Terreform ONE Wins the Zumtobel Group Award
March 9, 2010 | Levent OZLER
At a meeting at Roden Crater, Arizona (USA) in February, an international jury selected this year's winners of the Zumtobel Group Award for Sustainability and Humanity.
The EUR 60,000 award in the "Research & Initiative" category went to the non-profit design group Terreform ONE, jointly founded by Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova, for the research project "New York City Resource & Mobility," a visionary plan for New York City that converts waste to buildings and reinvents the city transit system.
Terreform ONE is a unique laboratory for scientists, artists, architects, students, and individuals of all backgrounds to explore and advance the larger framework of green design.
The group develops innovative solutions and technologies for local sustainability in energy, transportation, infrastructure, buildings, waste treatment, food, water, and media spaces.
The jury selected Terreform ONE based on the group's integrated approach: "This project is a rich source of interesting ideas of real substance.
The research team is not afraid to think in whole new directions and presents a range of visionary potential approaches that are already acting as catalysts in the urban development debate."
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