Project Overview
In collaboration with Laura-India Garinois. With funding support from MIT Spain.

This project documents local responses to rising heatwaves in the South of Spain while speculating on urban climate futures through low-tech adaptations.

Index: Collective Hotspots
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In the Folds of Shadows
Shortfilm
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critical encounters

on shifting climate cultures
02.Shortfilm

Directed by Mahwish Khalil + Laura-India Garinois
Filmed in Andalusia, Spain

Run time (9:43)
 
The film tells the story of local modes of resilience amidst record heat waves that disrupt everyday lives in Andalusia. Through collective initiatives by municipalities and locals, urban infrastructures such as shading devices, fountains, and prosthetic technologies define a spectrum of adaptations that are reimagined to generate new urban solidarities.

See more: https://www.labiennale.org/en/architecture/2025/natural/fold-shadows-prosthetic-dialogues

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