*exploring what if questions and challening existing assumptions
*treating design as a boyfriend, not staying with an idea just because
- a design or an initial solution should not be treated as a set, rather to view it as something that can be changed or altered if it comes to it so in other words to treat designs as our boyfriends understanding that if something isn’t working, to drop it and start over.
*how frameworks help us plan possible futures
*1. What if infrastructure could regenerate rather than consume?
Instead of building over nature, what if we designed systems in Patones that restore landscapes while serving human needs like turning roads, water systems, and energy networks into ecological connectors?
What if Patones became a living lab for blending ancestral knowledge, traditional crafts, and new technologies to create sustainable local industries?
*3. What if rural infrastructures were designed for slowness and care, not speed and scale?
What if we reimagined “mobility” and “logistics” in small towns as opportunities for community connection and ecological balance rather than just efficiency?
*4. What if degrowth was seen as progress?
What if decentralizing growth from Madrid — and strengthening smaller towns around it — became a new model of innovation and resilience?
*5. What if Patones could prototype a new kind of circular, place-based economy?
What if local materials, skills, and infrastructures were reorganized to serve both people and planet, creating a regenerative loop between production, use, and reuse?