Hasta La Ideas

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pemCitizen Evolution/em, by a href=”http://www.wollersbergercharlesworth.com/”Marei Wollersberger and Jessica Charlesworth/a, wonders how citizens of the future might harness the emergent technologies of today to create new social structures and sustainable service models. /p

pThe duo have situated 4 hypothetical scenarios in Vienna, on display now in the a href=”http://www.mak.at/mysql/ausstellungen_show_page.php?a_id=942″emProject Viennamdash;A Design Strategy, How to React to a City?/em/a exhibition at the MAK Vienna through September 12th. /p

pIn their envisioned scenarios, the state has giving the citizens maximum authority by obligating them to live in a self-sustaining way. The result are services that make the most of every ecological opportunity, from pigeon poo fuel cells to an insect-based pharmaceutical distribution network./p

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blockquoteA biochemist birdlover of Vienna experiments with his flock to generate fuel for his home. He adapts the roof of his art nouveau house to plant seedbombs and attract pigeons to perch and feed. Over a period of time as they deposit their waste, the pigeon poo is scraped and washed off the roof. Gradually the slurry is infused into the extracellular biomatrix and combined within the anode of a microbial fuel cell./blockquote

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blockquoteThe most fit-for-purpose pharmaceutical distribution network for that area of city is via the mosquito. The Gauml;nsehauml;ufel offers the best conditions of a wet and warm climate ideal for breeding vast quantities of the mosquito. The accelerated evolutionary cycle of the mosquito ensure it is strong enough to suck the blood of the pigs and virally pass on the antibodies to the human population./blockquote

pNot only smart and inventive, the project is especially accomplished in its sensitive treatment of Vienna. Each scenario focuses on a feature integral to a citizen’s experience of the city and weaves it into a rich, new ecology. For example, Zentralfriedhof, Vienna’s central cemetary, becomes a power plant and the Danube helps feed microbes that induce rainfall. /pa href=”http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/citizen_evolution_4_sustainable_service_models_for_the_future_16890.asp”(more…)/a
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