UTSOA Final Review - Nerea Feliz, Advanced Interior Design Studio
The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture held Spring Final Reviews from May 4 - May 8, 2020.
Instructor: Nerea Feliz | Bug Filter
Studio Description:
This studio aims to bring public attention to the importance of “bugs,” in the face of our impending biodiversity crisis. Insects play a key role in the environment as pollinators, seed dispersers, decomposers, and food sources for other species such as bats, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish. Designers of the built environment have rarely been concerned with animal conservation; it is time to start. Students focus on examining the way ornamentation and pattern can capture the fascinating world of insect vision by designing window filters as a series of lenses that enable us to see as if through the compound eyes of arthropods. Applied research, the translation of knowledge into making by engaging directly with materials and building technologies at real scale drive the designs in this studio. While exploring a disciplinary shift away from traditional anthropocentric views, towards a multispecies conception of the built environment, student findings may lead to new aesthetics, optical effects, and visual pleasures.