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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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. First Place entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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. Second Place entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
The Sun Flower by Sam Arab Oveissi, Pedram Salimi, Shadi Razani, Golnoush Parsi, and Jalal Arab Oveissi incorporates concentrator thermal photovoltaic, organic photovoltaic (OPV) to generate 4 MWh per module each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including shaded gathering space and public device charging. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Power Walk by Abigail Barnes, Alyssa Hall, and Nicholas Powell incorporates luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) photovoltaic to generate 4 MWh per module each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including shaded gathering space, public WiFi, and educational displays. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Flower Power: Forever in Bloom by Jinmo Jung, Michael Goode, Kayesten Jade Caluag, Daryl Gonzales, and Maciej Dwojak (WE Design) incorporates monocrystalline solar photovoltaic and triboelectric fabric to generate 1,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including personal electronic device charging and public WiFi. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Bloom: Purpose of Nature by Pranshu Agrawal, Denise Marie Angel De Leon Galano, and James Ndiritu Gachari incorporates monocrystalline solar photovoltaic to generate 5,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including shaded spaces for gathering, food production in solar greenhouses. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Flower Farm by Andreea Stefan incorporates organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar to generate 1.3 MWh per large flower sculpture each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including shaded space for resting and growing plants. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
TETRAVOLTAICS: Modular Tetrahedron Framework for Energy and Food Production by Daekwon Park, Angelina Yihan Zhang, Chenhao Luo, and Nicholas Chung incorporates organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar to generate 10,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including food production, playgrounds, sports and recreation spaces, and rainwater harvesting. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Spinelli Pillar by Charles Ye, Cindy Zhang, Frank Yan, Ge Qian, Jonathan Chang, Leo Wang, Sue Qin, Victor Lo, Yifei Lou, and Zoe Zhang incorporates luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) photovoltaic to generate 1,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including wayfinding landmark and urban food production. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Vibranergy: Energy Turned into Vibrancy by Daniela Lucia Arguello Munive, Julieth Alejandra Garcia Molano, Diego Alexis Avella Castro, Ricardo Andres Ibanez Gutierrez, Juan Sebastian Vaca Porras, Angelica Maria Pineda Sierra, Maria Paula Correa Munoz, and Laura Fernanda Pedraza Tamayo incorporates bladeless wind power (similar to Vortex BladelessTM), vibration-induced electromagnetic induction, piezoelectric generators to generate 400 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including electronic device charging and public spaces for gathering. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Planktonic Synergy by Chen-Hsiang Chao incorporates organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar, compressed air energy storage (CAES) to generate 3,450 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including fresh and cool air to combat urban heat and shaded gathering spaces. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
The Solar Poplars by Miroslaw Struzik, Jakub Skowron, Hafis Hermann Issa, and Olivier Portier incorporates organic photovoltaic (OPV) solar (similar to ASCA®) to generate 5 MWh per year per set of ten large leaves each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including personal device charging and food production. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Mound by Iman Khalili, Puya Khalili, and Aziz Khalili incorporates solar photovoltaic 20,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including urban agriculture, water harvesting and purification. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Square Root by Riccardo Mariano incorporates monocrystalline solar photovoltaic to generate up to 4 MWh per module each year (16,000 MWh if installed across the entire park). The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including public space for gathering and crop production. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Eco-Art Pollinators by Andrew King, Gaston Fernandez, Vicky Jia Bao Wang, Laura Di Fiore, Jasper Silver-King, and Jeffrey Ma incorporates solar photovoltaic thin-film balloons to generate 2,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including biodiversity, and pollinator habitat and research. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Windwald by Andrew Park, Gun Hee Jeong, Sung Uk Choi, Seung Hoon Lee, Jong Chan Jeon, Eun Mee Jeong, and Song Hyeok Oh incorporates triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) technology to produce 2,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including shaded gathering spaces. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Flower Garden by Brent Haynes incorporates horizontal axis wind turbines to generate 20 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including creative placemaking and lighted pathways. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
POOP, PLAY, POWER by Haoran Wang and Joie Chan incorporates biogas from anaerobic digestion, and kinetic energy pavers to generate 300 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including public toilets, waste disposal, and playground. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Room to Breathe by Tom Esdar, Maximilian Bohnhorst, and Hamed Samara incorporates windbelt (aerostatic flutter) to generate 1,500 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including personal electronic device charging and partly shaded gathering spaces. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
IN TIME? by Aditya Mandlik incorporates multi-junction solar photovoltaic to generate 600 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including food production, shaded gathering space, and water harvesting. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
The Energy+Art Garden by Nina Colosi, Claude Boullevraye de Passillé, Bernardo Zavattini, and Raphaele Shirley incorporates organic Rankine cycle low-temperature geothermal (Climeon or similar), concentrated solar power (CSP) thermal, thin-film solar photovoltaic (SoloPower Systems Inc. or similar), kinetic energy harvesting (Pavegen or similar) to generate 10,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including hydroponic urban farming, public space for gathering, and personal electronic device charging. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
The Wave by Andre Enrico Cassettari Zanolla, and Regiane Fernandes (Democratic Architects) incorporates luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) solar photovoltaic to generate 1,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including public space for gathering, and crop production. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Corridor of Life by Olga Proshkina, Anqi Wang, Rhea Zouein, Gauri Prakash, and Antonio Lamonarca incorporates compact acceleration wind turbine, dye-sensitized solar cell (DSSC) photovoltaic to generate 1,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including urban farming, shaded gathering spaces, and migratory bird habitat. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
The Solar Root by Minjae Kim incorporates luminescent solar concentrator (LSC) panels to generate 1,350 MWh per module each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including gathering space for meditation. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Knitted Orchards by Luis Gutierrez, Aram Badr, Andrei Stan incorporates solar photovoltaic fabric to generate 20 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including exercise, gardening, water harvesting, public space for gathering, personal electronic device charging. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Mannheim Murmurations by Peter Coombe, Jennifer Sage, Lee Kuhn, Charlotte Sie Wing Ho, Max St. Pierre, Kelsey Cohen, Annabel Coleman, Michael Piderit, Antonia Januzzi-Thomas, Caitlin Watson, Kit Yan, Harry Hooper, and Claudia Chang incorporates organic photovoltaic solar cells to generate 100 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including pollination, habitat restoration, and research. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
The Dovecote & The Fallen Dovecote by Mahyar Esmaili incorporates monocrystalline solar photovoltaic to generate 90 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including habitat for birds and animals. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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 the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Power Nebh by María Alejandra Guanumen, Andrés Ibañez Gutierrez, Juan Carlos Alvarez, Julian Andres Escobar, Laura Camila Segura, Maria Alejandra Zamora, Natalia Sarmiento Avila, and Laura Isabella Campos incorporates concentrated solar power (CSP) thermal generator to generate 30,000 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including air and water purification, public gathering space, and interactive play. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
A Celebration of Light, Water, and Mirror by Shahed M. Yengiabad, Elaheh M. Yengiabad, and Alemeh M. Yengiabad incorporates perovskite solar photovoltaic to generate 300 MWh each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including bioluminescent lighting, playful public engagement. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
Butterfly by Antonio Amézquita Zárate incorporates dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) to generate 28 MWh per module each year. The artwork provides additional social co-benefits including food production and shaded gathering space. An entry to the 2022 Land Art Generator Initiative design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
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LAGI 2022
Mannheim
Above is a small sampling of LAGI 2022 submissions including the shortlist as chosen by the selection committee.
LAGI 2022
site typology:
modular explorations & scalable solutions
The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) and the German Federal Horticulture Show (BUGA 23) invited creatives from around the world to design a unique work of art that uses renewable energy technology to support sustainable human thriving, supplying clean megawatt-hours to the City of Mannheim. Designers considered solutions at both residential scale and civic scale.
LAGI 2022 Mannheim Exhibition
LAGI 2022 submissions are featured in an exhibition—Beautiful Forms of Energy—at BUGA 23 from April 2023 to October 2023.
About LAGI 2022 Mannheim
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.
LAGI 2022 Mannheim Jurors
Dr. Peter Kurz
Lord Mayor of Mannheim
Michael Schnellbach
CEO, BUGA 23
Dr. Heinz Ossenbrink
Former European Commission Joint Research Centre
Dr. Alessandra Scognamiglio
Architect, Senior Researcher at ENEA
Helen Turner
Artistic Director and Chief Curator, E-WERK Luckenwalde
Dr. Clark Miller
Professor; Director, Center for Energy & Society, School for the Future of Innovation in Society, Arizona State University
Marjan van Aubel
Solar Designer
Asha Singhal
Regenerative Designer, Hybrid Futures
Andreas Kipar
Landscape Architect
Co-Founder, CEO, and Creative Director LAND
Peter Slavenburg
Co-founder, NorthernLight
Klaus Gasteiger
Social Engagement Site Ludwigshafen, BASF SE
LAGI 2022 Mannheim Partner
BUGA 23 (Bundesgartenschau) is taking 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. Since the 2000s, fallow land or former industrial landscapes have been transformed into new local recreation areas through conversion measures in relation to the conversion areas and renaturation. The resulting sports, games and leisure activities support regional structural change, urban and regional development and improve our quality of life in the long term. 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 is 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 is 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 is hosting the social and cultural mega-event for Mannheim and the entire Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region: More than 5,000 events will take place over 178 days on the former Spinelli military grounds and in Luisenpark. In the course of BUGA 23, the Luisenpark will be 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 has a clear goal: it wants to be the most sustainable BUGA of all time.
In addition to attractive flower shows and garden landscapes, the exhibitions and events will focus on environmental and climate protection, resource-saving energy production and sustainable food security. With a clear focus on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, BUGA 23 wants to demonstrate solutions and create space for experimentation and research.
LAGI 2022 Mannheim Publication
A beautiful hardbound book featuring over 60 LAGI 2022 Mannheim submissions and essays by thought leaders has been published with Hirmer Publishing and was launched at BUGA 23.
See LAGI publications here:
https://landartgenerator.org/publications.html
LAGI 2022 Educational Game
We worked with Tunnel Monster Collective again to develop a free educational resource!
Kleingarten
In this tiny corner of your world you’ll work and play with Neighbors while becoming a Master Grower. With each turn of the game you will build new features that will eventually yield a multiplying harvest of Resources. Share with Neighbors, support community events, and learn from Master Growers as you earn Victory Points along the way. Each player creates a unique horticultural space (their own Kleingarten!) where they harvest energy and water, grow a variety of plants, and raise small animals. Dual language English/German