roadkill - university of edinburgh · how would you use an urban root network? send messages...
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ROADKILL
MARKED FOR DEATH
WE’RE MURDERING OUR LIVING RELATIVES…
PLANTS.
HOW CAN WE HARMONISE URBAN LIFE AND NATURAL LIFE?
THINK LIKE A TREE…
…with its networked communication
CREATE AN URBAN ROOT SYSTEM.
CREATE A NETWORK AMONG BUILDINGS
ADD NUTRIENT RICH SOIL
give nature the resources to flourish in cities
…SO THIS…
becomes this.
all is not lost
HOW WOULD YOU USE AN URBAN ROOT SYSTEM?
JOIN US IN THE YEAR
2028
75%
OF US LIVE IN CITIES
Fossil fuels are
OUTLAWED
So new transportation networks are being built based on biological methods…
roots.
How would you use this network?
How would you use an urban root network?
Send messages Dispose of food waste
Recycle
Obtain metal
nanoparticlesShare data
Grow food
How would you use an urban root network?
Send messages Dispose of food waste
Recycle
Obtain metal
nanoparticlesShare dataGrow
living things
Grow living things
What kind of living things would you grow?
Trees
Lichen
Moss
Fruit
Vegetables
Flowers
Herbs
How would you use an urban root network?
Send messages Dispose of food waste
Recycle
Obtain metal
nanoparticlesShare dataGrow
living things
Grow living things
What kind of living things would you grow?
Trees
Lichen
Moss
Fruit
Vegetables
Flowers
Herbs
How would you use an urban root network?
Send messages Dispose of food waste
Recycle
Obtain metal
nanoparticlesShare dataGrow
living things
Grow living things
What kind of living things would you grow?
Trees
Lichen
Moss
Fruit
Vegetables
Flowers
Herbs
10%
15%
5%
25%
23%
10%
12%