Constructing Realities Summer Special – Mitchell Joachim
30 May 2019, 6:30 pm–8:30 pm

Join us for a special edition of Constructing Realities this summer.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Organiser
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The Bartlett School of Architecture02031087337
Location
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UCL at Here EastQueen Elizabeth Olympic ParkLondonE15 2GWUnited Kingdom
This event is free and open to all – no booking is required. Complimentary light refreshments will be available before and after the lecture.
Lecture abstract
Architect Mitchell Joachim shares his work from Terreform ONE [Open Network Ecology], a non-profit design group that promotes smart design in cities. He discusses the role of design in innovating green initiatives in sustainability, energy, transportation, infrastructure, buildings, waste treatment, food, water, synthetic biology and media spaces.
Biography
Mitchell Joachim is the co-founder of Terreform ONE and an Associate Professor at New York University. He was formerly an architect at Gehry Partners LLP, and Pei Cobb Freed.
Mitchell has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and fellowships with TED, Moshe Safdie, and the Martin Society for Sustainability, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, New York and the Venice Biennale.
Mitchell has co-authored a number of books, including XXL-XS: New Directions in Ecological Design (2016), Super Cells: Building with Biology (2014) and Global Design: Elsewhere Envisioned (2014).
About Constructing Realities
This informal lecture series invites speakers to explore the current trends in the making and designing of our built environment, looking at how new technologies are shaping the future of the spaces around us. Lectures include themes of fabrication, bio-technologies, forensic architecture and a critical look at the algorithms and political uses of architecture and data.
This event is generously supported by Populous.
Access
If you have any access requirements please send us an email or call 020 3108 7337
Getting to Here East
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Image: Cricket Shelter, by Terreform ONE.