TDS-804: Pacific Rim 12 Eco Resrch Lab

This Pacific Rim studio will offer an exciting, hands-on experience in biomimicry, biodiversity. Students will study nature's biological forms and systems, and speculate nature's time-tested strategies to create a new symbiotic relationship with our precious natural resources. How can Costa Rica's rich bio-diversity, inspire new material innovations and behaviours? Students will design spaces, material innovations, furnishings, and experiences inspired by an extremely biologically intense environment. The two-week research trip will take place 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. Amongst our activities will be nature walks, horseback riding, night hiking in the rainforest, assisting with turtle migration and camping in the jungle.