3. DESIGN QUESTIONS
• What opportunities exist to alleviate
the energy problems that arise with
urbanization?
• How can examples of living
ecosystems, like bacteria and plant
life, be applied into urban
infrastructure?
• How can the co-evolution of people
and plants shift urban planning?
• What kinds of participatory
methods perpetuate this ELECTRICAL GRID
methodology? BEIRUT, LEBANON
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4. CONCEPT
An exploration of renewable energy through the
co-evolution of technology and natural
ecosystems that redefines urbanism as an
autonomous, cellular organism.
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5. Constant Nieuwenhuys “..an intimate bonding of desire and space will
UNITARY URBANISM & NEW BABYLON provide a new kind of architecture for a new society.”
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6. West 57th SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE
Bjarke Ingels Group
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7. Dr. Bruce Logan MICROBIAL FUEL CELLS
Penn State
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8. SCALABILITY & SPECS
•current cells at .36V
•voltage boosters
•longevity of indoor cells
•new bacterial strain
•applicable to industrial waste water treatment
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11. SYSTEMS BOSWYCK FARM
Interested in user-testing
Urbanites
indoor gardens,
rooftop gardens
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12. SYSTEMS
TRANSIENT NETWORKS
The Urban Nomad &
developing countries
modular systems:
phone chargers + lighting
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13. SYSTEMS
DELANCEY UNDERGROUND - “The Low Line”
Fixed Locations
Community gardens, Repurposing unused/
public parks underutilized space
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14. NEXT STEPS
• final product as a modular light installation -- needs to exist on campus
• series of products? phone charger, compost bin, plant pods, etc...
• translating cellular protocol in UI/UX (individuals able to function, but to also
coordinate and function collectively)
• establishing work as a critical design piece and pragmatic solution
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