Interdisciplinary initiative committed to enhancing livable conditions for human and more-than-human life in urban environments
DUSTS WALKS
Since 2021, our goal has been to change the perception of dusts from nuisance to valuable matter for understanding and engaging with the urban environment. In public walks, we collect stories about the origins of dusts and materialise those around uswith the help of the Dusts Catchers.
We welcome opportunities for collaboration! Invite us to host DUSTS WALKS near you.
DUSTS ARCHIVE
Bogotà, Colombia, August 2025
Together with the architecture student association CESCA, Universidad de los Andes
Cali, Colombia, July 2025
Together with the architecture student association CESCA, Universidad del Valle
Cartagena, Colombia, March 2025
Part of the WHO Conference on Air Pollution Together with communities working on air quality, urban ecology, sustainable fishery, and Afro-Colombian women's rights.
Lucerne, Switzerland, June 2024
In the garden of the Museum Bellpark
Bogotà, Colombia, November 2023
Part of the Suratomica Festival
Berlin, Germany, June 2021
In collaboration with top-ev and Pragovka for Art
AIR ATLAS
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JOURNAL
EPIDERMITECTURE
What happens when we question what the outside of a building needs to look like and why? And how might this deepen our understanding of what grows on the surface? This essay examines the microbial layer on architectural facades to address the influences of our interaction with and perception of the urban environment.
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ECOTONES - PARIS
During my time in Paris, plants took me for a walk. Through the memory of an ancient sea, along the first tree-lined boulevards, and under toxic clouds. How have they been able to land?
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