Archark
A moving School of Architecture based in Brooklyn New York
Summer Semester Ecology Block 2014 MArch II Cornell University
In Collaboration with Kris Palagi , Snigdha Agarwal, Rodrigo Garcia & Eduardo Reims
Instructor: Mitchel Joaquim TERREFORM 1
1. We believe Architects must physically experience architecture.
2. We believe Architects must be exposed to the breadth of worldwide culture.
3. We believe Architects must construct.The next school of Architecture will travel the world actively engaging communities as student and educator.
Our mode of travel actively engages ocean remediation resulting in architectural investigations.
Architecture schools in the world were analized
Facts and Remediation Model
Of the 200 billion pounds of plastic people use each year, about 10 % ends up in the ocean. Seventy % of that eventually sinks, but the 30 % is carried on the surface by ocean currents. When plastic ends up in the waters of the Pacific, much of it is swept up into currents that lead to the Pacific Gyre. Garbage from the east coast of Asia takes roughly a year to reach it; garbage from the west coast of North America takes five years.
Structural System
recycled shipping containers for modular structure allowing flexibility of program
Containers are added as the school program grows
Remediation Details
1. opperable gills to filtrate the smalles garbage particules
2. aquaponic propotype to be constructed as wall that provides a sustainable food chain for the crew consumption
