Palm Onto-Intelligence is a domain of and for belonging. The installation features four material-territorial quarters that signify the unique social, technological, and material regenerative dynamics of future constructions in the Western Amazon. Through the convergence of architecture, biosynthesis, art, anthropology, artificial intelligence, and co-design, the installation examines multiple dimensions of material intelligence in the region. It showcases various permutations of synergistic material functionalities of palm, cork, and engineered yeast (DNA) to pioneer 3D screens with cooling, antimicrobial, and flood-resilience properties. Intelligent material behaviour is explored as a means of belonging in future material cultures of plant-human relationships.
