Terreform ONE
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Terreform ONE is a 501c3 non-profit architecture and urban think tank
that promotes ecological design
in derelict municipal areas. By formulating unsolicited feasibility studies and egalitarian designs, the mission is to illustrate speculative environmental plans for New York City and other cities worldwide. The intention is to encourage community outreach and master plan solutions in underprivileged areas that do not have direct access to professional architects and urban designers.
Terreform ONE is a pro bono
studio and lab for premier architects, planners, scientists, and urban studies specialists to investigate and refine the broader framework of ecological city design. The organization strives to inspire unique solutions for global sustainability
in the following categories; air quality, smart mobility, renewable power, infrastructure, food access, recycling waste processes, clean water, and equitable economies.
, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Michael Colgrove, Helena Durst, Bjarke Ingels
, Kate Ascher, James Corner
, Carol Coletta, William J. Mitchell
, Margaret Crawford, Cameron Sinclair
, and others.
ONE Lab and TerreFarm are two educational components of Terreform ONE. These collaborative schools receive forty students each year from around the world to learn about varied topics in; synthetic biology, urban farming, parametric computation, ecological landscapes, rapid prototyping, and urban theory. A public lecture series occurs during the seminars that includes design luminaries such as; Vito Acconci
, Dickson Despommier
, Natalie Jeremijenko
, Christian Hubert.
Social Design Award sponsored by the University of Applied Arts Vienna
, the Austrian Cultural Forum
New York, and the Museum of Arts and Design. Terreform ONE is honored with the Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity for the project, New York City Resource & Mobility. Terreform was also a recipient of the Infiniti Design Excellence Award for the History Channel City of the Future competition.
, Project for Public Spaces
, The Center for Urban Pedagogy
, Storefront for Art and Architecture
, Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, and Rocky Mountain Institute
.
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
that promotes ecological design
Ecological design
Ecological design was defined by Sim Van der Ryn and Stuart Cowan as "any form of design that minimizes environmentally destructive impacts by integrating itself with living processes." Ecological design is an integrative, ecologically responsible design discipline...
in derelict municipal areas. By formulating unsolicited feasibility studies and egalitarian designs, the mission is to illustrate speculative environmental plans for New York City and other cities worldwide. The intention is to encourage community outreach and master plan solutions in underprivileged areas that do not have direct access to professional architects and urban designers.
Terreform ONE is a pro bono
Pro bono
Pro bono publico is a Latin phrase generally used to describe professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment or at a reduced fee as a public service. It is common in the legal profession and is increasingly seen in marketing, technology, and strategy consulting firms...
studio and lab for premier architects, planners, scientists, and urban studies specialists to investigate and refine the broader framework of ecological city design. The organization strives to inspire unique solutions for global sustainability
Sustainability
Sustainability is the capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of union, an interdependent relationship and mutual responsible position with all living and non...
in the following categories; air quality, smart mobility, renewable power, infrastructure, food access, recycling waste processes, clean water, and equitable economies.
Activity
To further the humanitarian aim of Terrform ONE's directives, the group has successfully held an annual public design and science award that focuses on green urbanity entitled; ONE Prize. Over the years the jury consists of some of the most notable figures in urban pedagogy and practice; NYC Planning Commissioner Amanda BurdenAmanda Burden
Amanda Jay Mortimer Burden is the director of the New York City Department of City Planning and chair of the City Planning Commission....
, Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Michael Colgrove, Helena Durst, Bjarke Ingels
Bjarke Ingels
Bjarke Ingels is a Danish architect. He heads the architectural practice Bjarke Ingels Group which he founded in 2006. In 2009 he co-founded the design consultancy KiBiSi...
, Kate Ascher, James Corner
James Corner
James Corner is a Landscape Architect and theorist with numerous works to his credit which explore the contemporary meaning of architectural landscaping, with a focus on "developing innovative approaches toward landscape architectural design and urbanism." His designs of note include Fresh Kills...
, Carol Coletta, William J. Mitchell
William J. Mitchell
William John Mitchell was an Australian-born architect and urban designer, who played a major role in planning a major expansion project at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology....
, Margaret Crawford, Cameron Sinclair
Cameron Sinclair
Cameron Sinclair is the co-founder and 'chief eternal optimist' for Architecture for Humanity, a charitable organization which seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crisis and brings professional design services to communities in need.- Education and personal life :Educated at Kingswood...
, and others.
ONE Lab and TerreFarm are two educational components of Terreform ONE. These collaborative schools receive forty students each year from around the world to learn about varied topics in; synthetic biology, urban farming, parametric computation, ecological landscapes, rapid prototyping, and urban theory. A public lecture series occurs during the seminars that includes design luminaries such as; Vito Acconci
Vito Acconci
Vito Hannibal Acconci is a Bronx, New York-born, Brooklyn-based designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist.-Education:...
, Dickson Despommier
Dickson Despommier
Dickson D. Despommier is a microbiologist, ecologist and Professor of Public Health in Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University. He conducts research on intracellular parasitism and teaches courses on Parasitic Diseases, Medical Ecology and Ecology. In recent years, Despommier has...
, Natalie Jeremijenko
Natalie Jeremijenko
Natalie Jeremijenko is an artist and engineer whose background includes studies in biochemistry, physics, neuroscience and precision engineering. She is an active member of the net.art movement, and her work primarily explores the interface between society, the environment and technology...
, Christian Hubert.
Recognition
Winner of the Victor PapanekVictor Papanek
Victor Papanek was a designer and educator who became a strong advocate of the socially and ecologically responsible design of products, tools, and community infrastructures. He disapproved of manufactured products that were unsafe, showy, maladapted, or essentially useless...
Social Design Award sponsored by the University of Applied Arts Vienna
University of Applied Arts Vienna
The University of Applied Arts Vienna is an institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It has had university status since 1970.-History:...
, the Austrian Cultural Forum
Austrian Cultural Forum
An Austrian Cultural Forum is an agency of the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, whose task consists of the cultural and scientific dialogue with artists and scientists of each particular host country....
New York, and the Museum of Arts and Design. Terreform ONE is honored with the Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity for the project, New York City Resource & Mobility. Terreform was also a recipient of the Infiniti Design Excellence Award for the History Channel City of the Future competition.
Urban Projects
- Urbaneering Brooklyn
- Homeway: The Great Suburban Exodus
- Fab Tree HabFab Tree HabAs a direct contribution to building knowledge in the fields of architecture and urban design the Fab Tree Hab supposes ecology as the main driver for dwelling...
- Rapid Re(f)use
- SOFT Lamb Car
- Green Brain: Smart Park for a New City
- New York 2106: Self-Sufficient City
- Jetpack Packing and Blimp Bumper Bus
Comparable Organizations
Similar groups include; The Forum for Urban Design, Architecture for HumanityArchitecture for Humanity
Architecture for Humanity is a charitable organization that seeks architectural solutions to humanitarian crises and brings professional design services to communities in need...
, Project for Public Spaces
Project for Public Spaces
Project for Public Spaces is a nonprofit organization based in New York dedicated to creating and sustaining public places that build communities. Planning and design rooted in the community form the cornerstone of PPS’s work. Building on the techniques of William H...
, The Center for Urban Pedagogy
Center for Urban Pedagogy
The Center for Urban Pedagogy is a nonprofit organization that uses the power of design and art to improve the quality of public participation in urban planning and community design...
, Storefront for Art and Architecture
Storefront for Art and Architecture
' is a contemporary art and architecture institution founded in 1982 in New York City.-Background:Founded in 1982 by Kyong Park, Storefront for Art and Architecture is a nonprofit organization in New York City committed to the advancement of innovative positions in architecture, art and design...
, Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, and Rocky Mountain Institute
Rocky Mountain Institute
Rocky Mountain Institute is an organization in the United States dedicated to research, publication, consulting, and lecturing in the general field of sustainability, with a special focus on profitable innovations for energy and resource efficiency. RMI was established in 1982 and has grown into a...
.