Friday, September 18
12:30 P.M.
The Urban Center, 457 Madison Avenue
For many of us these days, “home” is an idea constructed from several places–we live in social environments and neighborhoods composed of networked fragments that bridge huge geographical distances. Usman Haque will talk about such architectural issues with specific reference to his project “Natural Fuse.”
Lunchtime Project Presentation: Natural Fuse
Natural Fuse
Team members:
Usman Haque, creative director, Nitipak ‘Dot’ Samsen, designer, Ai Hasegawa, designer, Cesar Harada, designer, Barbara Jasinowicz, producer.
“Natural Fuse” harnesses the carbon-sinking capabilities of plants to create a city-wide network of devices that act both as electricity outlets and as a shared resource that offsets CO2 generated in the production of that electricity.
These Natural Fuses [...]