8.30.2013

NAI - Biodesign: On the Cross-Pollination of Nature, Science and Creativity with Terreform ONE

The exhibition at New Institute, the former NAI - Netherlands Architecture Institute - will glimpse into our possible future and provide inspiration for designers, artists and scientists in the form of varied, in-depth information on new materials and potential biological applications in architecture and design. Curator William Myers teaches and writes about the history of architecture and design. He is author of BioDesign: Nature + Science + Creativity, on which the exhibition is based. 
http://en.nai.nl/museum/exhibitions/current/item/_pid/kolom2-1/_rp_kolom2-1_elementId/1_1459305

8.23.2013

Cities for Smart Environmental and Energy Futures

Cities for Smart Environmental and Energy Futures: Impacts on Architecture and Technology Series: Energy Systems. Rassia, Stamatina Th.; Pardalos, Panos M. (Eds.), Springer, 2014, pp 23-53. "Rethinking Urban Landscapes: Self-Supported Infrastructure, Technology and Territory," by  Mitchell Joachim, and Melanie Fessel.

8.01.2013

Next New York, Terreform ONE, New Book


Next New York: A Sketchbook for the Future of the City, a collection of forty proposals for New York City under the next mayor. 
Christopher Beardsley, Daniel McPhee (eds.) The Forum for Urban Design, "Riparian Buffers Along Brooklyn Waterfront", Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova, Village Print, 2013. pp. 52-53.
Distinguished civic leaders, developers, and designers pitch bold solutions for a more competitive, livable and sustainable New York - a collection of forty courageous proposals imagining rebuilt infrastructure, reformed government, and an animated public realm. The publication is divided into two groups: critical investments in the public realm and key improvements to city operations.