NYU Department of Art History: The Work of Architecture in the Age of Synthetic Biology Tuesday, October 27, 6:30 PM Mitchell Joachim, Associate Professor of Practice (ecological design, architecture, and urbanism), NYU Gallatin.
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10.23.2020
Design with the Living 2020 with Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE
In recent years, bio-design has emerged as an innovative new discipline that uses biological processes to create sustainable approaches to design, building, and fabrication. From collaborating with living organisms such as mycelium to using artificial intelligence to guide the growth of plants, these designers and architects are exploring new ways to shape our material world in ways that are respectful of our planetary boundaries.
In this annual symposium, we are interested in exploring how this area of design is developing across global regions, and in critically discussing how it needs to evolve to address today’s environmental and ecological challenges. Design with the Living aims to provide a space for critique and to drive an annual review of the agency of ‘design with the living’ in a global perspective.
It is co-organized by the Design Museum, the Design & Living Systems Lab (Central Saint Martins UAL), The Bio ID Lab (Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL), and the British Council. Organized by Carole Collet, Director, Maison/0 & Director Design and Living Systems Lab, Central Saint Martins, UAL.
10.18.2020
Biennial of Thought Barcelona with Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE
Resilient City: Mitchell Joachim, Yayo Herrero, Elena Albareda, Salvador Rueda.
Moderator: Areti Markopoulou. Credits: Iu Andrés Luarna, and Núria Moliner.
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10.07.2020
TED Countdown Anti-Extinction Library w/ Fine Acts and Terreform ONE
Anti-Extinction Library Community Archive of Genetic Material for Species Preservation East River, Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY USA, 2020.
Bringing back various animals at the brink of extinction is vital. Designed to delight and educate local citizens, the egg-shaped Anti-Extinction Library we are building for the TED Countdown event contains frozen embryos of threatened local species. Cryogenic vaults will be contained within a symbolic “egg” form that deconstructs over time. These vaults are encased within fertile soil embedded with seeds that are designed to disintegrate onsite to create a flourishing habitat for the future embryos. Each species admitted to the library is imprinted with a genetic marker containing the "Nature Bill of Rights" modified from the UN documents on human rights. These encoded markers support a narrative that all species are equal and all are necessary to a healthy planet.
The Anti-Extinction Library – a permanent shelter for the embryonic cells and DNA of rare lifeforms The work is part of a global art action: ten public artworks, аll launching today around the world, in support of Countdown – TED’s global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis NYC, 10.10.2020
Three TED Fellows have teamed up to create The Anti-Extinction Library, an installation that permanently shelters the embryonic cells and DNA of rare lifeforms, designed to delight and educate local citizens. Mitchell Joachim, Chris Woebken, and Oliver Medvedik at New Lab, with Terreform ONE, note that species biodiversity is vanishing at an alarming rate. Much of this devastation is because of adverse activities linked to climate change and habitat loss. The artists reverse this problem by creating a space that safeguards these organisms at their earliest and most fundamental state. The local bank has the added benefit of community engagement. The Anti-Extinction Library allows anyone to submit suggestions of local species to save. Curated by institutional members nearby, a consensus can be reached on all new additions.
“Besides being cryogenically preserved, each strand of DNA has an embedded genetic maker that contains the entire "Nature Bill of Rights" modified from the UN documents on human rights. These encoded markers support a narrative that all species are equal and all are necessary to a healthy planet”.
The work is part of a global art action: a group of prominent artists created ten public artworks on the topic of climate change, аll launching today, in ten cities around the world – from Cairo to Cape Town, and from Vancouver to Dallas. The global art activation is part of Countdown – TED’s global initiative to champion and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis, turning ideas into action. The initiative’s goal: To build a better future by cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030 in the race to a zero-carbon world. All participating artists are part of the TED Fellows program that celebrates and uplifts exceptional talent in various fields. The artists have been specifically selected to participate in this global creative activation to raise awareness for Countdown while translating key climate issues in ways that spur imaginations and trigger participation. “Art has the opportunity to bring this important conversation to new audiences and to make people think about the issue in new ways. We can change climate change...each of these public artworks invites people to learn more about climate change and participate in building a better future”, says Logan McClure Davda, TED’s Director of Impact. Today, Countdown launches globally with a virtual event, to serve as an inspiration and a call to action to the world’s leaders — and to people everywhere — to step up and participate in building a better future. The global art activation is a collaboration between Countdown and Fine Acts, a global nonprofit creative studio for social change, that curated and coordinated the collection.
https://fineacts.co/countdown/
Credits: Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim, Chirs Chris Woebken, Vivian Kuan, Nina Anker, Lisa Wood Richardson, Sky Achitoff, Mamoun Nukumanu, Iyad Abou Gaida, Connor Lambrecht, Vivian Jiang, Oliver Medvedik, Robin Stiefel, Sam Anderson, Dylan Pero, Adam Jonah, Adam Fried...
9.30.2020
Topos Magazine Deep Impact w/ Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE
8.18.2020
Architect Magazine Book Review - Design with Life by Terreform ONE
Aug. 17th, 2020. ARCHITECT - Terreform ONE and the Quest for a New Garden of Eden. Aaron Betsky reviews the firm's monograph, "Design with Life," a study in how architecture can help save the planet.
"In my opinion, no firm working today is better at pushing this convergence of natural and technological processes into semi-automatic (but still very “signature”) designs than Terreform ONE. The book Design with Life: Biotech Architecture and Resilient Cities (Actar, 2020), authored by the firm's cofounders Mitchell Joachim, Assoc. AIA, and Maria Aiolova, Assoc. AIA, collects their projects from the last two decades and shows the full breadth—but also the limitations—of that work."
"...Design with Life is a book that made me smile and hope, that made me marvel at the inventiveness of the forms and feel seduced by a biophilic and technomorphic Garden of Eden rising out of the ruins of our soon-to-be-drowned cities. I do not know enough science to be able to judge whether any of this will work, but if architecture is going to help save our planet, I hope it does so with forms as beautiful as those Joachim and Terreform ONE create." - Aaron Betsky.
8.17.2020
Architizer: The World's Best Architecture w/ Terreform ONE
8.05.2020
Museum of Craft and Design Talk w/ Terreform ONE
7.13.2020
German Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia with Mitchell Joachim
German Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia
2038 x AWC Launch: Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin
Opening Pavilion: 21.05.2021, Giardini della Biennale, Venice
Christopher Rothh, and Lukas Kubina.
At a Distance: Mitchell Joachim on What Civilization 2.0 Looks Like
At A Distance: EPISODE #52
Spencer Bailey, Andrew Zuckerman, The Slowdown - Interview with Mitchell Joachim.
Architect and urban designer Mitchell Joachim, co-founder of the firm Terreform ONE and co-author of the new book “Design with Life: Biotech Architecture and Resilient Cities,” talks with us about the idea of utopia, the future of capitalism, and why, coming out of Covid-19, we’re going to start thinking again of ourselves as citizens instead of consumers.
6.02.2020
Material ConneXion with Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE
Microsoft Lecture Series: Mitchell Joachim - Design with Life
As part of Microsoft’s Sustainability Speaker Series, TED Fellow, ecological architect, and mad scientist Dr. Mitchell Joachim of Terreform ONE brings together a candid crowd of experts to talk about the future of sustainability and his mission to use the power of design to combat planetary extinction. His new book, Design With Life, written with his co-founder Maria Aiolova, looks at acts of ecological design that showcase the potential of designing with nature, not against it. From worm-eating styrofoam incinerators to butterfly sanctuary double-skin facades and cricket sex pods, Terreform One shows us some of their most radical visions for ecology’s role in the survival of our planet. Joachim and Aiolova will be joined by Dr. Peder Anker and author, Charles C. Mann, to discuss how biological processes can create resilient answers to tomorrow’s most pressing urban challenges. This talk is moderated by Paul Miller AKA DJ Spooky and sponsored by The Microsoft Garage.
Check out Actar Publishers or Amazon for your personal copy of Design With Life.
4.23.2020
Dezeen with Terreform ONE Mitchell Joachim
VDF has teamed up with Terreform ONE: authors Mitchell Joachim, Julia Watson, Eran Chen and Paul Miller in a live discussion about sustainable design in a post-coronavirus world.
https://www.dezeen.com/vdf/terreform-one/
4.03.2020
IAAC BITS 9 Black Ecologies with Mitchell Joachim Terreform ONE
The IAAC BITS journal is a collective container of knowledge developed by the Advanced Architecture Group of the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia. The journal collects material stimulating, promoting and developing research in the diverse areas of Advanced Architecture through a multi-disciplinary approach. With the 9th issue, IAAC BITS is entering a new editorial phase pushing research, generating dialogue and presenting novel ideas and solutions for the current global challenges.
http://actar.com/product/iaac-bits-9/?utm_source=Academic+Programmes+-+GDPR&utm_campaign=5ec49d9539-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_04_04_47_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8a1e590bcc-5ec49d9539-218277817&mc_cid=5ec49d9539&mc_eid=2e4a251743
3.10.2020
Topos Interview w/ Mitchell Joachim Terreform ONE
INTERVIEW by Mark Kammerbauer
https://www.toposmagazine.com/interview-mitchell-joachim/
2.27.2020
Humans of Construction with Mitchell Joachim Terreform ONE
https://www.newyorkbuildexpo.com/humans-of-construction
2.26.2020
BOOK LAUNCH! Design with Life w/ Terreform ONE at Institute for Public Knowledge
March 11th, at 6-8 PM
Institute for Public Knowledge, NYU
20 Cooper Sq, 2nd Floor
New York, NY
http://actar.com/product/design-with-life/
https://ipk.nyu.edu/
2.14.2020
A New View, Terreform ONE wins project with the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge
Terreform ONE’s entry uses mealworms to devour polystyrene waste.
The Bio-Informatic Digester is a machine in the garden that utilizes mealworms to eat styrofoam packaging from e-waste. At the base, the tesseract showcases mealworms devouring community donated styrofoam and at the top mycelium erodes over time to reveal the biodiversity graph and future projections of Camden, NJ. Tapping into Camden's roots as the first county in the state to mandate recycling, this project demonstrates a new method of biologically-driven recycling that can contribute to urban biodiversity. Furthermore, the project visualizes the often-unseen beneficial insect behavior in cities. Manifesting ecological routines into a visible spectacle is a utilitarian mechanism for building awareness and communicating intentions. Instead of burying or hiding urban metabolic infrastructure, reversing its presence is desirable. Foregrounding nature as an aestheticized and functional event in its myriad of forms is an excellent design objective. Giving citizens the capacity to see waste, energy or water systems in flux highlights their value and immediacy.
The winners are, Amanda Schachter and Alexander Levi, SLO Architecture; Athena Steen and Josh Sarantitis; Tyler FuQua Creations; The Myth Makers, Donna Dodson & Andy Moerlein; Erik James Montgomery; Tom Marchetty, The Factory Workers; DKLA Design and Terreform ONE: Mitchell Joachim, Vivian Kuan, Zack Saunders, Theo Dimitrasopoulos, Nicholas Gervasi, Connor Lee Lambrecht.
Camden Mayor Frank Moran, the City of Camden, Cooper’s Ferry Partnership, and the Rutgers–Camden Center for the Arts on Jan. 31 announced the eight artists who will participate in “A New View,” a winning project selected for the Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge that has been awarded $1 million.
The Bio-Informatic Digester is a machine in the garden that utilizes mealworms to eat styrofoam packaging from e-waste. At the base, the tesseract showcases mealworms devouring community-donated styrofoam and at the top, mycelium erodes over time to reveal the biodiversity graph and future projections of Camden, NJ. Tapping into Camden’s roots as the first county in the state to mandate recycling, this project demonstrates a new method of biologically-driven recycling that can contribute to urban biodiversity. Furthermore, the project visualizes the often-unseen beneficial insect behavior in cities. Manifesting ecological routines into a visible spectacle is a utilitarian mechanism for building awareness and communicating intentions. Instead of burying or hiding urban metabolic infrastructure, reversing its presence is desirable. This machine will show nature as an aestheticized and functional event in its myriad of forms. It will offer the community the capacity to see waste, energy or water systems in flux – highlighting their value and immediacy.
http://www.anewviewcamden.com/uploads/6/2/8/5/6285355/a_new_view_artist_guide_final_5.pdf
1.30.2020
Terreform ONE Bio-Informatic Digester at Eyes of the City, Shenzhen Biennale
The Bio-Informatic Digester is a machine in the garden that utilizes mealworms to eat styrofoam packaging from e-waste. At the base, the tesseract shaped white cube showcases mealworms devouring community donated styrofoam refuse. It erodes over time to reveal a pre-made graph of future zero-waste projections. Tapping into a new mandate of recycling, this project demonstrates a method of biologically-driven upcycling that can contribute to urban biodiversity. Furthermore, the project visualizes the often-unseen beneficial live insect behavior in cities. Manifesting ecological routines into a visible spectacle is a utilitarian mechanism for building awareness and communicating intentions. Instead of burying or hiding urban metabolic infrastructure, reversing its presence is desirable - the waste becomes compost. Foregrounding nature as an aestheticized and functional event in its myriad of forms is an excellent design objective. Giving citizens the capacity to see waste, energy or water systems in flux highlights their value and immediacy. - Terreform ONE, 2020, “Eyes of the City” Shenzhen Biennale 2019.
http://eyesofthecity.net/monarch-sanctuary-bioinformatics/
Chief Curator:
Carlo Ratti
Academic Curator:
Politecnico di Torino – Michele Bonino
South China University of Technology (SCUT) – Sun Yimin
(South China-Torino Lab)
Executive Curators:
Daniele Belleri (CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati)
Edoardo Bruno (Politecnico di Torino)
Xu Haohao (SCUT)
Exhibition Venue Design:
Andrea Cassi
with James Schrader, Alberto Benetti, Niccolò Centrone, Pietro Franceschini, Serena Giardina, Rui Guan, Stephanie Lee, Federico Riches, Ina Sefgjini, Alessandro Servalli, Chenyu Xu
PRODUCTION & CONSTRUCTION
Freddy Curiél (Lapis Bureau)
Venue Project Manager
Liu Si
Special thanks to:
The Embassy of Italy in Beijing
The Consulate General of Italy in Guangzhou
The Department of Architecture and Design (DAD) at Politecnico di Torino
INTE – International Affairs Area and China Center, Politecnico di Torino
Foundational Contributors:
Alessandro Armando, Ole Bouman, Yung Ho Chang, Thomas Chung, Giovanni Durbiano, Maurizio Vittorio Ferraris, Jeanne Gang, Dong Gong, Vicente Guallart, Matthias Hank Haeusler, Sarah Mineko Ichioka, Liu Jian, Mitchell Joachim, Kees Kaan, Annette Kim, Brian Zhang Li, Geoff Manaugh, Manfredo Manfredini, Jürgen Mayer H., Hans-Ulrich Obrist, Dietmar Offenhuber, Ingrid Paoletti, François Penz, Antoine Picon, Luigi Prestinenza Puglisi, Daan Roosegaarde, Deyan Sudjic, Martijn de Waal, Albena Yaneva, Long Ying, J. Meejin Yoon, Liam Young, Philip F. Yuan
1.24.2020
The Ove Arup Foundation Grant Winners: Terreform ONE
https://www.ovearupfoundation.org/
12.16.2019
New Book: Designs for Different Futures, Yale University Press
https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780876332900/designs-different-futures
NXT Interview w/ Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE by Mark Kammerbauer
Editor Mark Kammerbauer spoke to the American Mitchell Joachim, a pioneer of ecological design and urban planning, about architecture, the future, teaching and design as a process of invention.
https://nxta-dialog-das-architekturgespraech.podigee.io/6-mitchell-joachim
11.27.2019
A Living Matter with Terreform, Mitchell Joachim
APEX Media: A Living Matter: The Microorganisms Seeping Into Aircraft Manufacturing and Design 20 November 2019 by Valerie Silva.
"Mitchell Joachim, co-founder of architecture and urban design research group Terreform ONE, says, “Mycelium is also an amazing replacement for what would be used for insulation, cushions, Styrofoam or any kind of seating element. It’s literally found in nature, and we can control it. We grow it in a mold, and it shapes itself in seven days.” In collaboration with community biology lab Genspace, Terreform ONE has developed a series of benches using the material."
“A Living Matter” was originally published in the 9.5 December/January issue of APEX Experience magazine.
11.20.2019
State of Extremes, Design Museum Holon with Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim
http://www.dmh.org.il/pages/default.aspx?PageId=879&Preview=1
11.06.2019
Museum of Craft and Design w/ Terreform ONE, Mitchell Joachim
December 19, 2019–May 3, 2020
Museum of Craft and Design
San Francisco, CA
Participating artists and studios include Andrew Maynard Architecture, Alejandro Aravena, Vincent Callebaut, Davison Design, Tina Hovsepian, IKEA Foundation, Chris Jordan, Liam Kelly, Thomas L. Kelly, Jingyang Liu Leo, Mary Mattingly, Achim Menges, Gerard Minakawa, William McDonough and Partners, Peta Fend and Malgorzata Pawlowska, The Empowerment Plan, Journeyman Pictures, Pedro Reyes, Phil Ross, Terreform ONE and Mitchell Joachim, Tomas Saraceno, Kevin Jin He and Won Ryu, and ZO-Loft Architecture and Design. Curated by Randy Jayne Rosenberg, Art Works for Change.
10.21.2019
American Planning Association NY Lecture with Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE
Urban planners and designers must shift fundamental thinking and practices around how we develop land and our cities. We can dramatically reshape the way we structure our living environs by applying the principles of biophilic urbanism to land use planning and urban design.
Jennifer Bolstad, RLA, LEED AP, Local Office Landscape and Urban Design.
Sarah Charlop-Powers, Natural Areas Conservancy.
Emory Grace Lee, AICP ENV SP, Insight Civil.
Mitchell Joachim, PhD, Terreform ONE.
Walter Meyer, ASLA, LEED AP, Local Office Landscape and Urban Design.
Eric Sanderson, PHD, Wildlife Conservation Society.
https://www.nyplanning.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/APA-2019_Program_final.pdf
10.16.2019
Oculus AIA Magazine, The Future of Materials with Mitchell Joachim, Terreform ONE
Julia Van Den Hout, "Inside Track," Oculus, Volume 81, Issues 3 and 4, Fall 2019.
Three faces of in-house R and D show how architecture can harness the environment.
While the R+D teams at firms like BIG and KPF work within the larger framework of the design practice, research is the primary driving force at Terreform One. Set up as a non-profit “research consultancy,” Terreform One has an ultrafine focus: “We’re a think tank for ideas about the city, especially ideas that relate to what we call socio-ecological design.” This is not to be mistaken with “sustainable” and “eco-friendly” design, which founder Mitchell Joachim notes are too frequently employed as empty terms.
Joachim is the first to admit that his adverse response to these more traditional labels may be a limitation. “Socio-ecological design is a mouthful,” he says, “and it stinks from a branding perspective.” More imperative here, however, is the need to solve problems. “We have the statistics,” he adds. “We have the ability to author designs that do make sense and have a relationship to the Earth’s metabolism.” First and foremost, Terreform One’s goal is therefore to “design against extinction,” a tagline that should catch anyone’s attention. With rapid climate change, species are disappearing at an unimaginable rate.
https://www.aiany.org/membership/oculus-magazine/article/fall-2019/inside-track/
10.04.2019
Terreform ONE in WNET Public Media
S1 E5: Nature-- Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial | Climate Artists: Go inside Nature-- Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial, an exhibit that features over 60 collaborations between designers, scientists, engineers, environmentalists, and academics to find inventive and promising solutions to environmental and social challenges. #ClimateArtists
https://allarts.wliw.org/programs/climate-artists/nature-cooper-hewitt-design-triennial-ritl9c/#
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