Building Interspecies Habitat:
– How can designers create conditions conducive to other life?
– How can buildings be safe and regenerative?
– How can cities be as effective and generous as a forest?
7:30 till 8:30 PM EET
Wednesday February 23rd, 2022
ADIB DADA,
Environmental Architect and Forest Maker at theOtherDada.
Adib Dada is the founder of theOtherDada [tOD] Regenerative Consultancy & Architecture firm, which mission is to activate projects across architecture, living systems, and art. Based on Biomimicry thinking, tOD’s work promotes a symbiotic relationship between nature and the built environment; in essence working with nature to develop resilient and generous cities. Adib earned a BA in Architecture at the American University of Beirut – Lebanon, a Master’s Degree in the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU – USA, completed the Biomimicry graduate certificate from the Biomimicry Institute and Arizona State University and a certificate in Ecosystem Restoration Design. Adib is firmly committed to the UN Decade of Action, engaged on rewilding the city and reclaiming public space by planting native Miyawaki forests in urban landfills through his new initiative: theOtherForest, a nature-based tool for ecological and social regeneration.
