Land Art Generator

Energy Circus by Chai Yi Yang incorporates solar photovoltaic, Vortex BladelessTM wind turbines, piezoelectric energy harvesting, and anaerobic digestion to generate 1,200 MWh per module each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including pollinator habitat, bird habitat, food production, educational experiences, sustainable waste management, and seed bank. 1st Place entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Kaleidoscopic Dune by Muny-Roth Chev, Jason Daniel, and Vatsapol Nanta incorporates concentrator photovoltaics (CPV) to generate 85 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including public gathering space. 2nd Place entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
GIRASOLI by Antonio Maccà incorporates laminated monocrystalline photovoltaic solar (similar to SolaxessTM) to generate 170 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including shaded gathering spaces. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Yggdrasil by Man Kit Cheung, Solomon Cheung, Lai Ho Yin, and Julio Lai incorporates solar photovoltaic and kinetic energy paving to generate 120 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits of including food production and shaded gathering space. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Bloom by Mateusz Góra and Agata Gryszkiewicz incorporates solar photovoltaic sharing land use with urban agriculture and public space to generate 4 MWh per module each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including public gathering space, food production, rainwater harvesting, and public marketplace. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Plane of Water by Zsuzsa Péter incorporates organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar to generate 40 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including shaded public space, water harvesting, and urban garden. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
eTREE, an Homage to Nature by Joo Hyung Oh, Jinhyeok Ryu, Sooyoung Cho, Yechan Shin, Sunjae Yu,Suin Kim, Jaeho Yoon, and Joo Hyung Oh incorporates thin-film solar photovoltaic and kinetic energy harvesting to generate 6,500 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including personal device charging and shaded gathering space. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
H.E.A.R.T. by Mariano Quiroga Robles and Milagros Aguilar Plaza (Habitáculo) incorporates flexible thin-film solar photovoltaic to generate 650 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including landscape irrigation and shaded gathering space. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Trees and Seesaws by Yongsu Choung incorporates monocrystalline solar photovoltaic modules with color lamination (similar to KromatixTM by SwissINSO), kinetic energy harvesting to generate 200 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including playground, exercise space for public health, and public space for gathering, meeting, and performance. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Hyperbolic Garden by Santiago Muros Cortés, Gabriele Mazza, and Clara Cantarelo (GAMEPLAN Architects) incorporates solar photovoltaic to generate 112 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including food production, educational walking path, and a scenic viewpoint. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
HyperSquares by Zilan Wang and Ziting Wang incorporates solar photovoltaic, micro vertical axis wind turbines, microbial fuel cells, kinetic energy harvesting flywheel to generate 6,500 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including community greenhouse, playground, and electronic device charging. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Post-Terra by Jieun Yang, David Zhang, and Rebecca Siqueiros incorporates dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) similar to Solaronix to generate 90 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including hydroponic urban farming and shaded gathering space. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Island Of Nature and Art by (NArchitekTURA) Bartosz Haduch, Bartlomiej Bogucki, and Łukasz Marjanski incorporates perovskite solar photovoltaic tile to generate 582 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including public gathering space, mobile and interactive play and performance venues, and stormwater collection. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
The Barracks: Spinelli Ecological Intersection by Pramudya Andara incorporates transparent thin-film solar photovoltaic, kinetic wind energy harvesting (similar to WindbeltTM), kinetic energy pavers, and microbial fuel cell to generate 2,500 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including food production, public space for gathering, wayfinding structure, and educational amenity. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Energy Generation by Kazia Rodrigo, Peter North, Alissa North, and Fernanda de Carvalho Nunes incorporates high altitude wind power (HAWP), organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar, pumped micro-hydro energy storage, and kinetic energy pavers to generate 8,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including play and exercise spaces, charging for personal devices, and reforested landscape. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
ma duneland by Jonas Eisenhofer, Daniel Klose, Jaira Pagkalinawan, Michelle Marker, Marie Hoffmann, Marlene Bögl, Jessica Messer, and Esra Uyar incorporates algae bioreactors, thin-film solar photovoltaic, kinetic energy pavers to generate 280 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including a research facility and educational workshops. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Speak Up by Azhar Mussinova and Akmaral Kussainova incorporates solar photovoltaic, piezoelectric micro wind turbine, kinetic energy pavers, and triboelectric rain energy harvesters to generate 500 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including educational and performance venue, shaded gathering space, rainwater harvesting, electronic device charging. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
OFFLINE PARK by David Vardy, Jiayi Xu, Yuzhang Su, Jinyu Li, Xuanrun Yi, and Evan Saarinen incorporates spherical solar photovoltaic (similar to SphelarTM), microbial fuel cells to generate 3,085 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including food production, carbon sequestration, and public space free from electromagnetic radiation. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Sky Wings by Islambek Yeshbekov incorporates solar photovoltaic, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENG), kinetic energy harvesting from wind and human activities, micro-hydro from rainwater, and microbial fuel cells photovoltaic to generate 1,140 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including stormwater harvesting for irrigation, food and beverage concessions, exercise equipment for public health, and spaces for meeting and performance. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Energiebaum by Minu Joshi, Unmesh Lele, and Ajay Vaidya incorporates thermophotovoltaic (TPV), vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) to generate 2.5 MWh per unit each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including 18,000 liters of water per unit per year, electrical device charging, and food production by heating local greenhouses. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
The Flourishing Nest by Mohammad Reza Asgari, and Osama AlSaab incorporates solar photovoltaic, vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT), and droplet-based energy generator (DEG) to generate 7,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including stormwater harvesting, public library, meeting spaces, innovation lab, and spaces for play and recreation. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
treEcoTopia by Hannah Hammer, Gautham Thampy, Markus Schein, Mareike Schulte, Louisa Fiedler, Lea Seibel incorporates solar photovoltaic, and vertical axis wind turbine to generate 5 MWh per large solar unit each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including 6 million liters of stormwater harvesting, playgrounds, exercise equipment, and electronic device charging. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Unfold by Zicheng Zhao, Priyanjali Sinha, Andreina Sojo, Menghan Yu, Wei Xia incorporates organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar to generate 22 MWh per unit each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including water harvesting for irrigation. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Bloom. Energy infrastructure as an ecosystem catalyst in a dry land by Muhammad Iqbal Tawakal and Melvina Pramadya Puspahati incorporates solar photovoltaic to generate 3 MWh per unit each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including 10 liters per day of water from atmospheric water generation, and public gardens. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
CROPERGY by Laura Valentina Borda Neira, David Arismendis Clavijo, Santiago Esteban Ardila Torres, Ricardo Andres Ibañez Gutierrez, Isabella Abril Niño, Juan Diego León Rodríguez, Juan Felipe Bautista Carreño, Valerie Torres Mendoza, and Sofia Gaviria Grisales incorporates organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar, algae photobioreactor, microbial fuel cell to generate 200 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including food for 4,700 households, CO2 sequestration, greywater treatment, and public space for gathering. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Modular Innovation Cube by Elena Doht, Kai Beiderwellen, Ann-Kathrin Hauck, Lena Ackermann, Yehia Mallallah, Claudia Fratz, Theresia Schiller, Selina Ettinger, Madita Nisble, and Niklas Katz incorporates solar photovoltaic and micro wind turbines to generate 25 MWh per cube face (20–70 MWh per complete sculpture) each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including electronic device charging. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Current Notations by Jonathan Craig, Lucas Denit incorporates solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage to generate 582 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including temperate microclimates, stormwater collection and treatment. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Der Bienenstock by Héctor Parades, Alejandro Muñiz, and Ariel Zuñiga incorporates concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solar, geothermal, and kinetic energy harvesting to generate 150 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including rainwater harvesting, food production, insect and pollinator habitat, and shaded public gathering space. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Artee by Jonathan Hernandez, Lorenz Riedel, Nawapan Suntorachai, Maria Matheou, and Felipe Romero incorporates tinted translucent thin-film solar photovoltaic with pneumatic tracking and kinetic energy paving bubbles to generate 2,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including sheltered public gathering space and interactive play. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
$BAU(M): The Fractal Tree is made from sustainable materials, including natural bamboo and recycled metal assembled in the form of a fractal truss to minimize material use and maximize structural integrity. Rather than competing with nature, the design learns from, supports, and blends with nature, while enhancing the range of ecosystem services that nature can provide.$
BAU(M) The Fractal Tree by Mikołaj Ćwikła incorporates bismuth nanocrystal solar cells to generate 0.5 MWh per tree (180 MWh from 360 trees) each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including water harvesting. A shortlisted entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Walking in the Fields of Gold by Jason Kim incorporates dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC), kinetic energy pavers to generate 1,300 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including shaded gathering space, urban farming, and water harvesting. An entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.
Solar Leaf by Nuru Karim, Ayadi Mishra, and Nirmal Kumar incorporates solar photovoltaic to generate 250 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including food production and public space for gathering and performance. An entry to LAGI 2022 Mannheim.

LAGI 2022 Mannheim
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LAGI 2022

site typology: City Park

The LAGI 2022 Mannheim design challenge brings together a number of themes and ideas for inspiration.

Just as a garden is a productive landscape for nourishment that also brings us joy and pleasure, how can our productive landscapes for energy also bring joy and pleasure to our communities?

How can renewable energy be integrated in beautiful ways into the city so that it is not some cold and utilitarian technology, but is instead an indispensable accessory, a statement of creative expression that we all desire to experience?

At the same time, how can we make these new technologies accessible to everyone so that the benefits of energy democratization are equitably shared?

LAGI 2022 Mannheim has expanded the realm of the possible using existing clean energy technologies to create beautiful, sculptural modules that can plug into the smart post-carbon city.

Proposals exist simultaneously across a variety of scales—variations for a residential context or for a civic space that use modular components or scalable solutions. The goal is to open a window onto a world beyond carbon where quality of life and social equity have been vastly improved as a consequence of the energy transition.

Design Site

BUGA 23 (Bundesgartenschau) took place in Mannheim, Germany from April 2023 – October 2023.

The Federal Garden Show—BUGA for short—refers to the horticultural exhibition itself, which has been held every two years in various cities in Germany since 1951. At the same time, the BUGA is also a planning process for open spaces, green and urban development that lasts for several years. For the realization of the green corridor northeast, which is of great importance for the climate of the city as well as for living and recreation in Mannheim.

The core area of BUGA 23 was the conversion area around the former Spinelli barracks. Once used by the German Wehrmacht as a pioneer barracks and after the Second World War by the US armed forces as a warehouse, Spinelli-Park stretches from the Aubuckel to the Käfertal district of Mannheim. BUGA 23 on the former military site is part of the northeast green corridor, which extends from Luisenpark across the Neckar to the Vogelstangseen. The aim was to dismantle the large barracks areas and to connect them to a continuous green corridor, which improves the microclimate and the fresh air supply in the surrounding districts in the long term.

From April to October 2023, Spinelli hosted the social and cultural mega-event for Mannheim and the entire Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region: More than 5,000 events took place over 178 days on the former Spinelli military grounds and in Luisenpark. In the course of BUGA 23, the Luisenpark was extended by 3,000 square metres and a new park centre will be created in organic shapes. The first BUGA in Mannheim took place in Luisenpark in 1975. The two parks will be connected by a cable car that visitors can use to travel across the grounds.

BUGA 23 had a clear goal: to be the most sustainable BUGA of all time.