How can design consider the needs, agency, and competences of non-human agents, which imply coexistence with humans in the same system?

For example, the relation with other intelligences, rights and interests that overlap, compete or collide with those of humans?


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Hyac

Transforming Invasiveness Into Innovation

TEAM

Aryaman Bhargava

CONTEXT

Bachelors of Design

2024

PROFESSORS

Gaurav MK Wali

Excessive water hyacinth growth in swamps is the cause of ecosystems disruption as well as environmental and economic challenges. To address such issues, Hyac is a bio-based material from water hyacinth, transforming an ecological conflict into opportunity by repurposing invasive plants into resources. By curating landscapes and mitigating negative impacts, the project’s outcome is a regenerative cycle of biomaterials that fosters harmony, balances human needs, and promotes ecological care.

Catalogue

Fabbrica del Vapore