Joachim, Mitchell, author.
Design with life : biotech architecture and resilient cities / by Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova, Terreform ONE.
New York ; Barcelona : ACTAR Publishers, 2019.
438 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 22 cm
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, science, and the emergent field of socio-ecological design. This kind of design approach uses actual living matter (not abstracted imitations of nature) to create new 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. Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova, founders of Terreform ONE, describe their practice through various projects and prolific research that has made significant impact to what is increasingly recognized as socio-ecological design. Together they achieve an abundant collection of projects that validate these unique experimental methods, including the Monarch Sanctuary, a new urban building type to protect butterflies from extinction; Cricket Shelter and Farm, a series of modular volumes for harvesting alternate forms of insect protein; and biodegradable structures called Mycoform that invokes principles of synthetic biology to prototype 100% compostable furniture.
1948765209 (hardcover)
9781948765206 (hardcover)
Architecture Environmental aspects.
Design Environmental aspects.
Urban ecology (Sociology)
Urban ecology (Biology)
Architecture Aspect de l'environnement.
Design Aspect de l'environnement.
Écologie urbaine.
urban environments.
Bauökologie.
Nachhaltigkeit.
Stadtökologie.
Aiolova, Maria, author.
Terreform ONE Körperschaft editor.
Biotech architecture and resilient cities
Location: Library main 308126
Call No.: BIB 253571
Status: Available
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