DESIGN AGAINST EXTINCTION

Grow Your Second Home

Popular Science: Designers plant the seeds for a high-tech version of the Swiss Family Treehouse.

 

MULTISPECIES FACADE

Projects on biotech architecture and resilient cities. The primary intention is to explore the socio-ecological capabilities of habitats, urban spaces, and landscapes across the planet.

Cricket Shelter

Winner of Architect R+D Award for Cricket Shelter and Farm.

 
Mitchell Joachim is an Associate Professor of Practice at NYU and Co-Founder of Terreform ONE. He was chosen for "The Smart List" by Wired and selected for "The 100 People Who Are Changing America" by Rolling Stone. His latest book is "Design with Life" on Actar. He earned; Ph.D. at MIT, MAUD at Harvard University, and M.Arch at Columbia University with honors.

New Book:

Design with Life

Design with Life: Biotech Architecture and Resilient Cities by Mitchell Joachim, Maria Aiolova, and Terreform ONE, Actar Publishers. See the book review in ARCHITECT.

 

Design to Combat Extinction

GreenBiz: Terreform ONE, Inclusive spaces and systems that manifest environmental and social justice.

 

Fast Company Interview

On a new eight-story building planned for Manhattan’s Nolita neighborhood, the facade will double as a wildlife habitat. “It’s essentially a vertical meadow for butterflies,” says Mitchell Joachim, founder of Terreform ONE, the nonprofit architecture and urban design firm that designed the structure.

 

XXL-XS

XXL-XS: NewDirections in Ecological Design by Mitchell Joachim and Michael Silver on Actar Publishers.

 

TED Talk: Mitchell Joachim

Don’t Build Your Home, Grow It! A Vision for Living Organic Architecture.

 

Politico Interview

A POLITICO Magazine Documentary Interview with Terreform ONE and Mitchell Joachim at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, NYC.

 

Dwell: Radical Sustainability

At Dwell on Design, Mitchell Joachim reveals his most innovative ideas for urban space in the near future.