TerreFarm

Summer Lab for students, architects, scientists, artists, and individuals of all backgrounds to explore the larger framework of urban agriculture and its effects on the architecture and urban design of NYC.


Set in New York City, TerreFarm Lab seeks to rethink what is salubrious about the city, in both its forms and its life, by reflecting on the consequences of a fundamentally new level of sustainability. We will base our investigations on one illuminating hypothesis: in the future New York will grow to be self-sufficient in its critical necessities. In particular, we will observe a series of specific technical, urbanistic, and architectural strategies not simply for the food production required to feed the city, but the possibilities of diet, agriculture, and retrofitted facilities that could achieve that level within the constraints of the local climate.

Field Trip Week










Week 2:: Field Trip Week: August 10 to 14, 2009

August 10
12PM The Science Barge
Meet at the Grand Central Terminal at 11AM.

August 11
4PM Rooftop Farms
Meet at 33 Flatbush Ave. at 3PM.

August 12
11AM The New York Botanical Garden
Meet at 11AM at the main entrance

By Subway: Take the B, D, or 4 train to Bedford Park Blvd Station. From the station exit:
• Take the Bx 26 bus east to the Garden's Mosholu Gate entrance.
• OR walk eight blocks down the hill on Bedford Park Blvd to the end (approximately 20 minutes). Turn left onto Kazimiroff Blvd and walk one block to Mosholu Gate entrance.

August 13
2PM The Highline
Meet at Gansevoort Street entrance at 2PM.

August 14
10AM Wild Project Theater
Meet at 195 E3rd Street (Avenue B) at 10AM.

4PM The Waterpod
Meet at 33 Flatbush Ave. at 3PM.
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