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Urban / Product Design

Isla Viva

Modular Urban Furniture

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Year
2025
Context
Urban / Product Design
Project format
Solo academic project
Role
Product Designer, Urban Furniture Designer
Skills
Urban design, Sustainability, Modular systems, Public-space design

Case study

Challenge. Response. Result.

Challenge

Hard urban spaces often lack greenery, biodiversity, social interaction, and meaningful connection with nature.

Design response

A modular system of concrete seating and planters that creates adaptable micro-ecosystems in plazas and other hard public spaces.

Result

The project defines a modular family of seating and planters for introducing greenery and social use into hard urban spaces.

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