Faculty Eva Perez de Vega is a recipient of the Architectural League 2023 Architecture + Design Independent Projects Grant
With her practice e+i studio, Eva will prototype a sculptural, stackable, modular vertical structure that will create spaces for animals, insects, and plants. This multispecies totem integrates habitats and aims to acknowledge and recover space for animal habitats that have been vulnerable to disturbance from previous human intervention. Carbon-positive and non-invasive to local ecosystems, it will also form a water-collecting funnel and provide solar energy for human needs. The project includes investigations into fabrication techniques with a robotic arm and material exploration with hempcrete and clay.