Category Archives: 2013

Public Art Review

Trash to Treasure: Conceptual projects imagine a renewable future for the world’s biggest junkyard By Joe Hart Cover image: A submission to LAGI 2012 by Paolo Venturella, Alessandro Balducci, Gilberto Bonelli, Rocco Valantines, Mario Emanuele Salini, Pietro Bodria

LAGI at TEDx Copenhagen

There will be a small LAGI exhibition during the TEDx Copenhagen Salon event “Green Natives.” The event is December 9th, 2013 in the UN City. “In the Seventies, they told us to turn off the tap when brushing our teeth, … Continue reading

LAGI Lecture: Royal Danish Academy, School of Architecture

Join LAGI at the Royal Danish Academy, School of Architecture in Copenhagen for a presentation to learn about LAGI and the 2014 competition for Copenhagen and surrounding municipalities. LAGI 2014 Copenhagen invites interdisciplinary teams from around the world to submit … Continue reading

Issues in Science and Technology

Journal of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, University of Texas at Dallas, and Arizona State University Fall 2013 8-page graphic spread featuring 12 submissions to LAGI design competitions more about the journal

weather.com

10MW Tower, a skyscraper designed by LAGI’s co-founder, Robert Ferry, is featured in weather.com 10MW Tower in Dubai: Live In a Skyscraper That Acts as a Power Plant By Jess Baker The 10MW Tower is a dazzling residential skyscraper proposed … Continue reading

A Reading With Ann Rosenthal At Arsenal Gallery

A reading with Ann Rosenthal Contributor to Regenerative Infrastructures, published by Prestel Thursday, August 22, 2013 // 6:00 p.m. The Arsenal Gallery Central Park, 64th Street and Fifth Avenue “Our civilization has been built on non-renewable resources and an outmoded … Continue reading

I’d Tap That: Staten Island’s Untapped Resources Staten Island Trivia Night

I’d Tap That: Staten Island’s Untapped Resources: Staten Island Trivia Night with Jay Miller and Staten Island Arts Wednesday, August 7, 2013 // 6:00 p.m. The Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, 64th Street and Fifth Avenue

Urban Energy Generation and Public Space

Join LAGI & others for a discussion on Urban Energy Generation and Public Space at the Arsenal Gallery. Thursday, July 25, 2013 // 6:00 p.m. Arsenal Gallery, NYC How will the expansion of distributed energy generation influence the approach to … Continue reading

Urban Energy Generation and Public Space

Join LAGI & others for a discussion on Urban Energy Generation and Public Space at the Arsenal Gallery. Thursday, July 25, 2013 // 6:00 p.m. Arsenal Gallery, NYC How will the expansion of distributed energy generation influence the approach to … Continue reading

LAGI Summer Events at Arsenal Gallery

We are looking forward to our Regenerative Infrastructures book launch and exhibition of LAGI 2012 NYC winning and shortlisted submissions at Arsenal Gallery! There will be several related events as listed below. Land Art Generator Initiative: Freshkills Park Opening Reception … Continue reading

Landscape Architects Network

A Canvas For Sustainability: Generating Energy Through Land Art by Fergus McCarthy Initiatives such as the Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) promote the re-invention of energy generation through a creative acumen. The LAGI competition has become a breeding ground for … Continue reading

LAGI at The World Science Festival

Please join LAGI at the World Science Festival’s signature event “Innovation Square” on Saturday, June 1, from 12-8pm in downtown Brooklyn. “The event will once again transform the NYU Polytechnic campus at MetroTech Center in downtown Brooklyn into a staging … Continue reading

Exhibition & Book Launch at Arsenal Gallery (NYC)

Exhibition & Book Launch at Arsenal Gallery, Central Park (NYC) Opening Night: Wednesday June 26, 2013 6–8 pm Please join us for the opening of an exhibition of LAGI2012 submissions for Freshkills Park. Opening night is June 26 with a … Continue reading

Green Building & Design

Green Building & Design May/June 2013 Editor’s Picks By Timothy A. Schuler “Each time we put our mark on the land, we accept the ‘terms and conditions’ of the Earth, which state plainly that what we build will not last … Continue reading

Regenerative Infrastructures

We are very pleased to announce the release of Regenerative Infrastructures, available now at Amazon and other retail outlets. This hardbound book, beautifully designed by Paul Schifino, is an in-depth exploration of the Land Art Generator Initiative for Freshkills Park … Continue reading

LAGI Presentation at The David O’Brian Centre for Sustainable Enterprise

LAGI will be giving a special presentation at The David O’Brian Centre for Sustainable Enterprise at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University (Montreal). DATE: February 14, 2013 TIME: Noon to 1:30PM More information here.

Planet

Artful Energy: Generating Power at Freshkills By Jordan Sayle “Imagine a power plant in the middle of a wildlife sanctuary. Try to picture an energy source as a work of art. That’s exactly what the Land Art Generator Initiative asked … Continue reading

The Future of Energy Looks Good

Please join us on Monday, January 14, 2013 for the opening of an exhibit at thejamjar in Dubai. Twenty-five of the design proposals from the 2012 Land Art Generator Initiative for Freshkills Park, NYC will be on display, along with … Continue reading

Regenerative Infrastructures: Freshkills Park NYC, Land Art Generator Initiative

We are pleased to announce the May 2013 release of Regenerative Infrastructures. The book will be published by Prestel (a division of Random House), and is being designed by Schifino Design. In addition to detailing 65 of the 2012 LAGI … Continue reading