Portraits/Interviews Équipes primées E14

Air Matters

Madrid (ES) - Mention Spéciale

Représentant d’équipe: Miguel Martín Sánchez (ES) – architecte et designer urbain
Associé: Jorge Martín Sainz de los Terreros (ES) – architecte, designer urbain et chercheur  

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J.M. Sainz de los Terreros et M.M. Sánchez

We approached the topic of ‘production within the city’ from a distinct place: we wanted to foreground the importance of climate change adaptation in building the city, and in doing so, air was the material with which we proposed to build new urban environments. In the project, air is, at the same time, a product and an agent. Urban air is cleaned, moisturised, refreshed and aromatised before it is given back to the squares of the city. In the process, new by-products are produced—such as sulphur or nitrogen, that could be used in chemical industries. Also, cleaned air is produced in the core of the city.