Wednesday 14 September 2011

Ecological Urbanism

Reference: Mostafavi, M; Doherty, G. Ecological Urbanism: Harvard University Graduate Scool od Design: Lars Muller Publishers.

Quotes that relate to our project and provide some inspiration.

Self-Engineering Ecologies
'A future where we understand just as much about the "removal chain" as we do the "supply chain" (Doherty &Mostafavi, p 168)

Project: Trash/Track

'It also, however, is representative of another type of change taking place in cities- a bottom-up approach to managing resources and promoting behavior change through the use of distributed and pervasive technologies.' (Doherty &Mostafavi, p 170)

'...in the Trash/Track project, this information can communicate to citizens.  Citizens can also quickly compare and share this information with other people, in their neighborhood or city, adjuct habits accordingly, and lobby for changes in the system....As a result of this new type of distributed infrastructure, our experience of urban spaces is transformed.' (Doherty &Mostafavi, p 170)

'...when collected and displayed, this information creates a "feedback loop" of digital sensing and processing that can begin to influence various complex and dynamic aspects on a wider level, ultimately improving the economic, social, and environmental sustainability of the places we inhabit.' (Doherty &Mostafavi, p 173)

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