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Calling all future-forward architects and designers!How can we create buildings that heal themselves, ourselves, and the natural environment? Advances in synthetic biology, bio-printing, and material engineering have opened up a whole new field of Biodesign – and we’re giving away $1000 to the best project that integrates the natural world into the built environment. The winner of our Biodesign Competition will also be showcased to the X-Prize foundation as well as millions of Inhabitat readers around the world – and we’ve extended the deadline until September 6th, so enter today!
The X-Prize Foundation is a prestigious innovation engine that awards forward-thinking ideations for a better world. The winner of our Biodesign competition will get to display their work in front of the exemplary X-Prize board, including Larry Page, James Cameron, and Ariana Huffington. The winning Biodesign will be considered for entry in the new regenerative building X-Prize launching in April 2017.
We’re looking for applicants with “bold and innovative visions for the future of construction at the intersection of the physical, the digital, and the biological.” Will buildings be grown instead of assembled? What would our buildings be like if they could grow to accommodate changes in their inhabitants or environment? What emerging material has the most potential for a biodesigned future?
Visions for the following categories will be considered:
Spaces for living
– Single family home in the suburbs
– Multi-family apartment in the city
– Informal settlement or slums in the context of an emerging economy
– In situ revitalization of abandoned buildings in the context of cities with declining population
Jury
ERIC COREY FREED
Eric Corey Freed, LEED AP, Hon. FIGP, is a licensed architect and a recognized pioneer in the tradition of Organic Architecture, first developed by Frank Lloyd Wright. A lifetime proponent of individualism and sustainability, Eric knew he wanted to be an architect at the early age of eight. Promoting both an organic and ecological approach to design, Eric wishes to provide an alternative to what he calls the “harsh, style-driven fashions” that are so popular in architecture today.
Eric Corey Freed, LEED AP, Hon. FIGP, is a licensed architect and a recognized pioneer in the tradition of Organic Architecture, first developed by Frank Lloyd Wright. A lifetime proponent of individualism and sustainability, Eric knew he wanted to be an architect at the early age of eight. Promoting both an organic and ecological approach to design, Eric wishes to provide an alternative to what he calls the “harsh, style-driven fashions” that are so popular in architecture today.
Eric Corey Freed, LEED AP, Hon. FIGP, is a licensed architect and a recognized pioneer in the tradition of Organic Architecture, first developed by Frank Lloyd Wright. A lifetime proponent of individualism and sustainability, Eric knew he wanted to be an architect at the early age of eight. Promoting both an organic and ecological approach to design, Eric wishes to provide an alternative to what he calls the “harsh, style-driven fashions” that are so popular in architecture today.
Eric Corey Freed, LEED AP, Hon. FIGP, is a licensed architect and a recognized pioneer in the tradition of Organic Architecture, first developed by Frank Lloyd Wright. A lifetime proponent of individualism and sustainability, Eric knew he wanted to be an architect at the early age of eight. Promoting both an organic and ecological approach to design, Eric wishes to provide an alternative to what he calls the “harsh, style-driven fashions” that are so popular in architecture today.
AKSHAY GOYAL
Akshay is an architect working at the intersection of design, technology and urban futures. Akshay has worked in the US, UK and in India where he led the award winning design research cell (AG+DR) at Architron Group. His work has been exhibited internationally, at forums and institutions such as UIA World Architecture Congress, London Design Festival, ACADIA, eCAADe, AA, Bartlett, Harvard University, UT Austin, Shih Chein University amongst others. Akshay has experience working with a diverse mix of organizations including architecture and design consulting firms, art practices, academic research institutions as well as civil society groups on a projects for government, corporate and non profit sector. He is a TATA scholar (2012) and a Urban Habitats Forum Fellow (2009). Akshay is an alumni of Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Architectural Association and Sushant School of Art & Architecture.
Akshay is an architect working at the intersection of design, technology and urban futures. Akshay has worked in the US, UK and in India where he led the award winning design research cell (AG+DR) at Architron Group. His work has been exhibited internationally, at forums and institutions such as UIA World Architecture Congress, London Design Festival, ACADIA, eCAADe, AA, Bartlett, Harvard University, UT Austin, Shih Chein University amongst others. Akshay has experience working with a diverse mix of organizations including architecture and design consulting firms, art practices, academic research institutions as well as civil society groups on a projects for government, corporate and non profit sector. He is a TATA scholar (2012) and a Urban Habitats Forum Fellow (2009). Akshay is an alumni of Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Architectural Association and Sushant School of Art & Architecture.
MICHELLE KAUFMANN
Michelle Kaufmann is an architect with a passion to make thoughtful, healthy buildings accessible to everyone. Michelle is a co-founder of Flux Factory, a software start-up working on the future of architecture, and also works with Google on its new campus buildings. Michelle’s design firm MKD specialized in prefabrication and was given the TOP FIRM AWARD by Residential Architect. Michelle has been called “the Henry Ford of green homes” by the Sierra Club and was named “Green Advocate of the Year” by the National Association of Home Builders, was included in Business 2.0 magazine’s list of “100 People Who Matter Now”, and was listed as one of the “The Green 50” by Inc. magazine.
Michelle Kaufmann is an architect with a passion to make thoughtful, healthy buildings accessible to everyone. Michelle is a co-founder of Flux Factory, a software start-up working on the future of architecture, and also works with Google on its new campus buildings. Michelle’s design firm MKD specialized in prefabrication and was given the TOP FIRM AWARD by Residential Architect. Michelle has been called “the Henry Ford of green homes” by the Sierra Club and was named “Green Advocate of the Year” by the National Association of Home Builders, was included in Business 2.0 magazine’s list of “100 People Who Matter Now”, and was listed as one of the “The Green 50” by Inc. magazine.
JILL FEHRENBACHER
Jill Fehrenbacher is the founder of Inhabitat.com, as well as a freelance designer and green design consultant. She created Inhabitat in the Spring of 2005 as a way to catalog her ongoing search for new ways to improve the world through forward-thinking, high-tech, and environmentally conscious design. Educated at Brown University, where she received a B.A. in Art Semiotics, and Columbia University, where she studied architecture, she currently resides in New York City, which so far has aligned nicely with her goals to escape the suburbs and live life car-free.
Jill Fehrenbacher is the founder of Inhabitat.com, as well as a freelance designer and green design consultant. She created Inhabitat in the Spring of 2005 as a way to catalog her ongoing search for new ways to improve the world through forward-thinking, high-tech, and environmentally conscious design. Educated at Brown University, where she received a B.A. in Art Semiotics, and Columbia University, where she studied architecture, she currently resides in New York City, which so far has aligned nicely with her goals to escape the suburbs and live life car-free.
DAVID HERTZ
David Hertz is founder and president of The Studio for Environmental Architecture (S.E.A.). David has been widely exhibited and published and has received numerous awards for architectural and materials design work, including the 1990 Progressive Architecture Magazine’s Young Architects Competition, the Architectural League of New York’s Young Architects Competition and Forum, and the 1993 Design Leadership Award sponsored by Inc. Magazine and Corporate Design. Recently, his work was featured in several architectural tours including CABoom, Venice Art Walk, AIA Home Tour, and the Reinvention Conferences. He has been an active participant in the environmental and design communities for over two decades with participation in numerous organizations including service on numerous professional committees such as the L.A. Chapter of the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment, the Environmental Affairs Committee of the Construction Specifications Institute, the Environmental Committee of Concrete Organizations, and the California Energy Commission’s High Performance Wall Systems Collaborative.
David Hertz is founder and president of The Studio for Environmental Architecture (S.E.A.). David has been widely exhibited and published and has received numerous awards for architectural and materials design work, including the 1990 Progressive Architecture Magazine’s Young Architects Competition, the Architectural League of New York’s Young Architects Competition and Forum, and the 1993 Design Leadership Award sponsored by Inc. Magazine and Corporate Design. Recently, his work was featured in several architectural tours including CABoom, Venice Art Walk, AIA Home Tour, and the Reinvention Conferences. He has been an active participant in the environmental and design communities for over two decades with participation in numerous organizations including service on numerous professional committees such as the L.A. Chapter of the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment, the Environmental Affairs Committee of the Construction Specifications Institute, the Environmental Committee of Concrete Organizations, and the California Energy Commission’s High Performance Wall Systems Collaborative.
AMANDA MANNA
Lowe’s Innovation Labs is grounded in story – virtual and augmented reality visualization tools, autonomous retail service robots, and the first store in space are all the realization of narratives that serve as a strategic guide for building the future. As head of narrative-driven innovation, Amanda Manna directs the framework to drive disruptive change within Lowe’s. From each narrative, Amanda intentionally works backwards to find the uncommon partners – startups, universities and other organizations that you wouldn’t expect Lowe’s to work with – to rapidly bring these stories to life as proofs of concept in the real world. As head of uncommon partnership development, Amanda is cultivating a network to build the future for Lowe’s.
Lowe’s Innovation Labs is grounded in story – virtual and augmented reality visualization tools, autonomous retail service robots, and the first store in space are all the realization of narratives that serve as a strategic guide for building the future. As head of narrative-driven innovation, Amanda Manna directs the framework to drive disruptive change within Lowe’s. From each narrative, Amanda intentionally works backwards to find the uncommon partners – startups, universities and other organizations that you wouldn’t expect Lowe’s to work with – to rapidly bring these stories to life as proofs of concept in the real world. As head of uncommon partnership development, Amanda is cultivating a network to build the future for Lowe’s.
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