"Farming harnesses the efficiency of collectivity and community. " - Maya Przybylski and Mason White (bracket-)
Taking into account the above quote from the introduction of bracket- , my impression is that we, as a group of collaborating students and faculty, will be farming green technologies this semester. Our collective research efforts is a type of information and technology farming that will hopefully precipitate improved sustainable building solutions. Solutions that will hybridize buildings and landscapes and resolve the centuries old tension between nature and technology.
Personally, I am convinced that for truly "sustainable" and effective solutions to local and global environmental, economical, and social issues there is a need for farming of hard and soft infrastructure along with technology and nature. In my opinion, simply creating buildings that act as "green machines" will not have significant enough impacts on lifestyles without being plugged into the physical and social infrastructures that are already in place, or that can be co-generated. The "Farm-to-Table" postal program in the early 1900s is a good example of such a hack (25 bracket-).
In short, I want to farm opportunities, much like the aquaponics system, of systems thinking.
Taking into account the above quote from the introduction of bracket- , my impression is that we, as a group of collaborating students and faculty, will be farming green technologies this semester. Our collective research efforts is a type of information and technology farming that will hopefully precipitate improved sustainable building solutions. Solutions that will hybridize buildings and landscapes and resolve the centuries old tension between nature and technology.
Personally, I am convinced that for truly "sustainable" and effective solutions to local and global environmental, economical, and social issues there is a need for farming of hard and soft infrastructure along with technology and nature. In my opinion, simply creating buildings that act as "green machines" will not have significant enough impacts on lifestyles without being plugged into the physical and social infrastructures that are already in place, or that can be co-generated. The "Farm-to-Table" postal program in the early 1900s is a good example of such a hack (25 bracket-).
In short, I want to farm opportunities, much like the aquaponics system, of systems thinking.
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