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On June 23rd, 2010, JAMES WINES…

Highrise of Homes by SITE (Sculpture in the Environment) and James Wines, 1981

…the great radical ecologically minded architect and artist of SITE has been a hero of mine since I first picked up his books as an architecture obsessed youth at my local public library, and this evening I was actually able to meet and hang out with him as we both participated in the conversation at the Horticulture Society to mark the release of Work AC’s previously mentioned new book “Above the Pavement – the Farm!: Architecture and Agriculture at PF1″ (for which I wrote the opening essay), plus I was also lucky enough to have time with another hero today, lunch with AA Bronson - previously mentioned here.

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By Fritz Haeg on June 23, 2010 | architecture
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On June 3rd, 2010, “ABOVE THE PAVEMENT—THE FARM! : ARCHITECTURE & AGRICULTURE AT PF1″…

the cover of "Above the Pavement—the Farm! : Architecture & Agriculture at PF1" from Princeton Architectural Press

…is the book just out from Princeton Architectural Press (for which I contributed the forward “Above the People: The Meadow, the Vegetable Garden, the Apple Tree, and the Cow!“) by Dan Wood and Amale Andraos of Work AC about their Public Farm installed in the PS1 sculpture courtyard in 2008 – and there will be an event/discussion at The Horticulture Society in New York entitled “The Visionary Reloaded – New Scales of Operation in the Age of Information” on June 23rd at 6:30pm to mark it’s release (and that of the new expanded Edible Estates book) which will include a group that I am very much looking to spending some time with:

Dan Wood and Amale Andraos, WORK Architecture Company

James Wines, SITE

Majora Carter, Sustainable South Bronx;

Adam Michaels, Project Projects

Fritz Haeg, Artist

Moderator: Jeff Gordinier, Details Magazine, “Gen X Saves the World”

(more info at Princeton Architectural Press)

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By Fritz Haeg on June 3, 2010 | books, gardens
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On May 2nd, 2010, ANNIE NOVAK’S EAGLE STREET ROOFTOP FARM & A NEW PROJECT BY WORK AC…

loft by Work AC (page 65) and Annie Novak's Eagle Street Rooftop Farm (page 20) in today's T Magazine

…both lovely NYC friends – are featured in today’s New York Times Summer 2010 T  Magazine Design Issue. (Eagle Street Rooftop Farm / Work AC / NYT webpage)

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By Fritz Haeg on May 2, 2010 | agriculture
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On March 17th, 2010, 49 CITIES BY AMALE ANDRAOS, DAN WOOD (WORK A.C.)…

The cover of "49 Cities," project by Amale Andraos, Dan Wood, Yasmin Vobis, Michael Alexander, Hilary Zaic, Jose Esparza, Anne Menke, Sam Dufaux, Jenny Lie Andersen, Alexander Maymind, Willem Boning

…Yasmin Vobis, Michael Alexander, Hilary Zaic, Jose Esparza, Anne Menke, Sam Dufaux, Jenny Lie Andersen, Alexander Maymind, and Willem Boning is a super survey of fantastical unrealized city plans – 49 of them – depicted graphically in such a way that they begin to have a conversation, and there will be a book launch event for the second edition tomorrow at 7pm at Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York…

What links Wright and Le Corbusier with the Spanish Conquistadors and Archizoom? + Is a city really a tree after all? Can it be a mound of dirt? Or should it really be a 200-story floating pyramid? + What city form has been used throughout history in response to foreign invasions and warfare? + Did Buckminster Fuller and Cedric Price really “do” density better than Paolo Soleri? + Who was bold enough, or perhaps megalomaniacal enough, to propose a new city for 10 million people in the middle of a bay? + Was suburbia actually invented to limit damages during a nuclear attack? + How can 6 million people be completely engaged in “efficient consumption”? + Which architect proposed a city composed of 100% greenspace? + How many apartments can be built in a building stretching from Baltimore to Washington? + Can a city shaped like an amoeba really combat urban chaos? + Which imaginary cities can best be used as a model for the ecological city of the future?

49 Cities sets out to crunch the numbers of several centuries of unrealized urbanism, all the way from the Roman city to the great utopian projects of the 20th century. Through plans, sections, diagrams, charts and scale drawings, 49 cities are observed statistically and presented in an unprecedented comparative study, the result of a research project conducted over several years.

(order the book from the Storefront Bookstore, or visit the Work AC website for more info)

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By Fritz Haeg on March 17, 2010 | books, cities
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On February 3rd, 2010, THE BROOKLYN EDIBLE SCHOOLYARD

Work AC illustration of P.S. 216 Edible Schoolyard in Brooklyn during fall harvest

…planned for P.S. 216 by Work AC is featured in a story today in Metropolis Magazine’s website including an interview with architects Amale Andaos and Dan Wood.

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By Fritz Haeg on February 3, 2010 | architecture
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