NEAR Conference at Pratt

NEAR (Network for Emerging Architectural Research)

The Network for Emerging Architectural Research is a new research initiative in Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD) at The Pratt Institute School of Architecture. Intended to be an entirely new platform for experimentation in architecture and urban design, NEAR seeks to expand beyond the traditional limitations of academic research and establish a space for experimentation and development in-between academia, industries, and public institutions. Commensurate with the complexities of the 21st century, the goal of NEAR is to reach across disciplines to extend architectural knowledge and its modes of practice.

 

"Are the ecological and the computational movements interconnected?"

Thursday, March 24, 6pm-8pm

Introduction by David Ruy

Panelists: Karl Chu, Edward Eigen, Catherine Ingraham, Sanford Kwinter

Experiments at the Intersection

Friday, March 25, 1pm-3pm

Introduction by David Ruy

Presentations: NEAR Confederated Studios Fall '10 (Mitchell Joachim / Maria Aiolova, Carla Leitao, David Ruy), Rhett Russo, Future Cities Lab (Jason Kelly Johnson), CASE RPI / SOM (Ted Ngai), Cmmwlth (Zoe Coombes), Verge Labs (Ginger Krieg Dosier)

Biomatter

Friday, March 25, 330pm-530pm

Moderated by Philip Parker

Presentations: Genspace (Dr. Ellen Joergensen, Daniel Grushkin & Sung won Lim, Nurit Bar-Shai, Dr. Oliver Medvedik), Bioworks Institute (Dr. Oliver Medvedik) & Terreform One (Mitchell Joachim, Maria Aiolova), The Living (David Benjamin)

Respondents: Lydia Kallipoliti & William Myers 

  

"What is organicism today?"

Friday, March 25, 6pm-8pm

Moderated by David Ruy

Presentations: Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Chuck Hoberman, Adam Bly, William Mac Donald, Jesse Reiser

New book; Utopia Forever with Terreform ONE

Utopia Forever Visions of Architecture and Urbanism, Editors: R. Klanten, L. Feireiss.

Projects by Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova of Terreform ONE: Rapid Re(f)use, Urbaneering Brookyln and Future North.

Mitchell Joachim speaking at The Economist

Mitchell Joachim speaking at The Economist on Cities, Ecology, and Mobility
http://ideas.economist.com/presentation/outlook-growth

TED 2011 Stage Design Images: Mitchell Joachim

Urbaneering Brooklyn  by TED Senior Fellow, Mitchell Joachim, Planetary ONE + Terreform ONE 

Many images of our work were fantastically displayed during the duration of the conference talks. 

Thank you: Tom Rielly, Chris Anderson, Logan McClure, Mike Femia, Katherine McCartney.

Storefront for Art and Architecture presents: Eco-Redux

MANIFESTO SERIES 03 ECO-REDUX 

Launching

EcoRedux: Design Remedies for an Ailing Planet (Architectural Design) edited by Lydia Kallipoliti

Storefront for Art and Architecture presents Manifesto Series 03: Eco-Redux showcasing 77 points [11 speakers] towards a new methodology of action for the 21st century. The event will feature:

Chris Perry
Eva Franch i Gilabert
Jimenez Lai
Lydia Kallipoliti
Mark Wigley
Matthias Hollwich & Marc Kushner (HWKN)
Michael Young
Michelle Addington
Mitchell Joachim (Terreform ONE)
Peder Anker
Rafi Segal

Costruire Magazine cover: Fab Tree Hab

Massimo Rossetti, "Progetti non convenzionali," Costruire, Milano, IT, pp. 49-56. Feb. 2011.

Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE.

http://costruire.it

TEDxBrooklyn: Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE

Jules Verne Architecture, Terreform in Stylepark

 Ein Jules Verne der Architektur von Amelie Znidaric 

Mitchell Joachim, Terreform Co-Founder, speaks at The Economist

The Economist magazine, Ideas Economy series: 
Intelligent Infrastructure, the Architecture of Progress

speakers included;

Richard A. Cook
Elizabeth Diller
Tristan d'Estree Sterk
Thom Mayne
Ken Yeang

Frank Gehry
Judith Rodin

Vijay Vaitheeswaran

Iqbal Z. Quadir
S.D. Shibulal
Simon Stevens
Timothy E. Wirth

Mitchell Joachim

Edward Fenster
Syd Kitson

Neil Chambers

Larry Burns
Bob Gilligan
Jack Hidary
Petra Todorovich
Susan Zielinski

David Gelernter
Carlo Ratti

Ludwig Siegele

Geoffrey West

Parag Khanna
Saskia Sassen

Nicholas Negroponte

http://ideas.economist.com/

Future Shock: Escape the Urban Jungle

Published Feb. 08, 2011 By Rod James on designbuild-network.com
"...Forceful views such as this make Joachim, co-founder of urban design group Terreform ONE, not only one of the most influential thinkers in his field but also a journalist's dream. An associate professor at NYU and senior fellow of the TED organization, Joachim has done more than anyone to highlight the need for a radical rethink of the way architects and urban planners approach their trade. This desire for change is motivated by a demographic force that is becoming too strong to ignore."

Future Shock: Escape the Urban Jungle

Introducing GLOBAL Design NYU

GLOBAL [Global Local Open Border Architecture and Landscape] Design at NYU is launched!

The New York University Working Research Group at GDNYU is a place for individuals concerned with the built world.  Here the idea of Architecture, Urban Design, and Landscape is radically explored to create vibrant resources for both scholars and building practitioners.

Visit: GDNYU

Terreform, Mitchell Joachim in Huffington Post

Terreform, Mitchell Joachim in The Huffington Post by Damiano Beltrami.

Mitchell Joachim Of Terreform ONE Imagines A Zero-Impact New York 100 Years From Now

Terreform in ‘A’A’ SUSTAINABLE PROSPECTS

Under the editorship of Rafaël Magrou, L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui publishes its first special issue, SUSTAINABLE PROSPECTS 2011, dedicated to the sustainable development theme.

The ambition for this special issue is to propose to architecture professionals a reference guide, practical and critical, conceived as a genuine work tool, centered around 7 sections and enriched with accurate editorial contents.

Features; Terreform, Mitchell Joachim, pp. 80-83.

Dr. Joachim on Jury for Washington Monument

National Ideas Competition for the Washington Monument Grounds in DC.

Hundreds have answered the call: “How would you shape the Washington Monument grounds?” The WAMO Steering Committee is proud to announce that there are over 500 participants from across the U.S. and around the world. Jury includes; David Hackett Fischer, Raymond Gastil, Kathryn Gustafson, Sara Douglas Hart, Mitchell Joachim, Kirk Savage, and Joy Zinoma.

Galapagos Art Space in Brooklyn: Mitchell Joachim

This January Galapagos is hosting a lecture series entitled “GET SMART.”  Experts in an array of subjects will impart their knowledge and insight in a fun, laid-back cocktail setting.  Attendees can expect to become up to 95% smarter over the course of each night …
Tonight’s speaker is Mitchell Joachim, Ph.D., co-founder of Terreform ONE, a non-profit design group that promotes green design in cities.

Living Cities: Vision and Method Colloquium

LIVING CITIES 
Internationally recognized researchers, designers and critics will present lectures, panels and workshops focusing on the creation of future cities.  The colloquium thematically pairs experimental and visionary projections of future urban forms that pursue social and environmental viability, with in-depth research in next generation building technologies and design tools.   see: http://www.resourcepositive.com/livingcities/ 

speakers include:

Professor Byeong Joon Kang
School of Architecture, Inje University, Busan, South Korea
Roger Bayley
Canadian representative to Tianjin Eco-City China, and lead consultant for Millennium Water Olympic Village in Vancouver, Canada’s first LEED™ certified Platinum neighbourhood.
http://www.rogerbayley.com
Dr. Mitchell Joachim
Terreform 1 / New York University
TED2010 Fellow known for radically re-imagining cities of the future.
http://www.terreform.org
Alexander Rieck
Laboratory for Visionary Architecture [LAVA] / Fraunhofer Institute Stuttgart.
Designer for Masdar City Center, poised to become world’s most sustainable, zero-waste, car-free, carbon neutral city.
http://www.l-a-v-a.net
Azam Khan
Autodesk Research
Developer of next-generation design tools.
http://www.autodesk.com/research
Ian Keough
Buro Happold LA
http://www.burohappold.com/bh/home.aspx
Marc Simmons
Front Inc. / Princeton University
http://www.frontinc.com
Andre Sorensen
University of Toronto / Cities Centre
http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~sorensen/Home.html
Kevin Stelzer
B+H Architects
http://www.bharchitects.com

Topos: Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE

Urbaneering Brooklyn NY 2110 - The Sci-Fi-Based Solution to Climate Change

An intensified version of an autarchic Brroklyn supplies all vital needs for its population. Dilapidated structures are replaced with vertical agriculture and housing merged with infrastructure. Visionary operations are not just about a comprehensive model of tomorrow's city, but an initial platform for discourse..  Author: Joachim, Mitchell

Topos 73, 2010, pp.88-92.

Terreform ONE in New York Times

On Flatbush Avenue, Seven Stories Chock-Full of Ideas, by Jed Lipinski, Photos Benjamin Norman  Published NYTimes: January 11, 2011.

 "Mitchell Joachim, an ecological architect and one of three TED fellows (for technology, entertainment and design)on the floor, likens the Metropolitan Exchange to a modern-day version of Bauhaus, the German design school. “People here have enormous credentials and potential to succeed,” Mr. Joachim said. “Plus the rent is ridiculously cheap.”  Mr. Joachim’s nonprofit design collective, Terreform One, promotes green initiatives in cities. Its conceptual projects are on display, including One-Day Tower, a model of a 53-story building built from all the trash produced by New York City in 24 hours."

New TED2011 Senior Fellows; Mitchell Joachim

TED is proud to introduce the 2011 TED Senior Fellows! Selected from among past TED Fellows, the 12 individuals listed below comprise the 2011 TED Senior Fellows; Jessica Green (US) Professor at the University of Oregon's Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology whose research focuses on microbial diversity. Robert Gupta (US) Indian American violinist and musical activist, youngest member of Los Angeles Philharmonic. Cesar Harada (France | Japan | US) Coordinator of the Open_Sailing project, developing open-source technologies for the International_Ocean_Station and oil spill remediation robotics. Mitchell Joachim (US) Professor at NYU and co-founder of Terreform ONE + Terrefuge, non-profit design groups that promotes ecological design in cities. Manu Prakash (India | US) Junior Fellow at Harvard Society of Fellows, physicist and inventor pursuing research in the field of physical biology. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (Pakistan | Canada) Documentary filmmaker and founder of The Citizens Archive of Pakistan, an educational institution and heritage center established to preserve Pakistan's history. Awab Alvi (Pakistan) Pakistani dentist, orthodontist and author of Teeth Maestro, a prominent Pakistani political blog. Alanna Shaikh (US | Tajikistan) Global health and development specialist and author of the international development focused-blog, Blood and Milk. Aparna Rao (India) A part of the Bangalore-based artist duo Pors & Rao who works with electro-mechanical systems and interactive installations. Saeed Taji Farouky (Palestine | UK) Documentary filmmaker, photographer and writer focusing on human rights in the Middle East and North Africa. Candy Chang (US) Public installation artist, designer, urban planner, and co-founder of Civic Center, an urban design studio in New Orleans. Esra'a Al Shafei (Bahrain) Bahraini human rights activist + founder of MideastYouth.com, a grassroots digital network facilitating the struggle against oppression in the Middle East & North Africa.

BlackBook Magazine: TEDx Brooklyn, Dr. Mitchell Joachim

An Exploration of TedxBrooklyn, by Rozalia Jovanovic; "If TEDx Brooklyn is any example of what TEDx events are like, it’s a less-polished version that takes itself less seriously, and offers a chance for people to see talks on subjects that others are passionate about. At worst it’s failed storytelling, and at best, like with Dr. Mitchell Joachim’s presentation, it exposes the audience to what some people are doing that might affect how we live, like designing stackable cars and jetpacks. Yet, TEDxBrooklyn seemed to have stronger ties than most TEDx conferences to TED. There were celebrities in the mix of presenters—like Barbara Bush (younger), Ben Bronfman, the artist Callie Curry (aka Swoon) and DJ Spooky—which added some cache. A couple of the speakers had presented at actual TED conferences, like Dr. Mitchell Joachim and Dr. Haresh Lalvani. And the founder of TED himself—Richard Saul Wurman—was there in conversation with Kurt Anderson." "The co-founder of Terreform ONE—a leading firm in ecological design, Dr. Mitchell Joachim, gave maybe the most fascinating presentation on designing a lexicon of “smart mobility,” which included edible cars, stackable cars, and intelligent streets. His firm had also created a jet pack. “There’s a parachute in the crotch in case all hell breaks loose.”" see http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/tedxbrooklyn-elitism-worth-spreading/23504

Detail Magazine, Terreform ONE

A metropolis is reinvented, Mitchell Joachim, and Maria Aiolova, co-founders of Terreform ONE + Terrefuge, Detail Magazine.

eVolo Magazine, Terreform ONE

eVolo Magazine #03, Cities of Tomorrow, Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim

Greenbuild: Dr. Joachim

The USGBC Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Chicago was incredible! Master Speaker series with Mitchell Joachim and panel talk with Maria Aiolova, Co-founders of Terreform ONE http://www.greenbuildexpo.org/speakers/Master-Speakers/Mitchell-Joachim.aspx

NYTimes Blog: TEDxBrooklyn

The New York Times Blog, by COLIN WEATHERBY "Other compelling works were presented by transportation guru Dr. Mitchell Joachim of Terreform ONE design. In a rapid-fire slide show of psychedelic imagery, Dr. Joachim discussed living homes made from trained plants, jet packs for commuters and inflatable cars.

“We want cars that are so soft you can say hello to your neighbor by bumping into them,” Dr. Joachim said, “If these vehicles ran into your grandma they would tickle."”

Material Design book with MATscape, Terreform ONE

Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality, Birkhauser Verlag AG, 2010. Thomas Schröpfer (Author), Erwin Viray, James Carpenter, Sheila Kennedy, Liat Margolis, Toshiko Mori, Nader Tehrani, Peter Yeadon Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE + Terrefuge, MATscape, pp.180.

Terreform ONE at Biodivercity Exhibition, Wash. DC

BiodiverCity exhibition at the Embassy of Australia in Washington DC with Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim & Maria Aiolova. Curated by Natalie Jeremijenko Special Thanks: Brendan Wall, Kathrine Kramer, Sabine Finnern, Zenon Tech-Czarny.

Lecture at IIDA Forum NY

International Interior Design Association Forum in NY hosted Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE. Special thanks; Suzette Subance, Casey Baxter, Abigail French

TEDxBrooklyn: Mitchell Joachim

TEDx in Brooklyn at Pratt was fantastic! The New Yorker; Above and Beyond Special thanks to the organizers and my fellow speakers;

• Dr. Haresh Lalvani
• Barbara Bush
• Steve Daniels
• Swoon
• Ben Bronfman
• Daniel Iglesia
• Dr. Prabhjot Singh
• Karl Chu
• DJ Spooky
• Nate Ball
• Tracie Morris
• Sam Cochran
• Dr. Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE
• Fabien Cousteau
• William Katavolos
• Kurt Andersen
• Richard Saul Wurman
• Howard Fishman

Organizers

• Tegy Thomas
• Bruce Gitlin
• Varghese Chacko
• Debera Johnson
• Carolyn Greer

Mitchell Joachim in EcoRedux AD

"Rapid Re(f)use: 3-D Fabricated Positive Waste Ecologies," Eco-Redux, special issue of Architectural Design (AD) ed. Lydia Kallipolliti, Wiley, London. Vol. 80, Issue 6, pp. 122–129, Nov/Dec 2010. Terreform ONE + Terrefuge, Rapid Re(f)use: Waste to Resource City 2120, New York City, 2008 and Homeway: The Great Suburban Exodus, 2009. Mitchell Joachim calls for a radical revision of our approach to waste management. Rather than the low-level recycling that goes on through municipal authorities, he advocates the proactive use of waste to regenerate our cities.

Terreform ONE in Topos

Zumtobel Prize winners; Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim, Maria Aiolova, Topos, p.8, vol 72, 2010.

Dr. Joachim in aU Arquitetura & Urbanismo

"Cidades 2010 + 25", Carlos Leite, aU Arquitetura & Urbanismo, MIT Car, NYC River Gym, Mitchell Joachim, ANO 25, N. 197 AUG 2010.

Terreform ONE in Bauwelt

Bauwelt 37.10, "Zumtobel Group Award", Friedeike Meyer, Oct. 2010, pp. 16-17. Mitchell Joachim, Maria Aiolova.

Terreform ONE in Portfolio

Portfolio in DAMDI Architectural Publishing, Terreform ONE and Mitchell Joachim, PhD.

Terreform in Wallpaper

Our fabulous Terreform dot "ORG" in Wallpaper! quick reminder click here

Kerb18 PlastiCity FantastiCity

Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE, "Pre-Source: Design as a Resource for all Resources", Kerb Journal, Ed. Ben Kazacos, pp. 88-91, RMIT, BPA Books, 2010. Other contributors include; Alain de Botton, Ma Yansong of M.A.D Architects, NIP Paysage, Stelarc, Clark Thenhaus, Tristan Sterk.

Huffington Post: Mitchell and Douglas Joachim

Spinning The Pedal-Powered Gym,

by Dar Williams; "When I started this blog in 2010, I went straight to Google with "human powered gym new york." Uh oh. Architectural renderings of a human-powered gym. Mitchell and Douglas Joachim designed River Gym, a fleet of buoyant, transparent, human-powered gym pods on the Hudson River. Don't get me wrong. I loved it."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dar-williams/spinning-the-pedalpowered_b_759670.html

Lecture at CUA in Washington, DC

The Catholic University of America, School of Architecture and Planning Lecture: Mitchell Joachim http://architecture.cua.edu/

Keynote Lecture AIA of Norfolk, Virginia

Mitchell Joachim and Terreform ONE lectured for the American Institute of Architects' fall lecture series at Granby Theater, Norfolk VA; See the VEER Magazine article: here

Mitchell Joachim at The Feast Conference

The Feast Conference gathers the world's greatest innovators from across industries and society to empower, inspire and engage each other in creating world-shaking change. Mitchell Joachim of Terreform ONE, lectured at Feast, Times Center, NY. Thank You; Michael Karnjanaprakorn and Jerri Chou. http://www.feastongood.com/Conference/speakers

Architectural Biennial Beijing 2010 Terreform ONE

Please see the work of Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE and the East Coast Pavilion in Beijing China. Thank you David Ruy and Ruy Klien http://www.a-b-b-china.com/en/ArchitectsInfo.aspx?id=7&subId=33

Storefront for Art and Architecture book launch

Storefront for Art and Architecture presents the inaugural event of our new Cabaret Series in a performative and multi-media book launch for The Studio-X NY Guide to Liberating New Forms of Conversation (GSAPP Books, 2010), edited by Gavin Browning.

In this cabaret:

DAVID BENJAMIN will telecommunicate, GAVIN BROWNING will tell a story, CRAIG BUCKLEY will surprise, MTWTF will publish, MICHELLE FORNABAI will paint, EVA FRANCH will emcee, LARISSA HARRIS & DAMON RICH will conspire, MITCHELL JOACHIM & IOANNA THEOCHAROPOULOU will narrate, JANETTE KIM will count, MITCH MCEWEN will rap, DANIEL PERLIN will make noise, SARAH WILLIAMS will visualize, MIMI ZEIGER will formulate, and MARK WIGLEY will wrap things up.

About the book: Studio-X New York is one node of a global network that includes like-minded event/work spaces in Beijing, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro. But that wasn't always the case. In the beginning, this lone "pilot" Studio-X-unadvertised and largely invisible to the public, tucked away behind an unmarked door on the 16th floor of a nondescript office building in Lower Manhattan-needed an infrastructure, identity, audience, and a set of tools to make it work. These are the instructions.

Featuring: Moshe Adler, Bathroom Keys, Barry Bergdoll, David Cay Johnston, Chairs, Charette, Jean-Louis Cohen, Design Glut, Yevgeniy Fiks, File Cabinets, Karen Finley, Lars Fischer, Laura Flanders, Folding Wall, Michelle Fornabai, Free Speech Zone, Cristina Goberna, Group Therapy, Interboro, Mitchell Joachim, Olympia Kazi, Vitaly Komar, Reinhold Martin, Michael Mandiberg, Jürgen Mayer H., Mitch McEwen, Jonas Mekas, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Neighborhood Watch, Network Architecture Lab, Jorge Otero-Pailos, Daniel Perlin, Joshua Prince-Ramus, Rapid Response, Reading Group, David Reinfurt, Damon Rich, Sukhdev Sandhu, Raja Shehadeh, Mark Shepard, Simulcast, Brooke Singer, Sink, Spatial Information Design Lab, Situ Studio, Tables, Astra Taylor, Ioanna Theocharopoulou, Suzanne Tick, Track Lighting, Town Hall Meeting, Urban Landscape Lab, Warm Engine, Cathy Wilkerson, Mabel Wilson, Mimi Zeiger, and more.

The Studio-X NY Guide to Liberating New Forms of Conversation Edited by Gavin Browning Afterword by Mark Wigley Designed by MTWTF GSAPP Books

Speaking at PICNIC

Mitchell Joachim and Oliver Medvedik have performed a BioDesign workshop and presented a lecture at Picnic, Amsterdam 2010.

The PICNIC name represents everything we strive to be. People from diverse backgrounds come to exchange ideas and insight in an informal, social atmosphere. PICNIC is about innovative ideas for business and society. It is an annual three-day festival that blurs the lines between creativity, science, technology and business to explore new solutions in the spirit of co-creation. Curious minds eager to exchange their knowledge, ideas and skills gather at PICNIC, making it the place to create the future – together.

Contemporary Digital Architecture: Terreform ONE

Contemporary Digital Architecture: Design and Techniques, Dimitris Kottas

This book presents the latest developments in the field of architecture as it has been reshaped by the use of digital technologies. The last few years, technological developments in both hardware and software have enabled the realization of ideas that until now were only presented as theories, and have also opened new and unexpected areas of experimentation. The new digital technologies are influencing every stage of the creative process from the initial exploration of ideas to the construction of the final work and its interaction with the user. These developments are presented in four chapters, each one including detailed presentation of the most important relevant projects and general theoretical-technical information.