Review of Harvard GSD Ecological Urbanism conference:
by Jan Bunge
pp. 10-13, Sept. 2009.
9.19.2009
9.15.2009
TerreFarm Video
New Video at Babelgum
Directed by Kelly Loudenberg
Camera: Brandon Jourdan
See our Brooklyn roof top farm video here:
http://www.babelgum.com/browser.php#play/SEARCH_SIMILAR,clipID:4002577,includeClip:true,order:MOST_RELEVANT/0,4002577
9.13.2009
Sustainable cities are the solution
Guardian UK, Sunday 13 September
by David Lepeska
...a constellation of designers, architects and academics gathered at a conference on "ecological urbanism" at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design earlier this year.
Mitchell Joachim, who teaches architecture and design at Columbia University and was selected by Wired magazine as one of 15 people Obama should listen to, presented his vision for a collapsible and stackable electric city car, which would hang at public recharging stations, available for shared use.
He also explained "meat tectonics". Aiming to use meat proteins developed in a lab as building material, Joachim presented a digital rendering of an armadillo-shaped, kidney-coloured home. "It's very ugly, we know that," he said. "We're not sure what a meat house is supposed to look like."
guardian.co.uk
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/sep/13/cities-carbon-emissions-environment-urban-planning
9.09.2009
IMC Panel: Responsive City
IMC (Interactive Multimedia Culture) Exposition
Responsive City: New media in urban planning and architecture
Paul Elston, Pres., Riverside South Planning Corp., Prof. Hunter
Ken Farmer, Project for Public Spaces
Mitchell Joachim, Founder, Terreform ONE, Prof., Columbia University
at The StudioIMC Lab & Gallery95 Morton St 7th Floor, New York City
http://www.imcexpo.net/
9.05.2009
Popular Mechanics: How to Fix Commuter Traffic
12 Current and Future Fixes for Transportation Woes
by Lisa Merolla, Popular Mechanics
Idea for the Future: Mitchell Joachim, an urban designer known for his innovative ideas, has dreamed up a street concept that could direct cars away from walkers. He proposes using radio-frequency identification (FRID) and light detection and ranging (LIDAR) technologies to sense pedestrians. For example, he says, "If a little girl drops a ball that rolls into the street, the pixel based sensors will reconfigure traffic flow and create a safety zone around the girl and ball path."
http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/transportation/4327634.html?page=2
Talk with David Byrne on "Bicycle Diaries"
The immensely prolific David Byrne speaks with guests on Cities, Bicycles and the Future of Getting Around;
1. Civic Leader: Janette Sadik-Khan, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Transportation.
2. Urban Theorist: Mitchell Joachim, Co-Founder of Terrefuge & Terreform ONE; on faculty at Columbia University and Parsons.
3. Bicycle Advocate: Paul Steely White, Executive Director, Transportation Alternatives.
New York, NY: 22 September 2009 @7pm, Barnes & Noble Union Square
http://www.davidbyrne.com/art/books/bicycle_diaries/index.php
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