Casa Tamarindo

casa tamarindo

Casa Tamarindo is a vernacular research & design house focused on creating futuristic vernacular crafts from synthetic waste and biomaterials.

Itamar Lilienthal (Ita) is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, author, bio-architect, inventor, researcher and teacher currently living in London. Before starting Casa Tamarindo he received a BFA in Studio Art from New York University and then worked at Otherlab and Mycoworks.  

He is currently pursuing a MArch in Bio-Integrated Design from the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London. 

A fav project of mine? The question Ita poses, and responds to in his book (shown left): What is the role of the artist in the time of climate change?

“Part handbook, part history book, part art book; this guide is a love letter to San Diego. To write this, we began with a deep exploration of the beautiful place we call home. From hiking around the most biodiverse region in the continental US (surprise, it's San Diego!) to connecting with Kumeyaay community members to better learn the history of this land through more lenses than one — what resulted was a whole bunch more questions that we attempted to answer in a few hundred pages.

What is our role, as designers and artists — the movers and shakers of our world — in the 21st century? Can we combine traditional knowledge with modern technology to create regenerative and culturally relevant designs?

Our answer was to turn to what is already around us including the traditions, history, native and non-native plants, and synthetic waste.