Car and Driver/ Chrysler, New American Success Stories features Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim

 

Meet The Original Urbaneer, Car and Driver Magazine, Oct. vol.60, no.4, p. 60.

Dr. Mitchell Joachim, founder of Brooklyn-based Terreform ONE, talks success and sustainability.
“I’m passionate about the power design has to create change,” he says. Throughout his career, Dr. Joachim—a trained architect with degrees from MIT, Harvard, and Columbia—has explored progressive solutions to global sustainability issues.
In 2006, he co-founded Terreform ONE (which stands for Open Network Ecology), a Brooklyn-based non-profit think-tank dedicated to boundary-breaking ideas of how humans can live, work, and get around in better harmony with our planet. Joachim and Terreform ONE have been widely lauded for their work in the realms of sustainable habitat—including Fab Tree Hab, a housing concept that creates dwellings out of living trees—and for pioneering a new profession they have dubbed “Urbaneering,” which will reinvent the concept of urban planning.

Special Thanks: Joe Bargmann, Danielle Mann, Crystal Meers, Kiki McGowan, Collin M. Palmer, Hearst Magazines and Chrysler.

http://videos.caranddriver.com/services/player/bcpid626953918?bctid=3838741740001

Exhibit at NYU Terreform ONE, Another Green World

 

New book - The Language of Architecture featuring Terreform ONE

Andrea Simitch and Val Warke, The Language of Architecture: 26 Principles Every Architect Should Know, Terreform ONE, Rapid Re(f)use, Rockport Publishers, p.63.

New book - Low Carbon Cities: Transforming Urban Systems with Mitchell Joachim

Mitchell Joachim, "Future ecological design as urbaneering: new positions on city-making without scale," in Low Carbon Cities: Transforming Urban Systems, Steffen Lehmann (ed). Routledge, 2014.

The Guardian Sustainable Business: Tiny houses, micro-apartments and future urban homes with Terreform ONE

Are tiny houses and micro-apartments the future of urban homes? by Rachael Post

Mitchell Joachim, a New York University associate professor and co-founder of Terreform ONE, aims to create a wholly new concept for micro-dwelling by rethinking the interaction of ecology, botany and design. This version of the childhood dream hideaway is not a house in a tree, however; instead, it’s a house made of living trees. Among Terreform ONE’s recent designs are tree spheres called Willow Balls. They are living treehouses just 8 feet (2.43 meters) in diameter. Joachim considers them semi-permanent, and says they can be used as seasonal spaces like gazebos or other outdoor recreational spaces. They’re made by growing ficus trees over a scaffolding frame similar to what gardeners do when they use pliable living plants to create archways. Once the fast-growing ficus trees cover the sphere, the scaffolding can be removed and re-used with another set of plants.

While the living-plants portion of the sphere is natural, Terreform One will manufacture the scaffoldings in Brooklyn out of wood or metal. Terreform One is currently taking orders for the scaffoldings – priced at $8,000 – and expects to put them on sale in early 2015.

The goal is to “nudge nature in its place into a geometric shape that is usable by people”, Joachim said. The design challenges the traditional idea of forestry because instead of growing trees, chopping them down and milling them into lumber to build houses, the trees transform into a house as they grow.

Acknowledging that shipping an 8 ft tree sphere through the mail is not energy-efficient, the design group is working on ways to mitigate this – perhaps by growing the sphere in place to lower the dwelling’s carbon footprint.

http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2014/aug/25/tiny-houses-micro-living-urban-cities-population-newyork-hongkong-tokyo

Metropolis: Futurists Propose "Walking City" of Configurable Housing Units

Multigen housing is comprised of fixed and mobile elements, as well as a variety of architectural types, to accommodate the changing desires and lifestyles of multiple generations living together. In doing so, they are designed for both intergenerational continuity and moments of flux: going off to school, changes in marital status, retirement travel—all the forms of making and moving away from the family nest. 

By Christian Hubert, Mitchell Joachim, Nicholas Gervasi, Terreform ONE
http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/June-2014/Futurists-Propose-Walking-City-of-Configurable-Housing-Units/

Terreform ONE, OfficeUS Outpost la Biennale di Venezia

Pavilion of the United States of America at the 14^th International Architecture Exhibition - la Biennale di Venezia, OfficeUS, a global collaborative architectural practice founded by Eva Franch i Gilabert, Ana Miljački and Ashley Schafer.

TEAM Outposts: Allard van Hoorn, Anda French, Aristide Antonas, Austin Mergold, Benjamin Porto, Cara Liberatore, Caroline Smith, Chrissi Nasz, Ciro Miguel, Constantin Boym, Daniel Tudor Munteanu, Danielle Rago, Doreen Adengo, Eva Alvarez, Fabio Gigone, Fabrizio Furiassi, Filippo Cattapan, Garrick Jones, Hanna Espinosa, Henry Smith-Miller, Ioannis Oikonomou, Jean Benoit Vetillard, Jenny French, Jonathan Crisman, Jorg Sieweke, Juan Molina Restrepoe, Kristy Balliet, Lisa Pauli, Luis Diego Quiros Pacheco, Maj Plemenitas, Maria Pilar Pinchart, Mart Schaefer, Matthew Messner, Mitchell Joachim, Nazanin Naeini, Nick Axel, Pablo Costa, Pamela Ritchot, Paolo Migliori, Patrizia Toscano, Paul Preissner, Peter Macapia, Phillip Denny, Quilian Riano, Ragunath Vasudevan, Sahra Motalebi, Samuel Stewart-Halevy, Sara Dean, Sasa Zivkovic, Selma Alihodzic, Sindy Martínez Lortia, Stephen Mueller, Taller de Casquería Collective, Tamar Alon, Ted Landrum
http://www.officeus.org/

Wilsonart Multi-City Cre8ivity Tour w/ Mitchell Joachim

 

Industry Leaders

• Mitch Joachim, celebrated TED presenter and innovator in urban and ecological design, will be speaking in Chicago.
• Reed Kroloff, author of “Black Like Me” and current director of the esteemed Cranbook Academy of Art, will be speaking in Philadelphia. He is well known throughout the architecture community for his work as editor-in-chief of Architecture magazine.
• Rachel Armstrong, TED presenter and thought leader in creating materials that possess properties of living systems, will be speaking in Los Angeles. She specializes in speaking on the merging of biology and chemistry with architecture and design.
• Grace Jeffers, design historian, materials specialist and graduate of the prestigious Bard Graduate Center for the Decorative Arts, will be speaking in Seattle, Atlanta and Houston.
• Stanford Hughes, partner at BraytonHughes Design Studios and award-winning designer who does extensive work renovating historic buildings, will be speaking in San Francisco.
• Jessica Green, TED speaker and biodiversity scientist interested in the role microbes play in our lives and designing microbe-friendly architecture, will be speaking in Dallas.
• Boris Srdar, principal at NAC Architecture with a background in European design, and award-winning lead designer, will be speaking in Denver.   
• LINK
• http://www.wilsonart.com/corporate/press-room/wilsonart-rolls-out-multi-city-cre8ivity-tour-featuring-well-known-industry-leaders

Autodesk IDEAS: The Innovation + Design Series w/ Mitchell Joachim

Autodesk Gallery San Francisco, CA

http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/pc/index?siteID=123112&id=23100300

Lead by Tom Wujec and Jon Pittman

Participants:

David Benjamin, The Living

Kendra Byrne, Bot & Dolly
Scott Cohen, New Lab
Maurice Conti, Autodesk, Inc.
Renee DiResta, OATV
Hugh Dubberly, Dubberly Design Office
Terry Fong, NASA
Marc Freese, Coppelia RoboticsSaul Griffith, OtherLabs
Mark Hatch, TechShop
Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONEBrian David Johnson, Intel Corporation
Andra Keay, Silicon Valley Robotics
Jonathan Knowles, Autodesk, Inc.
Jeff Kowalski, Autodesk, Inc.
Jeff Kramer, MTD Products
Tessa Lau, Savioke
Dr. Russell Loveridge, ETHZ - NCCR Digital Fabrication
Tasha McCauley, Fellow Robots
Alex McDowell, 5G
Franck Messmer, Delcam
Aaron Morris, Autodesk, Inc.
Mads Paulin, Autodesk, Inc.
Nadya Peek,  MIT Center for Bits and Atoms
Jon H. Pittman, Autodesk, Inc.
EJ Sabathia, Moon Express, Inc.
Nathan Shedroff, California College of the Arts
Alvise Simondetti, Arup
Charles (Chad) Sweet, Qualcomm
Diego Tamburini, Autodesk, Inc.
Tom Wujec, Autodesk, Inc.
Laurie Yoler, Qualcomm

Interior Design Magazine Future Green Lecture Mitchell Joachim

Interior Design Magazine, Future Green Hospitality Forum 
http://futuregreen.interiordesign.net/speakers

Wired Magazine Reports Back from 2024, Mitchell Joachim

David Rowan (Ed.), "Future retro," Mitchell Joachim, "Promised Jet Packs," Wired, p.112.

CUSP Lecture with Mitchell Joachim

June 19, at 4:00 PM for a research seminar and discussion with Mitchell Joachim from New York University and Terreform ONE. All guests are welcome to attend a networking reception following the seminar at 5:00 pm. 

Post Sustainability: New Directions in Ecological Urban Design

A discussion of case studies, projects, and outreach efforts, that aim to illuminate the environmental possibilities of New York City and inspire solutions in areas like it around the world. I will unpack the working methods of a unique laboratory for scientists, artists, architects, students, and individuals of many backgrounds to explore and advance the larger framework of socio-ecological design. This group develops innovative solutions and technologies for local sustainability in energy, transportation, infrastructure, buildings, waste treatment, food, and water.

The Center for Urban Science and Progress (CUSP) is a unique public-private research center of NYU that uses New York City as its laboratory and classroom to help cities around the world become more productive, livable, equitable, and resilient. CUSP observes, analyzes, and models cities to optimize outcomes, prototype new solutions, formalize new tools and processes, and develop new expertise/experts. The CUSP research seminars aim to promote an intellectual community around urban informatics, an intrinsically multidisciplinary field, by facilitating discussions on various research topics related to the intersection of big data and urban planning.

THNK workshop with Mitchell Joachim

Falling in Love with Plastic 
THNK: How can we rethink the vast quantities of waste we produce every day, especially in large cities? How can we find a different way of looking at trash? Mitchell Joachim, co-founder of Terreform ONE and co-designer of Fab Tree Hab, an organically grown house, envisions New York as an entirely ecological and sustainable community. During a THNK forum, we discussed some exciting ideas on what it would take to turn trash into treasure. Find out how building sustainable communities requires us to rethink our usage of things, how we design them, and what we do with them. To help save our environment, we may need to fall in love with plastic.

The Aspen Ideas Festival with Mitchell Joachim

The Aspen Ideas Festival is dedicated to Engaging Ideas that Matter with Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova, founders of Terreform ONE.
http://www.aspenideas.org/speaker/mitchell-joachim

Lecture at THNK Amsterdam with Mitchell Joachim

Lecture at THNK School of Creative Leadership in Amsterdam with Mitchell Joachim
http://www.thnk.org

Mitchell Joachim at New York Ideas for The Atlantic

The Atlantic and the Aspen Institute's esteemed Ideas conference will be in New York, convening leaders in business, finance, technology, the sciences, and the arts.

http://www.theatlantic.com/live/events/new-york-ideas/2014/#event-speakers

Weltstadt Conference, DAZ in Berlin with Mitchell Joachim

Who Creates the City? Stagnation in climate policy, vacant properties in the post-industrial city, privatization of public spaces and displacement of socially vulnerable people from the city. Increasing numbers of citizens no longer intend to wait and are taking their future into their own hands. They are repurposing abandoned buildings, trying out resource-saving ways of life and they are demanding their right to the city. How is the self-organization and horizontal linkage between these civil-society actors succeeding?
Davis Kanepe, Cultural Activist, Kanepes Cultural Center, Riga
Mitchell Joachim, Architect and Professor, New York University
Purev-Erdene Ershuu, Architect and Lecturer, Mongolian University of Science and Technology

AIA Columbus, Lecture with Mitchell Joachim

The American Institute of Architects lecture on Post-Sustainability; New Directions in Ecological Urban Design for the Near Future, Mitchell Joachim, The Center for Architecture and Design.
http://www.aiacolumbus.org/index.php/programs-events/chapter-meetings/226-april-chapter-meeting-post-sustainability-new-directions-in-ecological-urban-design-for-the-near-future 

XXI Magazine in Turkey, Terreform ONE

https://www.xxi.com.tr/

BBC News, What if we could rebuild New York City? by Mitchell Joachim of Terreform ONE

BBC Future, By Mitchell Joachim; "If we were designing New York today, how different would it look?"
The new New York City would balance the relationship between the information networks that the metropolis depends on and Earth’s finite resources.
All vital components of life would be monitored and attuned to the needs of every organism, not just humans. Supplies of food and water, our energy and waste and even our air would be sensibly scrutinized. Thanks to masses of miniaturized low-cost electronic components deployed across the city, communication becomes far easier. New York will grow and adapt to millions of new minds entering it everyday.
The city would make sure every need is provided for within its borders. How we provide nutrients, transports, and shelter would be updated. Dilapidated buildings would be replaced with vertical agriculture and new kinds of housing would join cleaner, greener ways to get around the city. What were once streets become snaking arteries of livable spaces, embedded with renewable energy sources, low-tech, green vehicles for mobility and productive nutrient zones. The former street grid could provide the foundation for new flexible networks. By reengineering the obsolete streets, we can create robust and ecologically active pathways.
While all this may sound optimistic, some of this city of tomorrow is already taking shape... see:
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140402-a-vision-of-new-york-in-2050

A+ Award Popular Choice Winner, Terreform ONE

Terreform ONE, BIO CITY WORLD MAP OF 11 BILLION is the A+ Award Popular Choice Winner in the Plus Category | Architecture + Communication.

This is an unparalleled honor. With entries from over 100 countries, this work truly represents the best of architecture worldwide. The Architizer A+ Popular Choice Winner is selected by the online voting public after a three week long campaign. 

http://architizer.com/projects/bio-city-world-map-of-11-billion/

Beaux Arts magazine Terreform ONE

Céline Saraiva & Philippe Trétiack, Green Brain: A Smart Park for a New City, Beaux Arts magazine n°356 p. 47.

Workshop at Chateau De Villiers De Mahieu

SIU School of Architecture, Lecture Mitchell Joachim

The Organic City: Urbanism Redefined, Mitchell Joachim
A Professor in the Design Department at Southern Illinois University from 1959 to 1972, Buckminster Fuller is a unique figure in Carbondale history, and a grandfather of the green movement. In April 1960 he assembled the dome home in Carbondale and lived in it with his wife Anne until 1971.

New Book: Revealing Architectural Design

Philip Plowright. "Revealing Architectural Design: Methods, Frameworks and Tools," Routledge, 2014. Blimp Bumper Buses and MATscape, Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE, pp. 102-105.

Bio City Map at VIA International Festival Micro + Macro

Exposition Micro/ Macro, Le Manège Maubeuge, France and Mons, Belgium.  featuring: TERREFORM ONE : BIO CITY MAP OF 11 BILLION PHILIPPE DECOUFLÉ : HEXABOITE / MEUBLES OPTIQUES / LA GROSSE TÊTE / KRONOFOTO
ANTI VJ : 3DESTRUCT
HEATHER DEWEY-HAGBORG : STRANGER VISIONS
IKEUCHI HIROTO : DESK TURNED DIORAMA
TOM KOK & BRITT HATZIUS : MICRO EVENTS
ALAIN JOSSEAU : AL-THANIYAH DISTRICT (COLLATERAL MURDER) / COORDONNEES : 33° 18’48.524’’ N, 4°30’43.17’’ E
RYOICHI KUROKAWA : OSCILLATING CONTINUUM
CHARLOTTE LEOUZON : MICRO MACRO (sélection de films)
BRENNA MURPHY : CRÉATION
CARSTEN NICOLAI : AOYAMA SPACES
BERND OPPL : FLOCK / DELAY ROOM
BORIS PETROVSKY : DAS VERGERÄT
ANNE ROQUIGNY : 111oOzOo111 (sélection d’œuvres du web)
CANDAS SISMAN : MAKROMIKRO / CYCL
KRIS VERDONCK : MONSTER http://www.lemanege.com/cgi?lg=fr&pag=1310&tab=111&rec=981&frm=0

Cities and Citizenship conference March 13-15

Cities and Citizenship is co-sponsored by the Goethe-Institut New York, Parsons The New School for Design, NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study and Global Design NYU.
Cities and Citizenship is organized by Alissa Burmeister from the Goethe-Institut New York, Ioanna Theocharopoulou from Parsons The New School for Design, Peder Anker, Louise Harpman, Mitchell Joachim, from Global Design NYU at Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University, and is part of the Goethe-Institut's international Weltstadt: Who Creates the City? initiative.
WHAT: Cities and Citizenship | Film Screening and Opening Party
The Domino Effect (2012), a documentary film by Daniel Phelps, Megan Sperry, and Brian Paul
WHEN: Thursday, March 13th 2014_from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm WHERE: Goethe-Institut, Wyoming Building
5 E. 3rd Street (at Bowery)
WHAT: Cities and Citizenship | Conference
WHEN: Friday, March 14th 2014_from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm
WHERE: New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts_1 Washington Place
WHAT: Cities and Citizenship | Workshops
WHEN: Saturday, March 15th 2014_from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm WHERE: Goethe-Institut, Wyoming Building
5 E. 3rd Street (at Bowery)
All events are free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Please register with wyomingbuilding@newyork.goethe.org by March 12th.
Participants include: Peder Anker, [History of Science, Gallatin School, NYU], Gianpaolo Baiocchi [Sociology, Director of Civic Engagement, Gallatin School, NYU], Susannah Drake [Landscape Architect, dlandstudio], Stephen Duncombe [Sociology, Gallatin School, NYU],
Louise Harpman [Architecture, Gallatin School, NYU], Matthias Hollwich [Architect + Co-founder, HWKN], Natalie Jeremijenko [Fine Art + Environmental Studies, NYU], Colin Jerolmack [Environmental Studies + Sociology, NYU], Mitchell Joachim [Architecture, Gallatin School, NYU], Eric Klinenberg [Sociology, NYU], Victoria Marshall [Landscape + Urban Designer, Parsons], Brian McGrath [Architecture, Dean, School of Constructed Environments Parsons], Miodrag Mitrasinovic [Architecture + Urbanism, New School], Mariana Mogilevich [Architecture + Metropolitan Studies, NYU], Vyjayanthi Rao [Anthropology, New School], Eric Sanderson [Senior Conservation Ecologist at WCS],
Susanne Schindler [Architecture, New School, Candide Journal], Ioanna Theocharopoulou [Architectural History, Parsons], Tyler Volk [Biology + Environmental Studies, NYU], Lynnette Widder [Earth Institute, Columbia University].

VISIT www.gdnyu.com

Lecture in Istanbul w/ Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim

sponsored by YEM Etkinlik and Geberit

Lecture at MFA Boston with Mitchell Joachim

The Esther Steinberg Memorial Architecture Lecture, Post-Sustainability: Thinking Big with Mitchell Joachim at the MFA:

http://www.mfa.org/programs/lecture/post-sustainability-thinking-big

Super Cells: Building with Biology by Nina Tandon and Mitchell Joachim

In a tour of the new biological frontier, Nina Tandon and Mitchell Joachim describe the tantalizing array of inventions already being created with nature’s elemental building block: the cell. Imagine personalized bone replacements, living condominium complexes, bacteria-made haute couture, and top sirloin grown without a farm. Tandon and Joachim, daring inventors in their own right, contend that we’re entering a new technological era, one in which we can create smarter technologies by making cells our partners in design. And they confront the thorny questions that come with playing with the power of life.
http://www.amazon.com/kindle/dp/B00ICXN3VA/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_eos_detail

Visualized 2014 with Mitchell Joachim

The Times Center, NY; Visualized is an inspiring two-day gathering of the brightest minds and social innovators from around the world who are changing how we understand and interact with data. Expect to learn from powerful data-driven narratives. Expect to gain new ideas for designing data experiences

http://visualized.com/2014/

Harvard GSD talk w/ Mitchell Joachim

Projective Views on Urban Metabolism at GSD 

Mitchell Joachim, Socio-ecological Design

Chris Reed, Projective Processes

Ila Berman, Productive Recircuiting 

Moderator: Hashim Sarkis 

https://new-geographies.squarespace.com/events/#/projective-views-on-urban-metabolism/

Transportation and Second Avenue Subway

Bhushan Mondkar: “Intelligent Design” Coming to NYC’s Second Avenue Subway

This was the Utopian journey that a group of some 50 transit buffs embarked upon during an enthralling discussion ‘Transportation and Second Avenue Subway” led by a visionary set of panelists- Judith Kunoff, Chief Architect, MTA New York City Transit, Sandra Bloodworth, Director, MTA Arts for Transit and Dr. Mitchell Joachim, Co-Founder, Terreform ONE. http://untappedcities.com/2014/01/23/intelligent-design-coming-to-nyc-second-avenue-subway/

International Scenography Colloquium, Mitchell Joachim

Lecture by Mitchell Joachim at DASA Arbeitswelt Ausstellung in Dortmund, Szenografie-Kolloquium (Scenography Colloquium) 2014. Special Thanks: Oliver Langbein / Gregor Isenbort.

http://www.dasa-dortmund.de/fachbesucher/coming-soon-szenografie-kolloquium-2014/programm-2014/

IAAC Studio Presentations

Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) Studio in Barcelona lead by Claudia Pasquero, Marco Poletto and Carmelo Zappulla, When Energy Becomes Form, presented their prototypes to an international jury composed by Silvia Bures (agricultural engineer), Joan García (GEMMA UPC), Tomasz Jaskiewicz (TU Delft), Manuel Kretzer (ETH Zurich), Mitchell Joachim (Terreform ONE), Josep Muntañola (ETSAB UPC), Enrico Dini (D-Shape), Manuel Gausa (IAAC Dean) and Areti Markopoulou (MAA Director). http://www.iaacblog.com/blog/2013/fall-term-presentations-when-energy-becomes-form/

Lecture at LimeWharf London

Towards Metabolic Cities event at London Lime Wharf, with Urbanista, Guerilla Garden, FARM shop, RECODE and Terreform ONE to discuss the future of cities. http://www.limewharf.org/

National Academy Museum Event w/ Mitchell Joachim

National Academy Museum & CIVITAS Event on Transportation and the Second Avenue Subway. Panelists: Sandra Bloodworth, Director, MTA Arts for Transit; Mitchell Joachim, Ph.D., Co-Founder and Director of Research, Terreform ONE; Judith Kunoff, Chief Architect, MTA New York City Transit; Moderated by James Russell, architecture critic, Bloomberg News http://www.nationalacademy.org/

Bettery Magazine Interview w/ Mitchell Joachim

Bettery Magazine: Mitchell Joachim is a pioneer when it comes to ecological design and architecture. We sat down with the founding co-president of urban think tank Terreform ONE to discuss smart cities, gentrification, and the importance of creatives.
Interview by Alexandra Schade and Lilly Wolf, 2013.
 

Human Ignition: Lotus F1 Race Track Design with Mitchell Joachim

 
Human Ignition is a feature length film investigating the future of F1 and showcasing insight from great minds of Mario Andretti, Harald Belker (Tron Light Cycle, Batmobile), Mitchell Joachim (Terreform ONE), who share a passion for motorsport -- from drivers through to designers.
http://youtu.be/iCh5l1R-HiA

New Model Cities: Rebooting Urban Design

New Model Cities 02: Rebooting Urban Design Energy Economy Ecology
New York State and The Great Lakes Region, Edited by Mojdeh Baratloo 
GSAPP Columbia University, 2013.
"Envisioning Ecological Cities," Mitchell Joachim, pp. 117-124.

NYU Gallatin Faculty Show

Contributors include: Jaime Arrendondo, C. Daniel Dawson, Jeff Day, Martha Diaz, Matthew A.J. Gregory, Louise Harpman, Lanny Harrison, Mitchell Joachim, Nina Katchadourian, Bert Katz, Keith Miller, Meleko Mokgosi, Laurin Raiken, Mark Read, Barnaby Ruhe, Antonio Rutigliano, Salvadore Tagliarino, Greg Wyatt. At The Gallatin Galleries - DEC. 5th - JAN.16th

Terreform ONE - Bio City World Population Map of 11 Billion Video

In the next 100 years we can expect human population to reach 11 billion people. Is this sustainable? We used the Buckminster Fuller Dymaxion Map to take a view of the world and look at the 25 densest cities on the planet. Our Bio City Map displays population density as a parametric graph on the front. The backside zooms in on each of these cities designed and built and grown inside petri dishes. We chose colonies of E. Coli as a method of analog computation. Population density was represented in two different forms of bioluminescent E. coli under UV light. Glowing red E. coli represented future projections, while green represented existing conditions in cities. We used the dilution method in biology to show the range of densities of E. coli populations in each petri dish. Stencils derived from CAD files would shape the E. coli into specific geometries that display the current conditions in cities. This is an interdisciplinary project because cartographers, urban planners, biologists, and architects, were all working to think about a map of the near future of human population.