First Christian Church, Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church, City of Towers, Squirrels, Raccoons, Garbage, Composting
Composting with Foragers
by Marietta Koeberle
B.S. Arch ‘21, M.Arch ‘22 University at Buffalo
As a way to feed species that we co-habitate with, clean up streets, reframe landmarks, and bring a new consciousness to waste in society; a community composting iniative is being proposed. Residents of Columbus, Indiana can bring their compostable materials to a lot near the First Christian Church. Species can sift through the compostable materials and find meals. The excess materials are sorted and decompose into compost which the residents can use at home.
This intervention is a way for people to become more conscious of what they throw away and how that can impact species as well as the environment. This new system of composting could change the way landmarks are viewed and could clean up areas where garbage is stored in cities.
by Marietta Koeberle
B.S. Arch ‘21, M.Arch ‘22 University at Buffalo
As a way to feed species that we co-habitate with, clean up streets, reframe landmarks, and bring a new consciousness to waste in society; a community composting iniative is being proposed. Residents of Columbus, Indiana can bring their compostable materials to a lot near the First Christian Church. Species can sift through the compostable materials and find meals. The excess materials are sorted and decompose into compost which the residents can use at home.
This intervention is a way for people to become more conscious of what they throw away and how that can impact species as well as the environment. This new system of composting could change the way landmarks are viewed and could clean up areas where garbage is stored in cities.
NEW NATURES: NEW MIDDLES
UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO
SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
ECOLOGICAL PRACTICES RESEARCH GROUP GRADUATE STUDIO
In parallel with the 2020-21 Exhibit Columbus cycle, titled “New Middles: From Main Street to Megalopolis,” the Spring 2021 UB Ecological Practices studio explored the city of Columbus Indiana, its legacy of architecture and landscape design as civic projects, and developed speculative architectural interventions that reflect on Columbus’ design history while also responding to contemporary social and ecological conditions in the city and region. The sites for each proposal are centered in/around the city, but the aim is to speak more broadly to ways that design can impact the future of the American heartland and regions connected by the Mississippi Watershed. In the words of this year’s curators Mimi Zeiger and Iker Gil, “New Middles builds upon Columbus’ legacy as a laboratory for design as civic investment. In a moment when we most need reflection, creativity, and innovation to envision new ways of being, New Middles considers Columbus a place to destabilize assumptions, and imagine new architectures and landscapes as a way to positively move our cities forward.”
In parallel with the 2020-21 Exhibit Columbus cycle, titled “New Middles: From Main Street to Megalopolis,” the Spring 2021 UB Ecological Practices studio explored the city of Columbus Indiana, its legacy of architecture and landscape design as civic projects, and developed speculative architectural interventions that reflect on Columbus’ design history while also responding to contemporary social and ecological conditions in the city and region. The sites for each proposal are centered in/around the city, but the aim is to speak more broadly to ways that design can impact the future of the American heartland and regions connected by the Mississippi Watershed. In the words of this year’s curators Mimi Zeiger and Iker Gil, “New Middles builds upon Columbus’ legacy as a laboratory for design as civic investment. In a moment when we most need reflection, creativity, and innovation to envision new ways of being, New Middles considers Columbus a place to destabilize assumptions, and imagine new architectures and landscapes as a way to positively move our cities forward.”
UB ARCHITECTURE
FACULTY
Joyce Hwang, Associate Professor, Exhibit Columbus University Design Research Fellow 2021
STUDIO STUDENTS
Nicholas Blackwell
Cristian Copete
Bethany Greenaway
John Henning
Samanatha Kalinski
Marietta Koeberle
Mitchel Mesi
Gabrielle Morales
Madelaine Ong
Yogesh Ravichandar
Ayushi Vora
Ben Wemesfelder
FACULTY
Joyce Hwang, Associate Professor, Exhibit Columbus University Design Research Fellow 2021
STUDIO STUDENTS
Nicholas Blackwell
Cristian Copete
Bethany Greenaway
John Henning
Samanatha Kalinski
Marietta Koeberle
Mitchel Mesi
Gabrielle Morales
Madelaine Ong
Yogesh Ravichandar
Ayushi Vora
Ben Wemesfelder