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



Photo: CESCA


Bogotà, Colombia, August 2025
Together with the architecture student
association CESCA,
Universidad de los Andes

Photo: CESCA


Cali, Colombia, July 2025
Together with the architecture student association CESCA, Universidad del Valle

Photo: Juan Esteban Reyes


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.

Photo: Juan Esteban Reyes


Lucerne, Switzerland, June 2024

In the garden of the Museum Bellpark


Photo: Suratomica


Bogotà, Colombia, November 2023
Part of the Suratomica Festival


Photo: top-ev


Berlin, Germany, June 2021
In collaboration with top-ev
and Pragovka for Art


AIR ATLAS




Photo: Adam Hudec
During the DUSTS WALKS around the world, we have collected various Dusts Catchers that represent unique fingerprints of breathable air. With each new Dusts Catcher, Air Atlas continues to grow.

Do you have a Dust Catcher?
Send it to us, and it will be added to the map.


JOURNAL



Photo: Adam Hudec


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.

Read full article here
Photo: Beatrice Zaidenberg


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?

Read article here
Listen to the Dusts Walk in Paris: