed by Laura-India Garinois + Mahwish Khalil
Research grant by MISTI Spain at MIT
Installation at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia
fig.1 Canopy stretched between residences
fig.2 Canopy stretched between residences
fig.3 Public water fountain
fig.4 Water misters at a resaurant