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OXMAN is rethinking design to empower a future of complete

synergy between Nature and humanity.

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NATURE × HUMANITY DOCUMENTARY

Position
For the first time in our planet’s history, the anthropomass—the mass of human-made goods—now outweighs the biomass—the mass of all living things
Earth.

Humanity is a part of Nature, yet the world we have designed has created a rift between us. It is now our responsibility to heal it.

Policy
OXMAN proposes the creation of design solutions by, for, and with Nature while advancing humanity. This holistic approach demands that we design ac

Categorical delineations between climate change and global pandemics, loss of biodiversity and loss of empathy for one another give way to authoring
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 We call for a shift from human-centric design to Nature-
centric design.

Nature-centric design
Nature-centric design views every design construct as a whole system, intrinsically connected to its environment through heterogeneous and complex

Bringing together top-down form generation with bottom-up biological growth, designers are empowered to dream up new, dynamic design possibilities

LAWRENCE HALPRIN'S 1982 SEA RANCH DESIGN PRINCIPLES AS A BACKDROP TO OXMAN'S MATERIAL ECOLOGY DESIGN PRINCIPLES
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 THE KREBS CYCLES OF CREATIVITY REPLACES THE CARBON COMPOUNDS OF THE BIOLOGICAL KREBS CYCLE WITH THE FOUR MODALITIES OF HUMAN CREATIVITY

What if human-made and Nature-grown were

indistinguishable?

NATURE HUMANITY

By placing a multiplicity in the form of an × between Nature and humanity, we call for a radical realignment between grown and built environments.

We transition from the current dichotomy of consumption on the one hand and preservation on the other to a relationship that embodies complete syne

First principles

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Nature as co-client
We call for a shift in how we perceive clientele and commercial viability, turning Nature into a co-client within the design practice.

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Nature-centric design
Nature-centric design invites the creation of design solutions at the service of Nature while advancing humanity.

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Activist design
Activist design utilizes technology stakes in urging commissioning corporations to implement Nature-centric values across the design, construction, a

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Growth over assembly
Computational design through self-organization enables the generation of vast, diverse forms similar to those that emerge through the biological grow
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Computational design through self-organization enables the generation of vast, diverse forms similar to those that emerge through the biological grow

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System over object
System-centric design considers any design construct—wearable, product, or building—a system of quantified interrelations across natural, biologica

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Technology over typology
Platform technologies position the scientific method and technological innovation as the kernel of the architectural practice, revisiting timeworn typolo

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Difference over repetition
Perceived repetition in the natural world exists only through underlying difference and variation in response to environmental constraints, pointing tow

VIII
Integration over segregation
Functionality is not embedded in design constructs via discrete material components but rather distributed inseparably across a single intelligent syst

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Decay over disposal
Programmed decay may be designed such that matter is consumed by the same ecosystem which sprouted it to fuel new growth, thereby empowerin

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