What if: projects’ exploration of ‘multi-species conviviality’ was developed in collaboration with choreographer Heidi Rustgaard as part of the Public Space Design Day at the RIBA. The team focused on encounters with wildlife, while promoting the creation of new habitats and encouraging resilience within the urban environment. ‘We looked at architectural references worldwide where habitats coexist,’ said Gareth Morris. ‘They have always had a space in the city’.

The structures are intended as ‘third places’, explained Alexandros Xenophontos, aiming to be accessible, non-commercial public spaces. They also provide a changing scenography and a backdrop to public events. ‘It becomes an endless, evolving multi-species performance’, explained Heidi Rustgaard.