megahacks: city, region, planet
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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
Hacking the body
Women, Morro de ProvidenciaRio de Janeiro, JR Artist
Hacking the CityMorro de ProvidenciaRio de Janeiro
Hacking the planetgeoengineering
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
Why hack?1. Solve a problem
– Add function– Add beauty
2. Cause a problem– Steal – Destroy
3. Assert self
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.
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
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
Megacity Sao Paulo
Megacities 1959 – 2000 - 2015
Urbanization 1950 – 2007 - 2030
Population Forecasts for Selected Countries 2010 - 2100
Prices are going up…
Food
EnergyWater
motivation + tools
The Plan Voisin in ParisLe Corbusier 1922
Geodesic Dome CityBuckminster FullerNew York City 1968
Brasilia
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
The Underbelly ProjectAbandoned Subway
New York City
Hacking the CityCo-Creating
Guerilla Gardening
Bike Lane HacksPortland Oregon
D
Germany electrical box bench
DIY CITIES
a shipping container…
becomes a house
Mobile shelters
Women, Morro de ProvidenciaRio de Janeiro, JR Artist
Guerilla Art
Israel separation wall
Hacking NatureThree Gorges DamYangzi River, China
Lilypad floating ecolopolis for 50,000 refugeesVincent Callebaut
Hacking the planetgeoengineering
Times Square NYC Networked Omniscient Exhibit
hybridhacks
Mobile Phone Users 2000 - 2010
From 1 billion to 5 billion users in a decade
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
Layar – on android cell phone
New York Phantom City Tour
Phantomcity.org
Heads Up display wearable lenses
Vernor Vinge Rainbows End
Heads Up Display
Sydney Opera HouseJorn Utzon Architect
Co-making the city, not just watching
Who controls sidewalks?
Who shapes our transportation options?
Copenhagen Bike Highway
Who owns the water?
Who owns the skyline?
History is the virtual made actual, one hack after another.
MCKENZIE WARK
Thank you!
Contact
Cindy Frewen Wuellner@urbanversehttp://urbanverse.posterous.com