TERREFORM ONE Biological Urbanism
Terreform ONE (Open Network Ecology) is a New York-based, non-profit, design group that promotes environmentally conscious urban planning.
Artists: Terreform ONE [Open Network Ecology]. Principals: Mitchell Joachim, Maria Aiolova, Melanie Fessel, Nurhan Gokturk, Oliver Medvedik.
Curator: Lisa Deanne Smith
Exhibition Information/Summary: 6 Its projects are an exciting mixture of architecture, landscape, urban design, biology, engineering and art and it is dedicated to finding innovative solutions for sustainability in energy, transportation, city infrastructure and waste management. The works featured in this exhibition at Onsite [at] OCAD U highlight Terreform ONE’s interest in incorporating living organisms in design and advancing the notion of sustainability beyond a popularized mainstream rhetoric.
Publication: https://www.ocadu.ca/sites/default/files/legacy_assets/content/galleries/onsite/pubs/TerreformONE-brochure.pdf
Public Program Events (list with description if needed):
- Wednesday, November 6, 6:30 P.M., (*100 McCaul, Rm 190)
- Lecture with Mitchell Joachim and Nurhan Gokturk of Terreform ONE and Richard M. Sommer, Dean of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto
- Wednesday, November 20, 6:30 P.M.
- Insite Exhibition Tour with Ian Clarke, Associate Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences & School of Interdisciplinary Studies, OCAD University
- Wednesday, December 11, 6:30 P.M.
- Insite Curator’s Tour with Lisa Deanne Smith, Curator, Onsite Gallery
- Tuesday, January 21, 6:30 P.M.
- Insite Exhibition Tour with Bruce Hinds, Chair, Environmental Design, OCAD University
- Wednesday, January 22, 6:30 P.M.
- Freestyle Farm: An Urban Homestead presentation and hands-on workshop with Jill Chen and Kevin Hewitt, OCAD University Alumni, Urban Farmers and Photographers
- Wednesday, January 29, 6:30 P.M.
- Terrarium workshop with grOCAD
- Wednesday, February 5, 6:30 P.M.
- Lecture with Nikki Musina on Bees, Pollinators, and Insect Wonders with grOCAD
- Wednesday, February 12, 5:00 P.M.
- Regrow Your Kitchen Scraps workshop with grOCAD
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