I’m Alex Matthews, a 3rd year student of Architecture at Louisiana tech University, and our current studio project is a remediation lab for the Gowanus Canal in New York. I was wondering if you could give me some more details on your project for the Gowanus, such as your plans for the remediation of the canal. Any insight to it would be most helpful.
Hi Alex, the Gowanus project was more a spatial concept. We didin’t went through any system to process the canal. I guess it would be thrilling to find some kind of algae or bio-creature able to oxygenate and revitalize the eco-system.
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Cesare Griffa (Turin 1973) studied architecture at the Polytechnic of Turin and the Architectural Association in London, and practiced collaborating with Zaha Hadid Architects and Arata Isozaki & Partners. Since 2006, he founded his own studio in Turin.
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He is a Fulbright fellow, Visiting Professor of Architectural Design at the Polytechnic of Turin, Visiting Scholar at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY), and at MIT Senseable City Lab (Cambridge, MA). He has lectured on the topics of digital architecture in Italy and abroad. He is the author of “La Città Digitale” (Meltemi, 2008) and "Smart Creatures" (Edilstampa 2012). His work has been selected in many international competitions and exhibits and widely published.
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Current research includes the use of parametric 3d modeling software, rapid prototyping tools, physical computing, and bio-chemicals to explore socially and environmentally responsive “smart architectural creatures”.
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Based on cg's research, the studio-work develops design from interior to urban scale and promotes and organizes design and architectural workshops, exhibitions and events, involving local and international communities and students groups in many collaborative projects.
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Hi,
I’m Alex Matthews, a 3rd year student of Architecture at Louisiana tech University, and our current studio project is a remediation lab for the Gowanus Canal in New York. I was wondering if you could give me some more details on your project for the Gowanus, such as your plans for the remediation of the canal. Any insight to it would be most helpful.
Thank you,
Alex Matthews
P.S. – Sweet Site!
Hi Alex, the Gowanus project was more a spatial concept. We didin’t went through any system to process the canal. I guess it would be thrilling to find some kind of algae or bio-creature able to oxygenate and revitalize the eco-system.