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Hyphae Presents at GOOD Design SF
Mussel 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 by GOOD.
Artspace, had to say this about our presentation: “Hyphae Design’s Brent Bucknum rallied the crowd with a solution to Dan Hodapp’s challenge from the Port of San Francisco to transform Pier 27 into an asset for the city. Using the changes that are already planned for the 2013 America’s Cup, Bucknum proposed a hyper-sustainable pier that would not only clean local waters using natural technologies (like oysters!), it would create a peaceful respite for residents that helped connect them with the biological processes of the bay.”
Link to the event:
http://www.good.is/post/event-join-us-for-good-design-san-francisco-on-september-29/
You can see a video of the event at FORAtv:
http://fora.tv/2011/09/29/Teaching_Architecture_and_the_City_2#chapter_16
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<a href="http://fora.tv/v/c13918">Architecture and the City Festival: GOOD Design Challenge</a> from <a href="http://fora.tv/partner/swissnex_San_Francisco"> swissnex San Francisco</a> on <a href="http://fora.tv">FORA.tv</a>
Ecological Toilets at St. Anthony’s Anniversary BBQ
St. Anthony’s recently celebrated 60 years of service through a free barbeque and block party! We thought that this would be an awesome opportunity to keep the discussion about Ecological Toilets going as well as to garner some feedback from the community. We dispatched Julia, who handed out more than 150 postcards designed to serve as a venue for dialogue, and received lots of helpful insight from folks. Thank you, everyone! Stay posted for information about upcoming community charrettes in the Tenderloin District.
PooTaboo
Like it or not the Pooplets out of the bag…
At first, I was sad I let the pooplet out o 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 people. Interestingly, and sadly, I’ve been really amazed to see some of the comments on this, and other websites, have played out. I’m amazed how either agressive people were, or how useless and juvenile.
Scott wrote a nice follow up, that hit on some of this interest social dynamic. Here’s the follow up story.
Follow Up Story
The New York Times covers our Public Restroom Project
Here is the NYT version, that got physically printed:
http://goo.gl/gnHnPAnd here is the BETTER Bay Citizen Version the graphics we produced:
http://goo.gl/noGHq
Kijani moves in with Hyphae
We’re excited that our friend Eric Maundu from Kijani Grows, is now sharing our space. He’s brought a breadth of…fish air to the place!
Next American City: Interview with Johanna Hoffman
“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 the indoor space with the sound of falling water.”
Read the rest here:
http://americancity.org/buzz/entry/2931/