EASD Castelló

From Flood to Future

Outstanding Narrative Prize Winner (supported by Twist Bioscience)

Laura Calvo López, Laura Hernández Fibla, Marina Hernández Pina, Naima Ibáñez Nomdedeu, Marina Ahís Mallench, Alejandro Sutil Gallego

From Flood to Future is a speculative design project reimagining resilience in Mediterranean regions facing +2.2ºC warming since 1980. Drawing on testimonies from the 2024 DANA floods in Valencia and infrastructure failures, it proposes five interventions: biomimetic redesign (mycelium pavements, elevated zones), decentralized AIoT, ALEA (a civic early-warning app), public engagement tools, and distributed governance frameworks. Rather than offering fixed solutions, it fosters debate on care, risk, and adaptation, envisioning cities that breathe with water, technologies that listen, and infrastructures that remember. It presents a living design ecology shaped by grief and imagination for collective preparedness.

Eusebio López Jiménez is a professor of graphic design at EASD Castelló and serves as the Vice Director in the school. He teaches an elective course, open to all specializations, called Futures Design, which combines speculative design, critical design, social design, and artificial intelligence. Eusebio has a Master  in Digital Graphic Design (UNIR, 2024), a Master  in Editorial Design (UPV, 2007), and a Master in Exhibition Design and Management (IED Madrid, 2005). In addition, he has a Bachelor degree in Biological Sciences (UMU, 1995). He is also active as a graphic and exhibition designer in his studio, founded in 2000. He has conducted projects for local, regional, national, and international institutions. He designed the permanent exhibitions at the L’ETNO Museum in Valencia that won the 2023 EMYA (European Museum of the Year Award).

Zoraida Nomdedeu Calvente is an architect with a PhD from Universidad Jaime I de Castellón, where her research focused on the impact of interior design on female identities. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Universidad Politécnica de Valencia and a Master’s in Feminist, Gender, and Citizenship Studies. Beginning her career in 1988, Zoraida worked with different architectural firms and served as Villafamés city ​​hall’s architect. She led her practice, focusing on Building, Urbanism, and Interior Design, until 2009. At EASD, she teaches Interior Design and manages projects in the Master: Artistic Teaching in Graphic Work through Engraving and Screen Printing. Currently she holds Secretary school position on the directive teame. She has previously taught aesthetics to industrial design students at University Jaime I. Zoraida’s work integrates architectural practice with social and gender studies, aiming to enhance inclusivity and sustainability in built environments.