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Can flexible public space generate more climate-conscious communities?

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Lys Villalba and Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco’s Three Landscape Essays concept has been realized at the Central Courtyard of Conde Duque in Madrid, proposing a series of ‘mobile ecosystems’ for future climates. - José Hevia
The project was born from Villalba and Casanovas Blanco’s desire to chart possibilities for biophilic public space based on diversity, community and sustainability. - José Hevia
They have addressed the former military site’s thermal comfort, lack of shade and high temperatures by fragmenting it into three smaller ‘islands’, mimicking specific environmental conditions. - José Hevia

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Lys Villalba, Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco

Increasing global temperatures beg climate-responsive spaces. A pilot project in Madrid rises to the challenge, rethinking the functionality of public space in this reality.

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