Research + Links

updated 02.2007

 


RESEARCH

Material Ecology

Formed in 2006 by Neri Oxman (MIT) as an interdisciplinary research initiative that undertakes design research in the intersection between architecture, engineering, computation, biology and ecology.

tumbletruss.com

Dennis Dollens is digitally growing structure, space, surface.

Google/NASA-based sea level rise map

So what does climate change and rising sea levels mean on a detailed map? Its not just loss of coastline and landmass - it is a systemic shift in habitats. Notice any extra mosquitos yet? As the sea rises, everything gets pushed up.

Fab Lab

". . .we're now at a cusp where personal fabrication is poised to reinvent literacy in the developed world, and to engage the intellectual capacity of the rest of the world."

www.centrifuge.org

"Marcos Novak is a pioneer, a traveller through alien architectural terrains. His seminal work has included many virtual architectures and essays that are crucial to those architects who are interested in the swiftly blossoming architectural cybertheory." From An introduction to Marcos Novak 10x10

www.lutyens.net

Marcos Lutyens is an artist whose research focuses on the subconscious mind at work. See the archives for the exhibit he mounted at M&A: Skinn_Archive


MATERIAL LINKS

Transmaterial

New materials are transforming our physical environment. -- Get the book!

Non-Timber Building Materials

An exhautive list of about a hundred creative and not-so-creative alternatives to using wood for construction. "Mostly they represent ways of using either none, or significantly less amounts of timber in construction. Some of the materials may not be universally available, but are intended to exemplify just some of the limitless possibilities for safe, effective and durable shelter-creation."

Green Building Resource Center

How I learned to stop worrying and love the (green) bomb - an organization founded by Gorbachev, and a great resource for sustainable building materials.

mcmaster.com

A source for information and supplies. Polycarbonate tubes and fittings (aka Lexan) formed the structure of one of the pieces for the Skinn exhibit.


APPLICATION LINKS

Architecture 2030

“Unknowingly, the architecture and building community is responsible for almost half of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions annually. Globally the percentage is even greater.” We built ourselves into this mess, we can build ourselves out of it - starting NOW!

Greenmeme

". . .evolving the discourse between nature, technology, and art."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permaculture

Permaculture is a connected system between discplines, an eco-systemic design science - and the most intelligent strategy for living and building that we have found to date.

oasis design

Follow this link to learn about residential grey water systems and residential-scale ecological design (green building).

hoberman.com/site/theory/theory.html

"Hoberman Associates' work is centered on the fundamental idea that a designed object can transform the way a natural organism does."

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