Design with Life chronicles the breakthroughs and projects of a nonprofit that is defining resolute new directions in socio-ecological design and other deep-seated intersections of synthetic biology, architecture, and urban systems. In the challenging context of accelerating climate dynamics, the core discipline of architectural design is evolving and embracing new forms of action. New York-based nonprofit Terreform ONE has established a distinctive design tactic that investigates projects through the regenerative use of natural materials, science, and the emergent field of socio-ecological design. This kind of design approach uses actual living matter (not abstracted imitations of nature) to create new functional elements and spaces. These future-based actions are not only grounded in social justice, but are also far-reaching in their application of digital manufacturing and maker culture. Terreform ONE tackles urgent environmental and urban social concerns through the integrated use of living materials and organisms.

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Architecture Methods & MaterialsTable of contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Alternative Practice
- Statement
- ESSAYS
- Convergence in Environmental Social Governance Thinking
- The Utopia Question, Interview
- A Century of Ecological Innovation
- Creating Productive Green Space in Cities
- Making, Knowing, and the Evolution of Aesthetic Judgment
- The Secret to Innovation: Incorporate as a not-for-profit plus design for mission equals social-impact innovation
- Philanthropy and The City: Case Studies in Eco-Urbanism, Education and Economic Justice
- In the Petri Dish
- Gas and Bees: An Evident Proclamation
- Conversation with Terreform One
- Design Thinking for a Better World
- Ecological Preservation is the Overlap between Culture and Biodiversity
- INTERVIEWS
- Ecogram A: Nature, Urban Ecology and Synthetic Biology
- Ecogram B: Craft, Organic Architecture and Phenomenology
- Ecogram C: Apocalypse, Science Fiction and Robotics
- Ecogram D: Memory, Manufacturing and Genetics
- Ecogram E: Narratives, Intellectual Property and Fantasy
- Ecogram F: Mapping, Fluxus and Socioecological
- Ecogram G: Biohacking, DIY and Adhocism
- PROJECTS
- Monarch Sanctuary
- Anti-Extinction Instrument
- Future North
- Bio City World Map
- In-Vitro Meat Habitat
- Gen2Seat
- Liveware
- Caddisfly Printed Case
- Hive of Beehives
- Urbaneering Brooklyn
- New York 2106
- Urban Tangle
- Power of the City
- Governors Hook
- Super Docking Navy Yard
- Rapid Re(f)use
- Babel Waste Capital
- Homeway
- Fab Tree Hab
- Post Carbon City-State
- Peristalcity
- School of the Earth
- Soft Mobs and Smart Dots
- Cricket Shelter
- Plug-In Ecology
- ONE Prize
- ONE Lab
- CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS
- Extinct Eden and Ultrabionic
- Looking Backwards and Around
- The Dishrack Syndrome
- Subversive Science
- Buildings as Nature-Scape
- The Alchemy of Regeneration
- Resilience
- Surfaces of Urban Life: design opportunities for addressing climate and comfort across scales
- Living In The Autonomous City
- Restricted Access: Moving Off the Grid
- Bodies, Bread, and their Architecture
- In Vitro Ecology
- Biotech Without Borders
- Green The Parking
- Poikilohydric Design, Towards a Bio-integrated Architecture
- Architecture on Demand: Building Systems with Life-Like Behaviour
- Living Root Structural Ecosystems of India: A model for socioecological resilience
- Regenerative Reliquary
- New Rochelle Echo Bay Waterfront
- About the Authors
- Credits
- Acknowledgements
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