Smart[er] Nature

GSD 6371 Smart[er] Cities Pecha Kucha Presentation Ryn Burns

MDesS, Critical Conservation
jburns@gsd.harvard.edu

Smart[er] Nature
Literally Green City| Synthetic Landscapes | Artificial Nature

Select Case Studies

[1] Citizen Scientist Apps

[2] Citizen EcoActivist Interventions

[3] Synthetic Productive Landscapes

[1] Citizen Scientist Wild Edibles

by WinterRoot LLC

NatureFind
by Nature Valley

LeafSnap
Columbia University University of Maryland Smithsonian Institution

Great Sunflower Project

by Gretchen LeBuhn

Wild Edibles
by WinterRoot LLC

Citizen Scientist + Smart Local Agriculture + Education

NatureFind
by Nature Valley

Citizen Scientist + Smart Local Agriculture + Education

LeafSnap
Leafsnap turns users into citizen scientists, automatically sharing images, species identifications, and geo-coded stamps of species locations with a community of scientists who will use the stream of data to map and monitor the ebb and flow of flora nationwide.
Columbia University University of Maryland Smithsonian Institution

Citizen Scientist + Smart Field Guide + Education + GeoTagging

The Great Sunflower Project Gretchen LeBuhn

Citizen Scientist + Smart Mapping + Literally Green City + Realized Urban Potential

[2] Citizen EcoActivist

Guerrilla Gardening & Seed Bombing

By Liz Christy

Guerrilla Gardening Gretchen LeBuhn

Citizen EcoActivist + Literally Green City + High Visibility Intervention + Realized Urban Potential

Seed Bombing Gretchen LeBuhn

Citizen EcoActivist + Literally Green City + Synthetic Landscape + Inconspicuous

[3] Synthetic Productive Landscapes

FabTreeHab
MIT - Mitchell Joachim

Eco-Machines
John Todd Ecological Design

Farmadelphia
Front Studio Architecture

Synthesized Nature + Smarts Components + Smart Architecture + Literally Green City

FabTreeHab
MIT - Mitchell Joachim

Living Machines
& John Todd Ecological Design

Synthetic Landscape, Productive Nature, Smart Infrastructure

Farmadelphia
Front Studio Architects

Syntetic Landscape, Productive Nature, Smart Agriculture Green Urbanism

Conclusions

[1] Citizen Scientist Applications smart tech

[2] Citizen EcoActivist Interventions smart

organization
[3] Synthetic Productive Landscapes smart

assembly

Smart[er] Nature
Literally Green City| Synthetic Landscapes | Artificial Nature

GSD 6371 Smart[er] Cities Pecha Kucha Presentation Ryn Burns

MDesS, Critical Conservation
jburns@gsd.harvard.edu