Anaïs Passera joins the REACCT (Research, Education and Action Lab into Collective and Circular Transformation) project as researcher with a background in agroecology, food systems, and biobased materials. Her work focuses on bridging agriculture and design by experimenting with materials derived directly from the farm. By developing prototypes made from renewable resources, Anaïs explores how these can act as boundary objects, tools that create different dialogues between builders and farmers towards regenerative practices. Alongside this material exploration, the project investigates the social and cultural conditions that emerge when builders and farmers interact, and how these conditions can support a broader shift towards regenerative building & farming practices.
About REACCT
Research, Education and Action Lab into Collective and Circular Transformation (REACCT) is a new research project (2024-2027) developed together with Huis Veendam-Dynaplak, a design and biochemical company that produces, recycles and designs with renewable materials. Together with other partners (including the Jan van Eyck Academy) they will examine how design and production of buildings are conditioned locally and historically, and how these conditions can be leveraged towards more collective and circular practices. The project is headed by FASoS researchers Christian Ernsten and Claartje Rasterhoff, and it is funded by CLICK NL, the Dutch Knowledge and Innovation Network of the Creative Industry, in the programme Public & Private Collaborations.
