http://www.nereafeliz.com/publications daily 0.75 2015-02-04 http://www.nereafeliz.com/work daily 1.0 2026-02-04 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/t/56f4472f2fe131a7e0bac443/1423015960615/ Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1486676569131-4YQQP8UV422RRLFIY7W1/DSC_4287.JPG Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1486676691760-2L9FSZZV9AUXWWZRPPEV/H-Talk234.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1486678123099-ZT9W4SJPB0P0M8B111UG/DOORS2.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1486678616117-7FBVMY08WH8EL8MH2D7S/FIG7.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1486678846685-UHI7CHOF0POGC27I1O02/Serriform_SXSWeco_02_Columns.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1486679322753-BHFB1MR0JHM730W05BLK/DETAIL2.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1556754037900-Y1NWFJPIIXZHYR778QJA/Top.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1433610552943-F8HLAYBXHQ29KBTKBU3Z/SECTION.jpg Projects - WASTE CRACK, AUSTIN, TX (2015) "Field Constructs" competition finalist, produced in collaboration with Logan Wagner and Ludovico Centis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1565305917390-EKP5HPMF512AAOHZ17HG/IP-3_TYPE+A.jpg Projects Hidden in Plain Sight is proposal for a series of urban furnishings that aim to amplify and bring awareness to various forms of urban “life” through visual, tactile and ecological means. The project is designed to support an inclusive web of interdependent species, both human and non-human. Year: 2019 Authorship: Double Happiness - Nerea Feliz (Nerea Feliz Studio) & Joyce Hwang (Ants of the Prairie) Project Assistants: Sara Svisco, Zach Fields, Sasson Rafailov (University at Buffalo, State University of New York); Robert Anderson, Hailey Brown, Raymond Castro, Richard Gagle, Gabriel Gatica, Francisco Resendiz Carrill, (The University of Texas at Austin). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1624464079465-D0OM3RIX267IO0BNG3ET/All+filters-s.jpg Projects - Bug Filter Installation Status: Partially built. Construction interrupted due to c-19. Date Completed: 2020 Location: Fusebox Festival Social Hub Austin, TX. Sponsor: Fusebox Festival Filters design & Fabrication: Natalie Avellar, Nai’lah Bell, Elizabeth Cooper, Grace Esslinger, Baxter Estes, Hannah Harden, Anna Henry, Paola Hernandez, Michelle Huh, Abigail Kash, Elena Lyra, Marjan Miri, Payton Russell, Taylor Schill, and Lisa Yang. (UT architecture and ID students). Consultants: Joyce Hwang (Double Happines), Jen Wong (Director at the Materials Lab - UT), Shalene Jha (Dptment. of Integrative Biology - UT), Felicity Muth (Dptment. of Integrative Biology - UT), Don Swaynos (Editor of Bug Filter film) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1624486487881-MGUDDVC7W7UXDN45ZANR/Screen+Shot+2021-06-23+at+5.14.18+PM.png Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1624463745778-2A5GFWAZCXBBKAO620AN/Full+Axon-s.jpg Projects - Five Flights of Fun Status: Finalist. Kaboom! Play Everywhere Challenge Grant Date Completed: 2020 Location: Lockport, NY. Co-designed with Joyce Hwang as “Double Happiness”. Renderings: Jennifer Mason Design proposal for a playscape for Lockport Ice Arena & Sports Center in Lockport NY, where “50-75% of households within 1/2 mile of the Arena live at or below poverty. Kaboom! Play Everywhere Challenge Grant is sponsored by the Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation’s ‘Built to Play’ initiative to finance communities building landmark play spaces that provide children with equitable opportunities to play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1633458290082-G62IRNE6ZPD295OTDUHM/image-asset.jpg Projects Status: Finalist. Tallinn Architecture Biennale Pavilon Competition: TAB 2022 Date Completed: 2021 Location: Tallinn, Estonia. Co-designed with Kory Bieg, Clay Odom and Igor Siddiqui as KINC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1662051676199-IQVVOK9M5N7WNLOZNXFV/2_door-handle_lowres.jpg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1690392116159-GO0US2F5YXRM09G6BC7U/image-asset.gif Projects Designed by Double Happiness (Nerea Feliz & Joyce Hwang) Location: The Bentway Studio (55 Fort York Blvd), Toronto Assistants: Alice Hwang, Laurice Hwang, Michelle A Franks, Alice Hwang, Laurice Hwang, , Alice Hwang, Laurice Hwang. Fabricated by: Spielman Fabrication, WRGeorgi Fabrication Engineering by Blackwell Habitat fabrication by Jonathan Anderson Design + Technology Lab – The Creative School Toronto Metropolitan University Multispecies Lounge, a project commissioned by The Bentway, aims to make visible under-acknowledged non-human populations, that are active participants of urban life in Toronto, by attracting them and bringing attention to their presence. The project is a constructed environment for shared co-occupation, where a series of multispecies urban furnishings integrate bird houses, insect habitats, hibernacula for smaller terrestrial animals, and seating for humans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1719928213068-4LW264ZEP8FLNX0MNIAQ/Polinators+Lounge+Elevation+with+insects_loweres.jpg Projects Pollinator Lounge is part of “Natural Attractions: A Plant-Pollinator Love Story,” a Brooklyn Botanic Garden exhibition that celebrates plant-pollinator connections from June to October 2024. Designed by Double Happiness, Joyce Hwang and Nerea Feliz. Inspired by their Multispecies Lounge installation in Toronto, commissioned by the Bentway Conservancy in 2023. The 43 habitat boxes are designed and fabricated by ARI310 first year students at the University of Texas at Austin and sophomore students at University at Buffalo, which were part of their Spring 2024 studio projects. Photos by Liz Ligon. Fabricators and assistants: Towers and seats fabricated by: Spielman Fabrication, WRGeorgi Fabrication wadegeorgi. Fabrication assistance by Nicholas Frantzeskos and Alec. Drawings assistance by Michelle A Franks. Additional assistance by John Dullaghan, Ayleen Gutierrez, Opshora Kabir, Hannah Ikawa, Rivaldo Griffiths, Alec Pitillo, Tyler Brown, Josmarie Hernandez, Raj Shah, Delaney Williams, Max Avrutsky, Mason Montgomery, Esdras Velasquez, Ashley Johnson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1770243198915-R04YY2JWUMAFIEAWAGD7/Figure%2B04_Common%2BWall%2BIso%2B111226%2Blow%2Bress.jpg Projects - Common Walls As urbanization intensifies and global biodiversity declines at alarming rates, Common Walls responds to this ecological crisis by reimagining the building envelope as habitat infrastructure. Urban environments, often designed exclusively for human use, fragment ecosystems and create unwelcoming conditions for non-human species. Glass curtain walls, now widespread in city centers, are particularly harmful: they form invisible barriers that cause over a billion bird deaths annually in the U.S. and contribute to light pollution and broader ecological disruption. Drawing on historical precedents in which architecture accommodated non-human life, this project proposes hempcrete as a regenerative alternative to conventional glazing systems. Hempcrete is a lightweight, carbon-negative material with excellent thermal performance. In Common Walls, a 1.5-foot-thick hempcrete cladding serves simultaneously as insulation and as multispecies habitat, supporting a range of pollinators. This approach argues for an expanded, more-than-human right to the city. Grounded in Donna Haraway’s concept of sympoiesis, the project embraces interconnectedness and advocates for architectural practices that cultivate the co-creation of livable urban environments for all forms of life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1423025899658-KXQ76G3OR7L7T4E8M01R/image-asset.jpeg Projects https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1423028041152-45T9KR8BC1QFAV9UMZ4Q/axo+river_Page_BW.jpg Projects - ELEVATED GRID, FEZ, MOROCCO (2010) THE URBAN INTERIOR. Competition proposal designed in collaboration with Ryan Ludwig, founder of Adaptation of Parts, for a craft market. The approach of the project is one of contextual integration, through an understanding of the immediate as well as larger urban fabric of the city of Fez, while concurrently providing a novel space of experience for both the local inhabitants and tourists alike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1422588199894-RNDXBE78VC4SUJ6S2I12/Detail2.jpg Projects - TEMPLE IN A HOUSE, BUFFALO, NY (2011) “Temple in a House” is an adaptive project designed in collaboration with Dennis Maher. The project was triggered by the International Institute in Buffalo, which is a nonprofit organization helping to integrate refugees and other immigrant groups in the community. They introduced us to the Burmese community in Buffalo's West Side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1422590909047-Q179L2JMXRBW673Y344V/image-asset.jpeg Projects - Wandering Wardrobe (II), Austin, Texas (2013) When selected to develop the project for the Second phase of the Curtains competition by CAAD, we revised the original proposal to restrict the budget. We designed another pattern that would also enhance the perception of movement as the occupants manipulate the curtains. The pattern consists on a series of cuts along a grid. 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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group (2019):157-170. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1625782558996-5C8Q3UZFDJCE24RPZNMX/thumbnailforweb.jpg Selected Writings Feliz, Nerea. “Places where I have Slept” in IE:Studio, Issue 3: Inside the City (2018): 28-32. Interior Educators (IE), UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/54ca6546e4b0666c350b2976/1625783076343-HYP729GEOX69JZ1A962I/gagle-forwebsite.jpg Selected Writings Feliz, Nerea. “Best: Inside Utopia”, IE:Studio, Issue 5: The First (January 2020): 10-13.