SAP-877: Sustain Des Stu Eco Research

This sustainable design studio will offer an exciting hands on exploration studio in biomimicry, biodiversity and next nature. Student's will study nature's biological forms and systems, and speculate nature's time tested strategies to solve human design problems. Project: Based on our immersive explorations and workshops in one of the most bio-diverse places on the planet, students will create new paradigms for how we live, work and play. A critical component of this studio will be pushing towards an intelligent, performative, more sustainable future. Located in the central pacific coast of Costa Rica, which is considered an ecological transition zone, just north are the tropical dry forest, and to the south are the humid rainforests. Field trips and guided tours will coincide with sustainable, biomimicry, ecological design and research exercises.