LEMUR. Urban Emergency Laboratory

Designing healthier places

LEMUR (Urban Emergency Laboratory) is an interdisciplinary international lab based in Barcelona. It grew out of a 2011 network of professionals in architecture, body awareness, education, and music. The group works collaboratively to create healthier built environments, reduce inequality, and support people's well-being.

A body-centered design approach

LEMUR uses its own method, Body Driven Design (BDD), which places the body at the center of how people understand places and their transformation. Its participatory processes make users key contributors to change. The lab works at different scales and in different kinds of crisis settings, from schoolyards and neighborhoods to refugee camps and post-disaster situations.

Services

• Body Driven Design processes
• Emergency design
• Participatory workshops centered on the body
• Body-centered training

Services are tailored to each project and client.

Selected projects

• Playparch: a playground for community architects
• BDD training at Gaia School
• Deciding Fabra i Coats
• La pell de la ciutat at Glòries

Location and contact

Address: c/ Emilia Coranty 5-9, 08018 Barcelona. Phone: +34 680 771 612. Email: lab.lemur@gmail.com. LEMUR is on Facebook, X, and Instagram.