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The Living Archive explores the potential of (post)industrial heritage to transform production in our cities. We collect stories with participatory heritage methods. The nodes for the local collection efforts are Fab City Hubs (FCH). The collection has been carefully assembled by FCH teams who have been learning about, co-creating and applying participatory heritage-making approaches, emotion networking methodology, oral history principles and creative perspective-taking.
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Subject:S-Biotica

Collected in:Barcelona

Using:Interview (verbal) and text co-creation (validation by the person)

Date of Events:1970-, 2020-

Related Locations:S-Biotica studio is based in at Paraguay Project, an old warehouse in Poblenou (Barcelona) dating from the 1970's that today is divided into several spaces for creation and manufacturing. Paraguay Project is currently at risk to be demolished due to the current 22@ Plan.

Sustainable Material Futures

Impacting

People

Live

Materials

Products

Concepts

Impacting people

Values

Building

Demolishing

Designers

Scientist

Researchers

Study

Teacher

Growing

Biodiversity

Biomaterials

Plants

Algae

Mycelium

Reducing

Local

Waste

Empower

Living Systems

Sensory

Ecological

Locally productive

Food heritage

Crafting resilience between tradition and transformation

Four women's colleges

Roland the beekeeper

From Pizza to Sushi

A resource center based on values

Cigarette Factory Steilo

Curating the streets

I came to Kopli because of Kopli

Jeweler Anja Akkermans

Weaving Memories

The last market gardener of Paris

Follow the Thread

When New meets Old

Art to bring Sesvete closer

Nature protection and industrialisation

Community Member Piret

Patchwork Dreams

Glacial Bio Pottery

Theatre in the NDSM-Werf

Viggo's Bar

Community Member Sema

Staying true to the industrial heritage

The trees are climbing the walls

Connecting beyond locality

Þæfingur

Remembering a factory community

Boatbuilder Lizzie Clarjis

The artist's bridge

Drejervej and the return of craftmanship

Weaving and teaching

From ruins to revival

Boat Repairers

The Cardboard Chair

Grandmother and grandfather our true idols

Nordvest and Gentrification

If you lose your tongue...

A Library of...objects!

Tools alive

An alternative pathway to feed us is possible

Wood, carving and people

Money and creativity

Doing the unexpected with concrete

Minukopli, MyKopli

Stakeholder views: activities in the Women's College

The Great Weaver

Craft with a health focus

Centring politics in Sesvete

Volunteer Simon Bakker

Tortona-Solari: A Changing Community

Generation Green

Like batman you can change the world

Embracing artistry

Electrician Bob Vlught

The sounds of machinery still churn

Workspaces as Social Hubs

Women in Wood

Design and production at Rentemestervej

Inspired by Tesla

What is my damn name

The Smell of Tomatoes

Birth of a Hub

Metal Worker Willem van Kelle

From foul odors to fresh air

I am the soil

Reacting to the industrial centre

The CARMA Collective

Nordvest and Craftsmanship

Maker Daan Meeuwig

Yumen Bionics

Thread Obsession

Local wood for local use

Design as it should be

Gardener's Tower

Just a weed

A Wonderful Place

Peeter, Soul of Kopli 93

Likenwood: Connecting with nature through woodcraft

A short time travel

The keys of the castle

From the edge to a new centre

Traditional jewelry for different futures

Enclave of Creativity, Production and Collaboration

The informal recycling system of Amsterdam Noord

Building the Bridge

Guilds and a long tradition for professional craftmanship

From Shipyard to Sustainable Playground

Seaweed Dialogues

A unique 'city within a city'

Tortona: The Alchemy of Art in the Industrial Heart

Materials that comfort and console

The S-biotica studio is based in Proyecto Paraguay, a creative co-working space in Sant Martí, where Jessica and Lara work alongside biological collaborators such as mycelium, plants, algae, and organic waste. In an effort to make biodesign accessible to the entire community, they have set up the infrastructure, tools and resources necessary to work and design with organic materials and living systems.

They focus their practice on biomaterial research and design (R&D), educational workshops and collaborate with industry, academia, and designers across different disciplines. Their projects explore biological systems, material narratives, and sensory explorations, combining craftsmanship with digital fabrication. They believe that material-driven design can empower us to build and inspire new material futures that nourish, comfort, console us and keep us and our biological counterparts alive and thriving.

Why is this story relevant?

S-biotica's efforts to make biodesign accessible to the community demonstrate their commitment to democratizing knowledge on circular practices and biomaterials materials innovation. S-biotica's focus on material-driven design showcases the power of biomaterials in shaping new material futures. Sharing their projects and methodologies encourages designers to consider the environmental impact of their creations and explore sustainable alternatives.

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