Monthly Archives: August 2014

Wind Decoder

Wind Decoder Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: António Pliz, Cláudia Branco Artist Location: Borba, Portugal Energy Technologies: aeroelastic flutter (Windbelt™) The Wind Decoder is a climate-responsive artistic work that promotes an understanding … Continue reading →

Aetherius

Aetherius Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Marilu Valente Artist Location: London, UK Energy Technologies: wind-driven hydraulic cylinder generators Aetherius expresses the poetic potential of the natural resource of wind, as well as … Continue reading →

100*100*100 WIND TOWER

100*100*100 WIND TOWER Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Mitsuhiro Wada, Takanori Ishii Artist Location: Brussels, Belgium Energy Technologies: vertical axis wind turbines 100*100*100 WIND TOWER is a 100-meter cube consisting of a … Continue reading →

Blowing Horn

Blowing Horn Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Hooman Tahvildar Akbary Artist Location: Tehran, Iran Energy Technologies: Windbelt™, compact wind acceleration turbine, multi-rotor wind turbine Near the shores of the great Belt, which … Continue reading →

Sight

Sight Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Michal Pajakiewicz, Magdalena Rolka Artist Location: Moscow, Russia Energy Technologies: piezoelectric generators, photovoltaic thin-film Sight is installed on the front part of the design site, responding … Continue reading →

Oscillating Platforms

Oscillating Platforms Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Felix Cheong Artist Location: Toronto, Canada Energy Technologies: wind sails, oscillating water column, Wells turbine Oscillating Platforms invites the surrounding waterway to enter the site, … Continue reading →

Golden Roots

Golden Roots Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Ronny Zschörper, Franziska Adler Artist Location: Münster, Germany Energy Technologies: biomass, piezoelectric paving Golden Roots contrasts the urban environment of Copenhagen with the experience of … Continue reading →

Renewable Energy in our Cities: Natalie Mossin and Simone Kongsbak with Smith Innovation

Natalie Mossin and Simone Kongsbak from Smith Innovation in Copenhagen discuss how we can creatively integrate renewable energy into our cities. How can we make new energy-generating interventions that people would like to be a part of and live next … Continue reading →

The Future of Flight: Solar Energy and Airplane Wing Innovation

by Karrah Beck, LAGI 2014 Marketing & Communications Consultant The airplane industry has been a notorious consumer of energy and a large contributor to atmospheric CO2 emissions. The struggle to make this industry more environmentally sustainable has been a daunting … Continue reading →

Tree of Knowledge

Tree of Knowledge Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Boguslaw Barnas, Rafal Barnas, Omar Gharaibeh, Natalia Jejer Artist Location: Krakow, Poland Energy Technologies: piezoelectric toroids, micro wind turbine “In the center of the … Continue reading →

Pixelated Wind

Pixelated Wind Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Ryan Helle, Delaney Rockwell, Marcus Farr Artist Location: Boulder (CO), USA Energy Technologies: small compact acceleration wind turbines (CWAT) Beginning with landform manipulations, a series … Continue reading →

#HelioTweet

#HelioTweet Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Simon Nummy Artist Location: Dubai, UAE Energy Technologies: heliotropic photovoltaic panels “A short burst of inconsequential information” Jack Dorsey, the first tweet #HelioTweet is made up … Continue reading →

Algaescape

Algaescape Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Tobias Anderson, Adam Pajonk Artist Location: Münster, Germany Energy Technologies: microalgae bio-reactors (algae biogas production) Algae tubes, which are typically used in algae reactors, are replaced … Continue reading →

Stone Wave

Stone Wave Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Nicolas Violette, Christofer Cornevaux Artist Location: Paris, France Energy Technologies: hydraulic cylinder micro-turbine generators As land in Copenhagen was reclaimed from the sea, the sea … Continue reading →

Echo of Wind: Visualizing the Beauty of Wind Patterns

Echo of Wind: Visualizing the Beauty of Wind Patterns Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Mathias Bank Stigsen, Olga Krukovskaya Artist Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Energy Technologies: elastomeric piezoelectric toroids Few things are more … Continue reading →

CLOUD

CLOUD Submission to the 2014 Land Art Generator Initiative Copenhagen design competition Artist Team: Laura Maria Gonzalez, Amir-Behan Jahanbin Artist Location: Pittsburgh (PA), USA Energy Technologies: flash geothermal with carbon nanotubes CLOUD is a revelation of transient states through steam. … Continue reading →