Amidst the eucalyptus forests of Northern Spain, a research-creation project by Inland is taking root. THINK A FOREST – Regenerative System 2 is an ecological and social exploration led by artist and designer Sergio Bravo. Developed within the framework of the Transformative Territories programme, the project reimagines the forest as a living system—one that can be transformed through care, knowledge-sharing, and creative experimentation.
Grounded in Sergio Bravo’s architecture-informed participatory design approach, the project investigates forest ecologies, land use, and multispecies coexistence through the lenses of art, architecture, and material practices. In this initial phase, the team is conducting field research in collaboration with scientists, ranging from soil and plant analysis to ethnobotanical surveys and the observation of forest policy. Local knowledge plays a key role in this process, particularly through a close partnership with the grassroots association Proyecto Roble.
As the project evolves, Sergio Bravo and Inland’s team will develop a site-specific installation incorporating culinary experimentation, plant distillation, and the construction of a micro-architectural Forest Pavilion. This structure, operating simultaneously as a sauna and a still, will utilise eucalyptus wood as fuel to activate a cycle of steam and essential oil extraction—transforming a material emblematic of monoculture into a sensory, regenerative space.
The final installation will include ceramic vessels, wearable artefacts, digital images, and architectural models—tracing the embodied, communal processes of regeneration and interspecies collaboration. At its heart, the work embraces ecological intimacy, local wisdom, and the aesthetics of care, offering a space for ongoing dialogue between human and more-than-human life.
Sound materials recorded during the process will also form an episode of the Transformative Territories x INLANDpodcast, offering a sonic portrait of this evolving relationship between people, forest, and place.
The project will unfold over the course of summer 2025 and will be presented publicly in September, on the occasion of INLAND’s Creative Assembly.
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