Design with Life: Biotech Architecture and Resilient Cities
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Description
Design with Life chronicles the breakthroughs and projects of a nonprofit that is defining resolute new directions in socio-ecological design and other deep-seated intersections of synthetic biology, architecture, and urban systems. 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.
Product Details
Price
$44.95
$41.80
Publisher
Actar
Publish Date
January 07, 2020
Pages
420
Dimensions
8.5 X 8.4 X 1.5 inches | 2.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781948765206
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About the Author
Mitchell Joachim is an architect and urban designer, Co-Founder of the nonprofit design research group Terreform ONE, and Associate Professor in Practice at NYU. He co-authored the books, Super Cells: Building with Biology (TED Books) and Global Design: Elsewhere Envisioned (Prestel). He was featured in numerous articles, including "The 100 People Who Are Changing America," in Rolling Stone, "The Smart List: 15 People the Next President Should Listen To," in Wired.