IE University Master in Interior Design Presents Horse-Mounted Ecological Regeneration System and Nine Other Projects
Designed by Carolina Estelles, a biodegradable module, which is transported on horseback and embedded with native flora, seeks to restore degraded soil along the Salado River in Argentina. This initiative is part of ten projects from the Master in Interior Design program at IE School of Architecture and Design, overseen by Andrea Caruso. Other notable projects include Nyah Nassif's redesign of the Renwick Smallpox Hospital, Isabel Dorn's eco-friendly structures at Lake San Pablo, Arianna Castro's modular Scaffold Commons in Lima, Vasco Amado's rooftop care typology at Hospital La Paz, Lila Gaffney's music school in Marseille, Aishwarya Geetharani's airport waiting area reimagining, Francesca Torres's textile initiatives in Cusco, Ismela Marie Ruiz's tensegrity speakers in Panama, and Camila Chahin's flood-adaptive residences in Honduras. The school's exhibition collaborates with Dezeen.
Key facts
- IE University's Master in Interior Design is a ten-month program based in Madrid, led by tutor Andrea Caruso.
- Carolina Estelles designed a horse-mounted, biodegradable module for ecological repair in Argentina's Pampa Deprimida along the Salado River.
- Nyah Nassif's Healing the Ruin reactivates the Renwick Smallpox Hospital on Roosevelt Island as a hydrological system for seven medicinal and toxic plants.
- Isabel Dorn's Territories of Care addresses ecological collapse at Lake San Pablo in Otavalo, Ecuador, using bahareque and typha thatch structures.
- Arianna Castro's Edible Commons investigates the ollas comunes of Pachacamac on Lima's periphery through a modular Scaffold Commons.
- Vasco Amado's Above La Paz proposes a rooftop care typology at Hospital La Paz's oncology department in Madrid.
- Lila Gaffney's Third House converts Marseille's 1863 Pavillon du Lac into a music and dance school for unaccompanied migrant minors.
- Ismela Marie Ruiz's project responds to Escudo de Veraguas being closed by the Panamanian government in 2024 after ecological violations.
Entities
Artists
- Andrea Caruso
- Nyah Nassif
- Andrea Muniáin
- Isabel Dorn
- Fernando Pino
- Arianna Castro
- Jerónimo van Schendel
- Vasco Amado
- Paula Montoya
- Lila Gaffney
- Aishwarya Geetharani
- Francesca Torres
- Ismela Marie Ruiz
- Camila Chahin
- Carolina Estelles
- Jacques Derrida
Institutions
- IE University
- IE School of Architecture and Design
- Master in Interior Design
- Dezeen
- Renwick Smallpox Hospital
- Hospital La Paz
- Pavillon du Lac
- Dubai International Airport
- Escudo de Veraguas
Locations
- Madrid
- Spain
- Argentina
- Pampa Deprimida
- Salado River
- Roosevelt Island
- New York
- United States
- Lake San Pablo
- Otavalo
- Ecuador
- Pachacamac
- Lima
- Peru
- Marseille
- France
- Parc Borély
- Dubai
- United Arab Emirates
- Lucre
- Cusco
- Escudo de Veraguas
- Panama
- Honduras
Sources
- Dezeen —