After Bobby presented to LSU Landscape Architecture Department, Between Land & Water wrote a nice article about hyphae. We’ve got some interesting collaborations brewing and will keep you posted.
Press - the hyphae journal
Research and Design of Human Ecosystems and Urban Fabric
We were thankful to work with Spurlock Poirier, the landscape architect for the project, on the design and engineering of the living roof and in helping to convince the UC to install a greywater recycling system. Congratulations to Kieran Timberlake
SEE PHOTOS AND STORY @ AIA WEBSITE
We are doing another round of edits before the masterplan goes to mass print, but we presented to the CBD Board and the plan was officially approved!
If you want a physical copy email toilet@hyphae.net and we’ll put you on the mailing list. We will be asking for a $25-100 donation for the publication, to go towards [...]
The Chron weighs in on the toilet talks…
December 11th, 2011It’s time to raise a stink over public toilets
C.W. Nevius, Chronicle Columnist
Saturday, December 10, 2011
(P.S. We’re having another charrette next week. Let us know if you want to come: toilet@hyphae.net.)
Best of the East Bay
December 11th, 2011
Best Hybrid Design Firm
Hyphae Design Lab
The East Bay is home to many a green-minded business, but perhaps none quite like West Oakland’s Hyphae Design Lab. The five-member firm’s tagline — “bridging the gap between architecture and biology” — is intriguing enough, but takes on added meaning when you see what these folks can do. Impeccable [...]
Presentation @ GoodSF
December 11th, 2011
You can see the individual chapters here:
16.Dan Hodapp: Port of San Francisco
03 min 23 sec
17.Brent Bucknum: Green Infrastructure on the Industrial Waterfront
04 min 38 sec
18.Park-A-Peel (A Park at Port of SF)
05 min 25 sec
10 min 01 sec
Hyphae Presents at GOOD Design SF
September 30th, 2011Mussel habitat dangling from the rope-laden belly of Pier 27, wetland remediation barges, and contaminated sediment dredge harvest missions were all part of our systemic proposal to rethink infrastructure being developed for the upcoming America’s Cup events. Stay posted for a more in-depth archiving of what went down, as well as coverage from the event [...]
Like it or not the Pooplet’s out of the bag…
At first, I was sad I let the Pooplet out of the bag! But I think it actually brings about an interesting discussion in itself. As I told Scott, there is a serious taboo. Hopefully the Pooplet is playful enough that it will help break the ice for [...]
The New York Times covers our Public Restroom Project
September 6th, 2011Here is the NYT version, that got physically printed:
http://goo.gl/gnHnP
And here is the BETTER Bay Citizen Version the graphics we produced:
http://goo.gl/noGHq
Next American City: Interview with Johanna Hoffman
September 5th, 2011
“Walk into the West Oakland headquarters of Brent Bucknum’s ecological engineering firm, and you feel as if you were still outside. Large windows let in sheets of sunlight, tables are built from whole trees, and a functioning indoor wetland takes up a sizeable portion of the main room, filling [...]
