timeline:
2021-2022:
building the prototype at holy spirit retreat center in encino, in partnership with pando populus + the sisters of social service
2022-2023:
building the first to-scale biophilia treehouse at lafayette park in partnership with hola and the felipe de neve public library
2023-2030
:
building future biophilia treehouses along the southern los angeles river corridor at elementary schools (possibly esperanza elementary), public parks, public libraries, and youth probation centers.
grants:
we are recipients of UCLA’s 2021 transdisciplinary research acceleration grant in collaboration with profs. pamela yeh (ecology and evolutionary biology), elizabeth deloughrey (english/environmental humanities), and julia koerner (architecture and urban design).
we are subgrantees on a 2021-22 Mellon grant.
in 2020, we won a grant from ucla’s green initiative fund.
biophilia treehouse is a project by counterforce lab.
the counterforce lab is an initiative by professor rebeca méndez. it is a research and fieldwork studio based in the design media arts department at ucla, dedicated to using art and design to develop creative collaborations, new fields of study, and methods to research, create, and execute projects that investigate and mitigate the social and ecological concerns of the anthropocene era, a time when human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.
the counterforce lab is an initiative by professor rebeca méndez. it is a research and fieldwork studio based in the design media arts department at ucla, dedicated to using art and design to develop creative collaborations, new fields of study, and methods to research, create, and execute projects that investigate and mitigate the social and ecological concerns of the anthropocene era, a time when human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment.
contact:
rebecam@arts.ucla.edu
rebecam@arts.ucla.edu
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