Plant-in City / New York / Successful Kickstarter Campaign
*HB* Collaborative + med44 / Co-Founder + Co-Creator
Team: Huy Bui, Carlos Gomez DeLlarena, Conor Klein, Yaya Wang, Jennifer Kashdan, Grover Seestedt
Architecture and Technology for Plants.
Mankind is increasingly leaving nature behind, migrating to concrete jungles where green space is at a premium. Yet urban dwellers will always long for a connection to the earth: we build parks, protect nature reserves, and grow gardens. We've become adept at shaping nature to fit our multiple spaces and lifestyles.
Plant-in City is a collaboration between architects, designers, and technologists who are building new ways of interacting with nature. Our 21st century sculptural terrariums combine modular architecture, basic laws of physics, embedded technologies, and mobile computing to construct a "Plant City" where the aesthetic meets the pragmatic.
Each frame is made with cedar wood and copper piping, with digital sensors and integrated lighting controlled by smartphone app. The plants live in an artful structure that's nearly self-sustaining. After all, plants improve our quality of life and nurture us on an everyday basis; we think it's only fair to nurture them in return.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/plantincity/plant-in-city-architecture-and-technology-for-plan