Responsive Ground: Transcalar Interventions in Urban Regeneration
Finat Cimsit Kos

“Responsive Ground” explores the role of ecological interventions in urban regeneration, understanding scale not only as a measure but as a capacity to mediate between natural and artificial environments. The project challenges hierarchical paradigms by reframing relations between biological systems and design practices, fostering a shift from viewing urban green as “silent and passive” to “active and critical.” It investigates how bio-digital design, alternative materiality, and living organisms can inform resilient and sustainable urban environments. Through case studies from the Responsive Ground Research Lab, the presentation shows how responsive ecological materials and systems can transform neglected areas into biodiverse, socially inclusive, and sustainable spaces. These interventions combine digital fabrication, parametric design, and ecological practices to create adaptive, circular urban systems. The project reimagines design practice as a living, evolving act that harmonizes art, architecture, and ecology, aligning urban transformation with contemporary environmental complexities and future challenges.