CAKE: Bettina Hutschek & Adriana Young

CAKE: Bettina Hutschek & Adriana Young Saturday, July 25th, 7:30 at Chez Bushwick

If Maps Could Talk They May Sound Like This BREST: a performance-lecture by Bettina Hutschek, WHAT SHAPE IS BUSHWICK? an experimental geography collaboration between Liz Kueneke and Adriana Valdez Young; Followed by a discussion between Bettina Hustchek and Adriana Young about their interests, their different approaches and perspectives in urban planning and mapping. With participation and moderation by architect-designers Lee Altman and Matt Thomas and Chez Bushwick performance curator Jerome Pique. (original post)

Reciprocity Zoning / Re:Vision Dallas

The RECIPROCITY ZONING project was designed as an entry to the Re:Vision DALLAS competition, organized by The City of Dallas and Urban Re:Vision, in partnership with Central Dallas CDC and BC Workshop. The competition called for a very high-density residential block that does no harm, to people or place, while fostering respect for nature and our neighbors, privacy and resources, economy and consumption. The proposal is based on the notion that a city block is an integral part of the urban ecosystem, and should be designed as such, taking advantage of the different flows the city has to offer, social, economic and environmental. The design is informed by a reciprocity matrix, that contains 3 realms of resources the project draws on: Natural, Social and Programmatic. Multiple combinations can be created using different resources, each ‘Trio’ reflecting a potential initiative. The collective force of all initiatives is what creates the different spaces of the project. PROJECT YEARLY CYCLE The design offers 3 means of energy production on site, using solar panels ,silent wind turbines and heat pumps. Due to the natural conditions in Dallas, these different means peak in different seasons. URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE Considering the block as part of a larger urban strategy, we identify the potential for a new residential armature in the center of Dallas. This armature will utilize under-developed industrial areas and existing parking lots, creating an axis that uses its’ own interior circulation system to reach the new Trinity River Corridor project. The armature is supported by on-site agricultural land, waste sorting and composting, and water management systems. Parallel to the residential armature we envision the development of a new urban green infrastructure system. This infrastructure takes advantage residual space along the R L Thomton Freeway and demonstrates the potential to expand. Easements, setbacks and right of-way associated with transportation, electric transmissions, oil and gas pipelines, waterways and railways all offer linear systems that run between all urbanized areas and have the potential to be reused for socially and ecologically reconnecting increasingly deconcentrated populations. RECIPROCITY ZONING was designed by Manuel Avila and Lee Altman, with a little help from Matt Thomas

The Horror

The light at the end of the tunnel is gorgeous.

The Wanderer

The Wanderer confronts Truth in Nature. An Aquafresh god-headed hydra pointing the way to infinity. Oil on canvas. 40x58"

The Stupid Moon

When wandering beneath the stars on a clear night, you can look up and see the stupid moon mocking your smallness. It's like Kaspar David Friedrich for people that don't know what to believe anymore.

Imagining Recovery: PUBLIC (housing) WORKS

PUBLIC (housing) WORKS was submitted to IMAGINING RECOVERY, an open international design ideas competition. The competition (www.imaginingrecovery.com) called for an 'experiential image' and supporting documents that would clearly communicate a design vision for the use of President Obama's Recovery Act funds. PUBLIC (housing) WORKS proposes to enlist NYC public housing projects designed in the 'tower in the park' model and re-introduce them as part of the city's infrastructure. We expect parks in general to do more than entertain us. What if the (tower-in-the-)parks were no different? Envisioned as urban infrastructure, existing public housing projects can provide water retention and filtration services for their surroundings, mitigating storm water runoff as well as water level rising (when in proximity to river/ocean); they can support dense vegetation that would improve air quality and lower temperatures; they can perform as urban farms collaborating with local schools and providing fresh produce following the community-supported-agriculture model; or provide service in other ways. "Recovery promises to reform the way in which America operates, the way Americans live their lives".

Design I - Lamp

I can't remember my concept. I think it was find random materials at home depot and glue them together to make a lamp?