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Megahacks: city, region, planet
A presentation by
Dr Cindy Frewen Wuellner, FAIA, @urbanverse Frewen Architects and University of Houston Futures Studies For APF Virtual Gathering Futures Festival 26-27 02011
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Hacking the body
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Women, Morro de ProvidenciaRio de Janeiro, JR Artist
Hacking the CityMorro de ProvidenciaRio de Janeiro
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Hacking the planetgeoengineering
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hacking?1. Intentionally altering an
existing system for new purposes
2. Frequently unauthorized, sometimes subversive, intentionally undermining authority
3. Transformational or incremental
4. Harmful or beneficial to host
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Why hack?1. Solve a problem
– Add function– Add beauty
2. Cause a problem– Steal – Destroy
3. Assert self
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This is our world now… we make use of a service without paying for what could be called dirt cheap if it wasn’t run by profiteering gluttons.
We explore… we seek knowledge… and you call us criminals.
You make atomic bombs, wage wars, cheat, lie, try to make it seem like we are the criminals.
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Yes… I AM A CRIMINAL. My crime is that of curiosity. My
crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not how they look.
My crime… Is outsmarting YOU. Something you never will be able
to forgive me for.The Mentor, 1986
The Conscience of a Hacker
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The people called the Third Culture are hacking the planet. They are dissatisfied with normality. They are changing things. ...
Hacking the planet is essential to the survival of the human race.
Wesley Felter, 14 August 1998THE HACK THE PLANET MANIFESTO
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Megacity Sao Paulo
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Megacities 1959 – 2000 - 2015
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Urbanization 1950 – 2007 - 2030
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Population Forecasts for Selected Countries 2010 - 2100
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Prices are going up…
Food
EnergyWater
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motivation + tools
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The Plan Voisin in ParisLe Corbusier 1922
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Geodesic Dome CityBuckminster FullerNew York City 1968
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Brasilia
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To use a building is to make it, by physical transformation or by inhabiting it in ways not previously imagined or by conceiving it anew.
Hill, 2001
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The Underbelly ProjectAbandoned Subway
New York City
Hacking the CityCo-Creating
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Guerilla Gardening
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Bike Lane HacksPortland Oregon
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D
Germany electrical box bench
DIY CITIES
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a shipping container…
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becomes a house
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Mobile shelters
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Women, Morro de ProvidenciaRio de Janeiro, JR Artist
Guerilla Art
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Israel separation wall
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Hacking NatureThree Gorges DamYangzi River, China
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Lilypad floating ecolopolis for 50,000 refugeesVincent Callebaut
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Hacking the planetgeoengineering
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Times Square NYC Networked Omniscient Exhibit
hybridhacks
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Mobile Phone Users 2000 - 2010
From 1 billion to 5 billion users in a decade
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Social networks; peer to peer
Representations of reality; maps
Second Life
Digita
l Add
ed to
Real W
orldNew
Fant
asy W
orlds
Metaverse Roadmap modified
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Layar – on android cell phone
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New York Phantom City Tour
Phantomcity.org
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Heads Up display wearable lenses
Vernor Vinge Rainbows End
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Heads Up Display
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Sydney Opera HouseJorn Utzon Architect
Co-making the city, not just watching
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Who controls sidewalks?
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Who shapes our transportation options?
Copenhagen Bike Highway
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Who owns the water?
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Who owns the skyline?
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History is the virtual made actual, one hack after another.
MCKENZIE WARK
Thank you!
Contact
Cindy Frewen Wuellner@urbanversehttp://urbanverse.posterous.com