Beyond the Wave is a submission to LAGI 2014 Copenhagen by Jaesik Lim, Ahyoung Lee, Sunpil Choi, Dohyoung Kim, Hoeyoung Jung, Jaeyeol Kim, and Hansaem Kim uses organic thin film to generated 4,229 MWh per year.
The goal of the Land Art Generator is to accelerate the transition to a post-carbon world by providing exemplary models of renewable energy infrastructures that engage communities in their creation, add value to public space, inspire, and educate.
The Land Art Generator helps design places for people that share land use with distributed renewable energy generation. Works of art in civic space distribute clean energy and provide other sustainable services to buildings and the utility grid while beautifying the built environment.
Land Art Generator has five main areas of focus
Design competitions and participatory design
LAGI design competitions bring forward innovations in sustainable design that capture the imagination of the world. Land Art Generator co-design projects and Solar Mural installations demonstrate the benefit of applying best practices of creative placemaking, community co-design, urban planning, and civic art to renewable energy projects.
Education, outreach, and publications
The innovative and artful applications of sustainable technologies can spark the imaginations of young people and trigger curiosity in science, technology, engineering, and math. Land Art Generator educational programming is a great example of STEM-to-STEAM and project-based learning. Participants in LAGI educational programs show applied understanding of concepts like energy conversion efficiency, capacity factor, and become familiar with using kilowatt-hours. At the same time they are applying knowledge of form, shape, color, and composition while learning concepts of urban planning and whole systems design. These are exactly the kind of skills that researchers tell us will be important for jobs in the twenty-first century.
Construction
Carrying LAGI projects forward from concept to detailed design and implementation is one of the core missions of the Land Art Generator. The Arch of Time is advancing a submission to the LAGI 2019 Abu Dhabi design competition by Riccardo Mariano that was chosen by the City of Houston through a competitive process.
Research, policy innovation, and communication of emerging clean technologies
LAGI Directors contribute to publications such as the Routledge Handbook of Energy Transitions and Issues in Science and Technology, challenging policymakers and energy developers to better engage communities in the design and deployment of new energy landscapes.
Consulting
The Land Art Generator participates on consultant teams for projects seeking to maximize onsite renewables in ways that also enhance design and activate public spaces.
Selected Essays
Land Art as Climate Action (2022)
Robert Ferry & Elizabeth Monoian
Land Art Generator Founding
Co-Directors
Land Art of the 21st Century (2020)
Robert Ferry & Elizabeth Monoian
Land Art Generator Founding
Co-Directors
Robert Ferry & Elizabeth Monoian
Land Art Generator Founding
Co-Directors
Civic Art for a Circular Economy (2018)
Robert Ferry & Elizabeth Monoian
Land Art Generator Founding
Co-Directors
Powering Places (2016)
Robert Ferry & Elizabeth Monoian
Land Art Generator Founding
Co-Directors
Robert Ferry & Elizabeth Monoian
Land Art Generator Founding
Co-Directors
Regenerative Infrastructures (2012)
Robert Ferry & Elizabeth Monoian
Land Art Generator Founding
Co-Directors
Public Art of the Sustainable City (2010)
Robert Ferry & Elizabeth Monoian
Land Art Generator Founding
Co-Directors
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 gardens. A shortlisted entry to the Land Art Generator Initiative 2022 (LAGI 2022) design competition for Mannheim in partnership with BUGA 23.
WindNest
WindNest by Trevor Lee incorporates compact acceleration wind turbines and thin film solar to generate an annual capacity of 30 MWh. The submission to the Land Art Generator Initiative 2010 design competition for Abu Dhabi (LAGI 2010) was re-imagined and constructed full-scale for SEE MONSTER, a part of the UNBOXED UK Festival in 2022.
MEAnder by Ryan Henel and Craig Sponholtz is the chosen design from the LAGI-MEA invited design competition for the Modern Elder Academy’s regenerative ranch, Saddleback, south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Images courtesy of the artist team (rendering by Ryan Bromberg). MEAnder is in development.
