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What to Grow?
Started Feb 23, 2010
What is food?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Jenny Feb 11, 2009.
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Design Feeds: Strelka's Summer School at Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture & Design
June 24, 2011 to July 4, 2011
We will be running a workshop on living environments and urban interventions at Strelka's Summer school at the end of June. Description: Design Feeds is a collaborative workshop exploring how designers can intervene and craft urban space. Intervening at an urban scale calls for designers to move beyond specialist boundaries and…See More
Rachel Wingfield posted an eventDesign Feeds: Strelka's Summer School at Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture & Design
June 24, 2011 to July 4, 2011
We will be running a workshop on living environments and urban interventions at Strelka's Summer school at the end of June. Description: Design Feeds is a collaborative workshop exploring how designers can intervene and craft urban space. Intervening at an urban scale calls for designers to move beyond specialist boundaries and…See More
Rachel Wingfield liked Melissa Sterry's blog post International Bionic Engineering Conference, 18-20 September, 2011, Boston, USARachel Wingfield posted a blog postFarming Futures 6 New Possible Roles in 2030
"A growing world population with the potential to reach nine billion by 2050 will require a 50% increase in production by 2030. To cope, the food system will need to be low carbon, resilient, environmentally restorative and sustainable in social and economic terms. It’s all exciting and challenging stuff, but this vision is only 20 short years away – has anyone thought about what…See More
Rachel Wingfield posted a blog postBake your Lawn
There is a great initiative by the Real Bread Campaign to show children around Britain how to Bake Your Lawn and follow the Real Bread trail from seed to sandwich on your own doorstep.Starting with just one square metre of ground and a handful of earth, their FREE grassroots guide will show you how to grow it, mill it, bake it, eat it.http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/bake_your_lawn/…See More
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I started the project MetaboliCity in October 2008 after working on several solutions for sustainable urban living - including solar harvesting window blinds, green temporary architecture and food producing installations...
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Farming Futures 6 New Possible Roles in 2030
Posted on May 5, 2011 at 15:05 0 Comments 0 Likes
"A growing world population with the potential to reach nine billion by 2050 will require a 50% increase in production by 2030. To cope, the food system will need to be low carbon, resilient, environmentally restorative and sustainable in social and economic terms. It’s all exciting and challenging stuff, but this vision is only 20 short years away – has anyone…
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Posted on April 4, 2011 at 13:28 0 Comments 0 Likes
There is a great initiative by the Real Bread Campaign to show children around Britain how to Bake Your Lawn and follow the Real Bread trail from seed to sandwich on your own doorstep.
Starting with just one square metre of ground and a handful of earth, their FREE grassroots guide will show you how to grow it, mill it, bake it, eat it.
http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/bake_your_lawn/…
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Starting with just one square metre of ground and a handful of earth, their FREE grassroots guide will show you how to grow it, mill it, bake it, eat it.
http://www.sustainweb.org/realbread/bake_your_lawn/…
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Solar Jam - Edible Energy
Posted on March 27, 2011 at 18:00 1 Comment 1 Like
We are busy preparing a series of workshops here in London, one of them is called Solar Jam, an ongoing exploration by our design studio about energy, food and metabolism in design.
We are using public workshops to encourage experimentation, proposing we turn our kitchens,…
DIY guides for creating your own farm equipment
Posted on March 24, 2011 at 13:34 0 Comments 0 Likes
Open Source Ecology (OSE), “a network of farmers, engineers, and supporters,” is putting together detailed DIY guides for creating your own farm equipments and other machines.
OSE is interested in opening up the circulation of knowledge around everyday things. They are demystifying the machines and how-they-work…
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Posted on January 17, 2011 at 17:26 0 Comments 0 Likes
Urban Metabolic Growth is a research attempt at applying the principles that define the growth of organisms to the gradual (or not so gradual) growth of cities and metropolises. Two case studies were adopted: 1. a region in northern China that hosts an arid and cold climate and 2. a region in western Australia that hosts a hot and semi-arid climate.
According…
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A vision of a city that metabolizes its resources and waste to supply its inhabitants with all the nourishment they need and more.
MetaboliCity was initiated by London based design studio Loop.pH in 2008.
For more info contact us at: info@metabolicity.com
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thank you for running Metabolicity, the site is so inspiring! I just love Archilace!
Unfortunately I'll not be in Venice for the Biennale opening, but in October I will go.
Do you konow that In Venice there is a nice group of persons working on urban greening http://www.spiazzi.info/ ? They wont grow vineyard in Venezia!
I'll send soon few images of our work in Milano, if some of you should like partecipate at "fatti per coltivare" it will be fantastic !
Hoping to have soon the opportunity to meet you
emina
Greetings,
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The site looks cool, thanks for keeping me updated ! I am in Eindhoven at Philips these days ;) but I will come briefly in London in july as I am giving a speech at CSM on the 7th of july. Maybe see you at that time ;)?
Shall we meet up on Friday to get back on track with the methods?
Han x
Had a great time making structures too. Read your email and wondered if I could come down on Sunday to start planting? Checked out the photo's on Flickr and think the are great!
suggest you've received the new Fourth Door Review....
are you guys aware of the New Growth exhibition at Bristol's
Architecture Centre http://www.architecturecentre.co.uk/events/spring_green_2009.htm
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