Fab Tree Hab: Multispecies Living Structure

The Fab Tree Hab is an extension of its surrounding ecosystem, a habitat made from native willow trees that play host to humans and nonhumans. As dynamic as a forest, the structure is an embodiment of 100% living matter, upending human-centered and energy-intensive construction practices. The system can act as a major catalyst to improve air quality, sequester carbon, increase biodiversity, as well as provide refuge and food sources to local fauna. 

Sourced from a local biomass farm, thirty-foot tall tree clusters are shaped on-site within large cross-laminated timber (CLT) arch scaffolds. After a year’s worth of growth, the trees support the modular multispecies wall system. Wall components are made from a combination of handmade crocheted jute fibers and 3D-printed bioplastic volumes. These serve as micro-habitats and food webs for flora and fauna to greatly increase biodiversity. The structure takes a socio-ecological approach to design, serving as an observatory and education center for people, while also providing a refuge to wildlife. 

URL:

https://www.terreform.org/fab-tree-hab

Video:

https://youtu.be/_fN6huCiBE8?si=_VB1q12LxksLzX7u

UN Goals House By Design: Creating Healthy and Resilient Cities w/ Mitchell Joachim Terreform ONE

Goals House, ‘By Design: Creating Healthy and Resilient Cities’, co-hosted by Bupa and the Norman Foster Foundation. Event is moderated by The Guardian’s US live news editor, Chris Michael. 

Roundtable participants include:  

• Dr. Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE, and NYU
• Dr. Maria Neira, Director of Department of Environment, Climate Change and Health, World Health Organisation
• Dr. Marina Romanello, Executive Director at Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change
• Ashwin Vasan, The Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, New York City Commission
• Dr. Mauricio Ilabaca, Head of the Environment Department Chilean Medical College
• Glyn Richards, Director of Sustainability, Bupa
• Diego Lopez Urruchi, Co-head of Architecture and Technology Unit, Norman Foster Foundation
• Shruti Narayan, Regional Director for South and West Asia, C40
• Arthy Hartwell, Policy Lead, Climate and Health, Wellcome Trust
• David Croft, Global Head of Sustainability, Reckitt
• Laura Mann, Director, Global Partnerships and Operations, AstraZeneca
• Gary Cohen, President, and founder, Health Care Without Harm

https://www.goalshouse.com/

ETH Zurich - Enough Seminar w/ Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE

Enough Seminar: Prototyping Circular And Ecological Systems In Urban Contexts

ETH Zürich D-ARCH

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology

Hubert Klumpner Prof. of Architecture and Urban Design / LUS

Adey Bryan T. Prof. of Infrastructure Management / D-BAUG

Mitchell Joachim Prof. of Practice at NYU, Terreform ONE

Momoyo Kaijima Prof. of Architectural Behaviorology / IEA

Silke Langenberg Prof. of Construction Heritage and Preservation / ITA / IDB

https://klumpner.arch.ethz.ch/

Engineering Biology and the Fourth Industrial Revolution w/ Mitchell Joachim Terreform ONE

Engineering Biology and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Daniel Grushkin (MODERATOR)

Founder and Executive Director, Biodesign Challenge

Fashion Institute of Technology 

Theanne Schiros, Associate Professor 

Pratt Institute

Jeanne Pfordresher,  Artist/Designer 

New School Parsons Healthy Materials Lab

Alison Mears, Director/Co-Founder Parsons Healthy Materials Lab

Associate Professor of Architecture 

Terreform ONE

Mitchell Joachim, Associate Professor NYU and Co-Founder 

Location: Industry City, Camp David

220 36th Street, Brooklyn NY

 https://buildsbio.org/engineering-biology-fourth-industrial-revolution/

Scope NYU Research Magazine with Mitchell Joachim

Renee Alfuso (ed.) "Memory Serves," Scope NYU, ISSUE #4, 2023.

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/publications/scope-magazine/scope-2023/think-tank.html

Pandemic Effect w/ Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE

Joachim, Mitchell, Miller, Paul D. and Peder Anker, “Commemorating COVID,” The Pandemic Effect: Ninety Experts on Immunizing the Built Environment, Braine Brownell (ed.), Princeton Architectural Press, pp. 44-45.

KoozArch Interview w/ Mitchell Joachim Terreform ONE

Interviews on KoozArch April 3rd 2023

Design with Life: Terreform One

A conversation with Mitchell Joachim, co-founder of Terreform ONE, on the book Design with Life, Biotech Architecture and Resilient Cities (Actar Publishers 2019), the regenerative use of natural materials and the impact of socio-ecological urban design.

https://www.koozarch.com/interviews/design-with-life-terreform-one

New York School of Interior Design w/ Mitchell Joachim- The Sally Henderson Green Design Lecture 2023

New York School of Interior Design

Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE: The Work of Architecture in the Age of Synthetic Biology

In the challenging context of accelerating climate dynamics, the core discipline of architectural design is evolving and embracing new forms of action. New York-based nonprofit Terreform ONE has established a distinctive design tactic that investigates projects through the regenerative use of natural materials, biological science, and the emergent field of socio-ecological design. This kind of approach uses actual living matter (not abstracted imitations of nature) to create functional elements and spaces. These future-based actions are not only grounded in social justice but are also far-reaching in their application of digital manufacturing and maker culture. Terreform ONE tackles urgent environmental and urban social concerns through the integrated use of living materials and organisms.

The Sally Henderson Green Design Lecture is an annual event created to honor the memory of NYSID faculty member, Sally Henderson, who developed the College’s first course in sustainable or green design.

Keynote at DASA Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE

German Museums Association has made sustainability a priority - DASA, a permanent educational institution of the Federal Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, informs the public about the world of work, its importance to individuals and society, and the importance of designing work in a humane manner. 

Lectures include; “Museums in Transition”. Dr Annette Ludwig, Director of the Museums of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar, will talk about “Sustainability Strategies in the Museum Landscape of the Klassik Stiftung Weimar”, Dr Iris Edenheiser, Director of the Hygiene Museum Dresden, about “Greening up DHMD. Scenography meets institutional sustainability strategy”. Prof. Dr. Sascha Peters, Haute Innovation, will speak on “Sustainable Materials for Exhibition Designers”, Dr. Susanne Nawrath, Klimahaus Bremerhaven, on “Future Perspectives and Power2Change – Communicating Sustainability”, and Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE/ New York, on “Scenographic Architecture in the Age of Synthetic Biology”. 

https://ndion.de/en/dasa-scenography-colloquium-2023-nachhaltigkeit-ausstellen/

Photo: Andreas Wahlbrink, DASA

DesignIntelligence Podcast: Here and Now (and in the Near Future) w/ Mitchell Joachim Terreform ONE

This is Design Intelligence, David G. Gilmore and Mitchell Joachim. 

TIDI068: Here and Now (and in the Near Future)

https://www.thisisdesignintelligence.com/2023-podcasts/here-now-near-future/

https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-ip9ui-1357748