What if the boundary between humans and ecosystems didn’t exist? Sustainability Public Debates 2022

Опубликовано: 12 Март 2025
на канале: Norman Foster Foundation
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While there is an imperative to ensure human survival in the face of climate change, learning from nature’s intricate systems is crucial to ensuring a good quality life for all living things. What if the boundary between humans and ecosystems didn’t exist?

The second edition of the Norman Foster Foundation’s Public Debates on Sustainability, which took place on Tuesday 11 October 2022 with the support of the Rolex Institute, revolved around bio-integrated design and ecological thinking in shaping the evolution of contemporary art and architecture.

With a five-minute keynote and debate between the following experts:

Claudia Pasquero, Co-founder, ecoLogicStudio, London, United Kingdom; Landscape Architecture Professor, Innsbruck University, Austria; Associated Professor, Bartlett School of Architecture University College London (UCL), London, United Kingdom

Marco Poletto, Co-founder and Director, ecoLogicStudio, London, United Kingdom; Unit Master, Architectural Association (AA), London, United Kingdom

Cristina Iglesias, Installation Artist and Sculptor Cristina Iglesias Studio, Madrid, Spain

Mohsen Mostafavi, Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design and Former Dean, Graduate School of Design (GSD), Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States

Brenda Parker, Associate Professor of Sustainable Bioprocess Design and Director, Bio-ID Lab University College London(UCL), London, United Kingdom

And with a conversation between:

Norman Foster, President, Norman Foster Foundation
Moshe Safdie, Founding Partner Safdie Architects, Boston, MA, United States

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