New Book: Architectural Inventions

Architectural Inventions: Visionary Drawings
By Matt Bua and Maximillian Goldfarb, Laurence King Publishing, 2012.
Projects by Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE.

Bio Design: Nature + Science + Creativity, MoMA

Mitchell Joachim, Maria Aiolova, Oliver Medvedik, Terreform ONE in
Bio Design: Nature + Science + Creativity, by William Myers, Forward by Paola Antonelli, The Museum of Modern Art, 2012, pp. 10, 58-61.

Organs Everywhere Published

Simone Ferracina, Material Shifts, Mitchell Joachim Terreform ONE, Organs Everywhere, oct. 2012, pp. 60-61.

NYU Gallatin iGEM Team

We completed the iGEM (international genetically engineered machines) project with Terreform ONE and Genspace entitled; Aseatobacter - Genetic Generation Seat or Gen2Seat.
"We grow chairs. In a world full of lifeless interiors and boxed pressed wood a miracle of biology is changing the way we create our surroundings."
http://2012.igem.org/Team:NYU_Gallatin/

New Scientist magazine; Mitchell Joachim

"Grow your own home with ancient and modern tech"
By Tiffany O'Callaghan, CultureLab editor.
"An architect and designer with a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mitchell Joachim is the founder of the non-profit green design group Terreform ONE and a leader in the "urbaneering" movement, which invites communities to participate in urban design projects. His latest project is a collaboration between architects and biologists to construct a biosynthetic seat. New Scientist talked to him about experimenting with synthetic biology, his controversial "meat house" project and whether one day we'll be able to grow our own homes - and villages."

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2012/09/mitchell-joachim-interview.html

I-Park Foundation with Mitchell Joachim

I-Park symposium on ephemeral art and architecture. This discussion is the culmination of a 2-week residency involving architects, poets, artists and graphic designers from Open City and the I-Park Foundation, CT.

Maya Cochrane  (Visual Artist/Architect, United Kingdom) 
Carlos Covarrubias Fernandez (Poet, Chile)
Ralph Crispino, Jr. (I-Park Founder, U.S.) 
Jose Balcells Eyquem (Sculptor, Chile)Mitchell Joachim (Architect, Terreform 1, U.S.)
Noemie Lafaurie-Debany (Landscape Architect, Balmori Associates, France/U.S.)
David Jolly Monge (Architect, Chile)
Isabel Reyes Nettle (Architect, Chile)
Tim Tsang (Composer/Musician/Performer/Producer/Remix Artist/Video Artist, Hong Kong/U.S.)
Jose Balcells Eyquem (Ciudad Abierta Founding Member/Sculptor, Chile)
        Reading the Poetic Conditions of a Place
Noemie Lafaurie-Debany (Landscape Architect, Balmori Associates, France/U.S.)
        Making Temporary Landscapes
Magnus Larsson (Architect/Journalist, Sweden/United Kingdom)        Beyond Biomimicry: Three Ephemeral Cities
Roger Tomalty (Architect/Senior Assistant to Paolo Soleri, Arcosanti, U.S.)
       Earth Casting: Forming Thin Shell Concrete onto the Arizona Desert Surface
Mark West (Architect/Product Designer, Canada)
        Holding Time.

Making Space panel with Mitchell Joachim

University of Pennsylvania School of Design Fall 2012 Lecture Series
MAKING SPACE SYMPOSIUM
Featuring John McMorrough, David Fano, Jared Della Valle, Inga Saffron, Jamer Hunt, David Belt, Mitchell Joachim, Aaron Levy, Bill Adair, John Peterson, Daniel D'Oca, Sierra Bainbridge, Christine Gaspar, Toni Griffin, Maurice Cox, Ray Gastil, Ryan Gravel, Lloyd Alter, Tim Love, Matthew Passmore, Jonathan Jackson, Rory Hyde, Cliff Pearson, Diana Lind, & invited guests.
http://imakespace.org/

Wired Magazine: The cities of the future will be grown, not built

"The cities of the future will be grown, not built"

Written by Ian Steadman
Edited by Liat Clark

"...cities of the future will have waste-to-energy plants, not shopping malls or churches, at their centre, according to urban designer Mitchell Joachim of Terreform ONE."
  see full article here: 
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-09/24/urban-sustainability-cities

Gen2Seat: Genetic Generation Seat

At Terreform ONE and Genspace the emergence of citizen biotech must be seen within the broader context of advanced technologies becoming ever more readily available to individuals and groups. With that availability, comes enhanced opportunities to develop new ideas. We have produced the first full-scale synthetic biological chair entitled; Genetic Generation Seat or Gen2Seat. At IGEM (International Genetically Engineered Machines) competition, we have genetically engineered the naturally occurring bacterium Acetobacter xylinum. This bacterium secretes copious amounts of cellulose, which can then be harvested and used directly as a building material. Alternatively, our goal is to create a novel strain that can also secrete the biopolymer chitin, which is normally produced by arthropods, such as insects and crustaceans. In addition, we fused mycelium blocks with the modified acetobactor to create a new biopolymer.  Applying the tools of synthetic biology, alongside other biological disciplines, such as microbiology and tissue engineering, will allow us to create products more organically, with minimal waste and energy expenditure.

Authors: Terreform ONE + Genspace, Mitchell Joachim, Oliver Medvedik, Melanie Fessel, Maria Aiolova, Ellen Jorgenson, Shruti Grover, James Schwartz, Josue Ledema, Tania Doles, Philip Weller, Greg Pucillo, Shivina Harjani, Jesse Hull.
Media: biopolymer of acetobacter, chitin, mycelium.
Size: 20"x 21"x 14".
Support/ Consultation: Ecovative Design LLC, Suzanne Lee and BioCouture.
Sponsor: NYU Gallatin.   

DLD London, Mitchell Joachim

DLD (Digital - Life - Design) is a global conference network on innovation, digital media,  science and culture which connects business, creative and social leaders, opinion-formers and investors for crossover conversation and inspiration.  
DLDcities: 21st September 2012, London
The conference tackles the topic of sustainable urbanization and tries to discover how to build "smarter" cities for a better future. www.dld-cities.com
http://www.dld-conference.com/speakers/art-design/mitchell-joachim_aid_3316.html

Governors Hook Urbaneering

Future City of Governors Island + Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY. Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim, Maria Aiolova, Melanie Fessel. Hubert Studio, Christian Hubert. ONE Lab 2012.

Forum For Urban Design Fellow; Terreform ONE

Terreform ONE is a Nonprofit Fellow of the FFUD.  The Forum, based in New York City, engages its fellows through programs and publications that promote awareness of contemporary urban design’s best practices and greatest challenges.

Urbaneering in Codigo Magazine

Sandra Reyes, Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim, Urbaneering Brooklyn 2110, Código Magazine, Aug.-Sep.#70, pp. 76-78.

Digital Landscape Architecture Now with Terreform ONE

Digital Landscape Architecture Now, Thames & Hudson, 2012.

By Nadia Amoroso and Foreword, George Hargreaves.

A vital publication, this book presents work by the 50 most innovative practices across the globe. From dedicated landscape designers to architects turning their hand to the horizontal.

Lecture at Strelka, Moscow

Mitchell Joachim, Urbanism and Eco-Design at Strelka Institute.
http://www.strelka.com/mitchell-joachim-urbanism-and-eco-design/?lang=en

Dr. Joachim on Air at WPA

Over the past two centuries the U.S. urban population has ballooned to more than 82 percent. Half of the world's population now live in cities. And, every week more than a million people are being added to existing cities. How will we live healthily, sustainably and happily in the cities of the future? Guests: Mitchell Joachim, Co-President, Terreform ONE, Associate Professor at NYU and 2011 TED Senior Fellow. Wired magazine listed him in 2008 as one of "15 People the Next President Should Listen To," and Rolling Stone magazine included him in their list of "The 100 People Who Are Changing America. " Congressman Earl Blumenauer (OR-3), founder and co-chair of the Livable Communities Task Force. His many awards include: National Distinguished Service Award from the American Public Transit Association, and Honorary Memberships in the American Society of Landscape Architects and the American Institute of Architects.

Veronica Rueckert Show
Marika Suval, Producer
Wisconsin Public Radio

Future City of Governors Island and Red Hook Brooklyn

The Urbaneers worked hard all summer to change the edge of Brooklyn. Many more images of this beautiful urban model describe our interventions in detail. A total of 42 architects, landscape architects, designers, and activists worked around the clock to make it happen at ONE Lab. Our great team at Terreform ONE initiated and conceived of this ecological project entitled; Governors Hook for the Year 2112. More soon!

Mitchell Joachim speaking at Assemble 2012

Assemble 2012: the Crafts Council Conference at RIBA, London; This year, the overarching theme is the contribution craft makes to innovation and enterprise, and the relationship between making, science and technology.  Speakers include:

• David Gaunlett
• Rhian Solomon
• Roger L. Kneebone
• Marie O'Mahony
• Clare Reddington
• Mitchell Joachim
• Suzanne Lee
• Julian Ellis

Dr. Joachim Awarded Visiting Artist at Navy Yard

For the first time ever the Brooklyn Navy Yard Center offers an annual program to artists seeking to work on-site once per year.  Established in 1801 as one of the United States first five naval shipyards, the Yard has developed into the Nation’s premiere naval industrial facility.  Today, the Yard serves as a national model for sustainable urban job creation with a rapidly growing cluster of green manufacturers. 

With the exception of the newly opened Brooklyn Navy Yard Center at BLDG 92 and associated tours, this modern industrial park remains closed to the public. The Visiting Artist Program has been established in response to the tremendous interest conveyed by local, national and international artists to get “behind the gates.”

Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova have been awarded Visiting Artist status for 2012-2013.

Mitchell Joachim Speaker at Chicago Ideas Week

Chicago Ideas Week (CIW) is about the sharing of ideas, inspiring action, and igniting change to positively impact our world. People who come to CIW are artists, engineers, technologists, inventors, scientists, musicians, economists, explorers—and, well…just innately passionate.

For one week each October, CIW brings together some of the world's most outstanding speakers to present their ideas and inspire the innovations of tomorrow at 80+ sessions across the city of Chicago. CIW aims to be the platform for sharing big ideas and making big things happen.

http://www.chicagoideas.com/speakers/753

ONE Lab Opens Today

ONE LAb

Terreform BLOG updated

http://terreform.org/blog/

Terreform ONE in build Das Architekten Magazin

Ralf f. Broekman, Olaf Winkler, "New Forms of Knowledge," build, 3/2012, pp. 34-41.

Mitchell Joachim with Dwell Editor-in-Chief Amanda Dameron

 

Radical Sustainability with Mitchell Joachim
Environmental thought leader, architect, and urban designer Mitchell Joachim joined Dwell editor Amanda Dameron Friday, June 21, at Dwell on Design, sharing his most innovative ideas for the city of the future. In classic Joachim fashion, his fascinating presentation was a volley of high-concept solutions delivered with characteristic charm and humor. Here, we share slideshow highlights—and a few of Joachim's highly-quotable gems.

Read more: http://www.dwell.com/articles/dwell-on-design-mitchell-joachim-city-future-architecture.html

AIA New Jersey keynote speaker; Mitchell Joachim

Mitchell Joachim, Assoc. AIA, a notable leader in ecological design, architecture and urbanism, will be the keynote speaker at its third annual East Coast Green Conference 2012.

Opening: White Box Gallery

Austrian Cultural Forum NY, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Museum of Arts and Design NY invite you to DESIGN FOR THE REAL WORLD – REDUX: An exhibition presenting the winners of Victor J. Papanek Social Design Award

Opening reception: Wednesday, June 20, 6 – 9 PM

White Box Gallery

329 Broome Street, New York, NY 10002

www.whiteboxny.org

The exhibition celebrates the outcome of the inaugural “Design for the RealWorld Redux” international social design competition taking place from March to June 2011, organized by the Victor J. Papanek Foundation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, in partnership with the Austrian Cultural Forum New York.  
The winning projects were: Terreform ONE “Urbaneering Brooklyn 2110: Ecological City of the Future,” a socio-ecological exploration of the future metropolis; Wendy Brawer “Open Green Map” website, which fosters sustainable community development through inclusive participation; Lauren Busto and Yves Béhar and Fuseproject “OLPC XO-3 Tablet,” a children’s educational tool for worldwide distribution; Lars Vedeler, Marc Hoogendijk, Sophie Thornander, Karin Lidman, and Kristin Tobiassen “Jani Sanitary Pad” made from biodegradable biopolymers and water hyacinth paper;

The exhibition is curated by Terreform ONE.

Sustainable Cities, Smart Cities (Cidades Sustentáveis, Cidades Inteligentes) Book

Book release: Cidades Sustentáveis, Cidades Inteligentes (Sustainable Cities, Smart Cities), by Carlos Leite, (ed) Bookman/McGrawHill, Brazil, 2012.

Authors; Brian McGrath, Enrique Peñalosa, Marcia Caines, Mike Jenks, Mitchell Joachim, Nicos Kominos, Pierre St-Cyr, Richard Florida, Saskia Sassen, Willy Muller.

European Graduate School, Professor Mitchell Joachim

European Graduate School (EGS) in Saas-Fee Switzerland, Professor Mitchell Joachim, 2012.

View from Hotel.

Van Alen Institute; Green Design as (Un)usual

David Bergman, Mitchell Joachim, Victoria Milne, Susan S. Szenasy
Green Design as (Un)usual, Van Alen Institute.
Call it green design, ecodesign or sustainable design, it’s come a long way since we first started giving it names. Evolving from outlier to, arguably, mainstream, where is the field now and where is it headed? This is the closing question posed in the new book, Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide. To explore this question, Metropolis Magazine Editor-in-Chief Susan S. Szenasy will moderate a panel discussion with architect and Sustainable Design author David Bergman, Terreform ONE Co-Founder and Planetary ONE partner Mitchell Joachim, and NYC Department of Design and Construction Director of Creative Services Victoria Milne.

Occupy Wall Street Favelascape

Terreform ONE; Mitchell Joachim, Maria Aiolova, Melanie Fessel, Laura Goard, Adrian De Silva, Ian Newborn, Caleb Lowery, Kieran Thomas, Viagnehy Fernandez.

Fab Tree Hab in Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide

David Bergman, Sustainable Design: A Critical Guide, Princeton Architectural Press, 2012, p 135.

Leture at Texas A&M

The Texas A&M Department of Performance Studies concluded the first year of its RAMPS initiative with a presentation by Dr. Mitchell Joachim.