City as Living Laboratory

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CITYAS

LIVINGLABORATORY

Framework for a 21st century city

Sustainability Made Tangible Through the Arts


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Artists

Scientists

Poets

Engineers

Performers

Sociologists

Designers

Historians

CITY

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SUSTAINABILITY MADE TANGIBLE THROUGH THE ARTS

Framework for a 21st Century City

COLLABORATION AND THE ARTS

ENVIRONMENTALSUSTAINABILITY

SOCIALSUSTAINABILITY

ECONOMICSUSTAINABILITY

CITY AS LIVING LAB

VISION


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CITY AS LIVING LAB

VISION

City as Living Laboratory (CaLL) is a vision for linking the arts with sustainability to help us imagine and create cities

that redefine how we live our lives, use our resources, communicate, educate, and work.

CITY AS LIVING LABORATORY can help make ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC sustainabilityintegral to all communities of a city

To make SUSTAINABILITY TANGIBLE and visible for citizens, communities and institutions To EDUCATE the public about environmental, social and economic sustainability To stimulate ECONOMIC VITALITY in our neighbohoods and city-wide To ADDRESS CRISES in our cities such as environmental degradation, neighborhood blight, crumbling

infrastructure, and natural disasters

Artists are specialists in innovative thinking and are currently being overlooked as a resource Artists, working in collaboration with people in other fields, can create projects that educate, inspire, encourage,

and motivate citizens to think about the world around them in new ways

NATURAL SYSTEMS can be made evident in local and regional contexts INFRASTRUCTURE can be revealed and given visual expression SOCIAL PROGRAMS can connect neighborhoods with their environment, culture, history, and each other

SCALE - a citys large-scale sustainability initiatives can be expressed through smaller-scale projects RESOURCES - collaborative arts projects can partner with existing programs and institutions TIME - arts projects can happen immediately with fewer resources SPACE - arts projects can be integrated into the physical and virtual spaces of a city

PLACES - such as community gardens, parks, abandoned lots, infrastructure sites EVENTS - performances, festivals, exhibits, talks, tours, fairs, feasts, films TOPICS - land, water, transportation, energy, air, climate change, etc.

ARTISTS AND COLLABORATIONS

CRITICAL ISSUES

IMPLEMENTATION

PROGRAM TYPES

CONCLUSION

GOALS


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CITY AS LIVING LAB

GOALS

The City as Living Laboratory will include places and programs where sustainability becomes tangible. To turn this goal into a realityartists and designers will create projects which address the critical environmental issues of our time (such as pollution, sprawl, waterand energy), or reveal a sites history, or provide meaningful social spaces within and beyond a community.

SUSTAINABILITY MADE TANGIBLE

Educating the public about environmental, social, and economic sustainability is an important part of this programs mission. Whetherfocusing on environmental issues or learning about the history of a place, citizens will be able to enjoy a city where education isapproached in a very unique way. Rather than the conventional use of interpretive signage or directives, educational experiences willengage people through the creative work of artists and designers.

EDUCATION

The City as Living Laboratory program can also serve as a means to address sudden crises, educating citizens about how to deal withthe unexpected, whether it be severe water shortages, an energy crisis, flooding, fires or hurricanes. Innovative solutions can be testedfor problems that have been occurring more frequently recently as a result of the unsustainable practices that have taken a toll on ournatural and urban environments.

ADDRESSING CRISIS

Sustainability is an economic mandate for both the public and private sector. Its focus on long term value is good business. City econo-mies can benefit from sustainability in many ways such as increased private investment on the creation of new jobs. Innovation is thecritical driver. Artists are a ready source of entrepreneurial capital and innovation in our cities.

ECONOMIC VITALITY


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CITY AS LIVING LAB

GOALS

Uncle Toms Cabin1852Novelist & AbolitionistHarriet Beecher Stowe

Angels in America1992PlaywrightTony Kushner

The Jungle1906Writer / Social CriticUpton Sinclair

Still Here1994ChoreographerBill T. Jones

Burn on Big River Burn on1972Musician/Song-writerRandy Newman

PRECEDENTS

EFFECTSRESULTS The novel so ignitedpublic discussionabout slavery and itspossible abolition thatAbraham Lincolncalled it the little bookthat started the CivilWar.

The novel promptedTheodore Rooseveltto pass the MeatRegulation Act whichhelped establish theFood and DrugAdministration.

The song galvanized thecitys efforts to clean upthe polluted CuyahogaRiver, which helpedinspire the creation ofthe Clean Water Act.

The Last Wilderness2004PhotographerSubhankar Banerjee

The photo used inthe Senate to stopdrilling in the ArticNational WildlifeRefuge (ANWR)

The Broadwayplay helped toshift public opinionabout AIDS andhomophobia.

Guernica1937PainterPablo Picaso

The mural hasbecome emblematicof the tragedies andhorrors of warinflicted on individu-als and innocentcivilians.

The dance workhelped to focusattention onpeople with lifethreateningdiseases.

Artists have a centuries-long history of addressing issues in the public realm.Art can be critical, educational, analytical, interpretive, or symbolic.


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CITY AS LIVING LAB

ARTISTS AND COLLABORATION

Through collabortaion artist can identify and re-examine issues to be addressed. They can create new partnerships across disciplinary, departmental, and institu-tional lines. They can refocus existing resources to achieve common goals. They can create solutions in temporary and permanent projects, programs and infra-structure. They can encourage the involvement of all citizens and inspire the personal and political will to create revitalized, sustainable cities.

Experimental Citywhere new ideas can beinvestigated and tested

Experiential Citywhere sustainability is made tangible

through the arts

Evolving Citywhere issues of our times can

be expressed

visual artistsliterary artists

performers

temporarypermanentconceptual

virtual

soundtouchtastesmellsight

scientistsplannersengineers

sociologistshistorians

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Artists, designers and other visualizers can play a significant role as catalysts forenvironmental, social and economic sustainability.


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NATURAL SYSTEMS

INFRASTRUCTURE

SOCIAL PROGRAMS

CITY AS LIVING LAB

CRITICAL ISSUES

Cities face numerous critical issues which varydepending on the needs and interests of each

community. The following section maps out oneway issues could be organized.


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Geologic/ClimaticHistory InstallationsVisual Artist & Geologist

Air Quality Test SitesEnvironmental Artist &Air Quality Specialist

Micro-ClimateLandscape RoomsInterior Designer & Botanist

Wildlife Migration Markers &Information Points

Visual Artist & Zoologist

Traces of History VideoInstallations at Transit StopsVideo Artist & Historian

Water Treatment Plantsas Public PlacesArtist & Engineers

Revealing UndergroundUtility InfrastructureLighting Designer & Civil Engineer

Convert spaces below elevatedtransportation infrastructure togreenhouses & public spaces.

Architect & City Maintenance

Neighborhood EnergyMeasuring BillboardsUrban designer & Power Company

Street-Level Building Metric MarkersGraphic Designer &Environmenatal Engineer

Rush-hour/Dance-hourDancers & Traffic Control Specialist

The Death and Life ofGreat American Cities: Part 2Essayist/Writers and Urban Planners

Convert City Rooftops (gardens,planted trellises, or solar panels)Artist & Landscape Architect

Neighborhood CultureFront-yard ShowcaseSet Designer & Local Residents

Ancestry & Immigration MapsPublic ExhibitionWeb-designer & Anthropologist

Historical & Folk MusicTraditions ConcertMusicians & Historians

Puppet Show Exercise HourPuppeters & Fitness Trainers

Eating HealthyOrganic Garden PathsLandscape Artist & Dietician

Creative $$-saving & SustainableBusiness Events

Urban Designers & Economists

Sustainable Story-telling hourPoets & Grade Schools

Sustainable Habitat Stations &Monitoring/Surveillance SitesFilm-maker & Ecologist

Water Quality Test SitesLandscape Architect & Ecologist

Permeable pathways &Storm-water Habitat creationVisual Artist & Hydrologist

Seasonal Blooms PlaysActors & Forestry Experts

SOCIAL PROGRAMSINFRASTRUCTURENATURAL SYSTEMSSCALES

CRITICAL ISSUESEXAMPLES / OPPORTUNITIES

strategies to connect neighborhoods andcommunities physically and socially withissues focused on environment, culture,history, and justice

strategies to reveal andgive visual expression to naturalsystems in local and regionalcontexts

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BOROUGH

NEIGHBORHOOD

STREET

BLOCK

BUILDING

strategies to reveal andgive visual expression toinfrastructural systems &networks

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Community issues might be organized using the following headings:natural systems, infrastructure and social programs.

Collaborative projects can span across many scales and disciplines.


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collaboration precedent: Artist + HydrologistCRITICAL ISSUES

NATURAL SYSTEMS

CONNECT THE DOTS(2007)Boulder, Colorado

Three hundred six-inch diameter blue discs marked theprojected flood level in the center of the city. Initiated asan art installation, the piece was so effective that city

officials requested that it stay up long after the exhibitwas over so they could use it for their flood controleducation program.

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collaboration precedent: Artist + EngineersCRITICAL ISSUES

INFRASTRUCTURE

Arlington County Water Treatment Plant(2003-2005)Arlington, Virginia

This proposal transforms a 30 acre sewage treatmentplant into a public space. It creates a full-scale three-dimensional diagram that explains the wastewater

treatment process. The public can now interact with thisvital piece of infrastructure in new ways. It establishes aclearer understanding of the relationship between thesurrounding neighborhoods, the plant, and the Chesa-peake Bay.

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collaboration precedent: Artist + Landscape Architect + Plant SpecialistCRITICAL ISSUES

SOCIAL PROGRAMS

Roshanaras Net(2008)New Delhi, India

A derelict 17th-century archaeology site in Delhi, Indiawas transformed into a temporary ayurvedic medicinalgarden giving the nearby community a new connection

to this site. As a result of this projects success thepossibility of a permanent garden in this and other parksis being pursued within the municipality.

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SCALE

RESOURCES

TIME

SPACE

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IMPLEMENTATION

By seeding the city with small-scale projects over time the

landscape, experience and understanding of sustainabilitycan be fundamentally altered.


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Large-scaleInitiatives

Small-scaleProjects

IMPLEMENTATIONSCALE

Small-scale arts projects can communicate a citys plans for large-scale initiatives.

The energy, transportation, infrastructure and other needs of cities can be met through a political process that implements planning, program and policyinitiatives through broad moves. Utility infrastructure sites need to be more energy efficient. Air quality needs to be improved significantly. Waste leaving the city needs to be reduced.

Neighborhoods need to be revitalized.

Sustainability initiatives can be made apparent and meaningful to individual citizens through small-scale collaborative arts projects that they encounterin their daily lives. Artists and designers can create a series of interventions throughout the city that can start immediately. Infrastructure sites can be transformed into public places to make people aware of the systems that support their lives. Pedestrians can be made aware of all the buildings they pass that have green roofs. Bio-swales can be made visible on median strips or in parks that clean street runoff water. The history of a neighborhood can be revealed.

SMALL-SCALE INTERVENTIONS

LARGE-SCALE INITIATIVES

PLANNING

PROGRAM

POLICY

Hydrology & Performing Arts

Poetry & Epidemiology

Art & Ecology

Geology & Design

Dance & Sociology

Planning & Sculpture

Anthropology & Architecture

Horticulture & Urban Design


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Universities/Colleges

Public SchoolsPrivate Schools

Museums

ZoosBotanical Gardens

Aquariums

Cultural Institutions

Educational InstitutionsExisting Institutions

Government Funding Agencies

Foundations

Corporations & Small BusinessesExisting Businesses

Civic Resources

Private Resources

Transit

UtilititiesSanitation

Parks

Community BoardsHousing and Preservation

Environmental Protection

Health & Human Services

Design and ConstructionEconomic Development

Neighborhood Associations

Churches, Temples, Mosques

Business Improvement DistrictsSoup Kitchens

Senior Citizens center

YMCA/ YWCA

Big Brothers & Sisters

Studio in a SchoolCreative Time

Design Trust for Public SpacePublic Art Fund

City Departments

Community Programs

Cultural programs

Existing Programs & Places

Resources& Partners

IMPLEMENTATIONRESOURCES

Arts projects can be implemented through collaborations with existing institutions and existing programs.

Sustainable cities can be achieved through refocusing existing programs, institutions and resources to address common goals. Cultural, civic, andeducational institutions, businesses and neighborhood groups can participate. If each can undertake to support a single project, over an extendedperiod of time the city can be transformed one small step at a time.


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GREEN MARKETS Locate in all communities

TRANSPORTATION Reduce car traffic by 60%

INFRASTRUCTURE Make all waste and utility sites public spaces

WATER Gain access to waterfronts, improve quality, reduce consumption

ENERGY Reduce fossil fuel energy consumption

JOBS Increase employment especially in underserved neighborhoods

AIR QUALITY Reduce pollution by 50%

SustainableCity

Planning, program and policy initiatives have long range goals and often take years if not decades to implement. In the first 10 years, smaller-scale interventionscreated by artists and designers in collaboration with others can happen almost immediately and with fewer resources. As such, they can have an important roleby creating an interim presence for projects that will take years to complete. These interventions could engage a communitys interest and participation aroundan issue. New ways of thinking about sustainability can be introduced while announcing a citys long term intention to create change. Issues of environmentaland social justice can be addressed making an immediate impact on underserved communities.

next 90 years 2010 12 14 16 18 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2100

- Variety of arts projects: temporary, permanent, virtual, conceptual- A range of scales of projects: $1,000-$5,000; $10,000-$20,000, $50,000-$100,000; $500,000-$1million; $1.5 million +- Different constituencies: communities, neighborhoods, boroughs, BID districts, interest groups- Different locations in the city

PARKS Convert all parks to 50% native plants

IMPLEMENTATIONTIME

Artists can help communicate a citys plans for the future within a relatively short period of time.


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Infrastructural Spaces

Public Spaces

Institutional Spaces

Physical SpacesRoofsUnder Bridges and Elevated RoadsWater BodiesDrainage SystemsManholesPower PlantsWaste Plants

Building FacadesLobbiesAtrium

DoorwaysStore FrontsTransit StopsTransit Stations

Museums

ZoosBotanical Gardens

SidewalksParksPlazasCommunity Gardens

FaceBookMySpaceFriendsterLinked-In

Google EarthGoogle MapsGoogle Sketch-upGoogle Documents

Craigs ListE-Bay

Amazon

E-commerce Sites

Municipal WebsitesMobile DevicesGPS DevicesBlogs

Other

Networking & Social

Google

Virtual Environments

Where canthis happen?

IMPLEMENTATIONSPACES

Arts projects can be integrated into the physical and virtual environments of the city.

In this way, the face of the city can be transformed as sustainability projects are implemented in multiple venues.


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PLACE

TOPIC

EVENT

PLAN

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PROGRAM TYPES

The following examples show different approachesto transforming a city into a City as Living Lab.


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PROGRAM TYPES

A redevelopment zone can engage artists early on to make

sustainability important and visible to its citizens. This couldset an example for the citys ongoing revitialization.

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PROGRAM TYPES

PLACE: Hunters Point

This project for Hunters Point in Queens would create opportunitiesfor about 300 housing units in new buildings that would bedesigned according to green design standards. However, it is notenough to simply meet green building requirements. Through theCity as Living Laboratory, artists can help create a visibly differentgreen city, raising awareness among local residents aboutsustainable practices and the complex history and infrastructure ofHunters Point.

Hunters Point Housing PlanHunter Point, Long Island City, New York City


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Infrastructure Art Project

Natural Systems Art Project

Social Programs Art Project

TEMPORARYPROJECTS

PERMANENTPROJECTS

CONCEPTUALPROJECTS

DEMOLITION & SITE WORK SUB-STRUCTURE STRUCTURE SKIN & MATERIALS SERVICES & TECHNOLOGY ON-GOING OCCUPATION

PROGRAM TYPES

Arts projects can be inserted into all construction phases during the making of and on-going occupation of a place.Project construction phases for Hunters Point South Housing Plan

VIRUTALPROJECTS



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Local Resources for Hunters Points South

Environment1. Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment

2. Downtown Alliance

3. Eyebeam Atelier

Art Organizations4. Creative Time

5. Exit Art

6. Alliance for the Arts

7. Dancing in the Streets

8 . Arts for Change

9. Public Art Fund

Social10. American Documentary

11. CultureNOW

12. Van Alen Institute

13. Architectural League of New York

14. Center for Urban Pedagogy

15. Design Trust for Public Space

16. Municipal Art Society

17. New York Foundation for Architecture

18. Open House New York

19. Storefront for Art and Architecture

Organizations20. Architecture For Humanity

21. Green Home NYC22. Not An Alternative

Utilities1. Consolidated Edison Co.

2. Newtown Creek Waste

Water Treatment Plant

Art institutions3. Sculpture Center

4. PS1 Contemporary Art Center

6. 5pointz Aerosol Art Center

Government7. PlanNYC

8. Art in the Park

9. DOT Urban Art Program

10. Dept of Environmental Protection

11. Economic Development Corporation

Colleges Universities12. Queens College

13. Pratt Institute14. LaGuardia Community College

Environmental15. Alley Pond Environmental Center

16 Community Environmental Center

Schools17. Information Technology High School

18. Long Island City School of Ballet

19. Public School 78

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PROGRAM TYPES

Topic-focused arts projects can provide in-depth investigationsof a specific theme within the broad range of sustainability.

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Water-related systems identified through data mappingand analysis can become opportunities for intervention.

PROGRAM TYPES

BEACONPOINT AT LONG DOCK(2007)

Beacon, NY / Artist: George Trakas

The artist-designed peninsula on the Hudson River water-front adjacent to Dia:Beacon includes a terraced fishingdeck, a new boardwalk, restored bulkhead, and a naturallypreserved south shoreline, providing direct access to theriver and its ecosystems.

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TOPIC: Water


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PROGRAM TYPES

MOTORNAMA ROSHANARA (2008)New Delhi, India / Artist: Ashok Sukuman & Shaina Anand

This project offered tours of the old industrial district alongRoshanara Road in Delhi using eco-friendly rickshaws. The

tour called attention to the various sites and histories of theindustrial age of this area, and its related narratives ofpollution, automation and skilled labor. Sites visited includea 100-year-old ice factory, a derelict cinema, motor repairand recycling shops, and a printing press among others.

SOCIAL PROGRAMSs

TOPIC: Industrial History


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PROGRAM TYPES

RUMBLE STRIP TRIP(2005)New York, NY / Urban Designer: Petia Morosov

This is an example of a designer reimagining the function ofinsfrastructure. Innovative road-surface milling system thatadapts existing CNC technology used for grinding highwayrumble strips to engrave musically-encoded, acoustically-precise strip patterns in driving lanes. There are three main

objectives: to improve highway safety, to enhance drivingexperiences and to orient drivers to their surroundings.Collaborators on the project represent the fields of urbandesign, industrial design, acoustics, cognitive sciences,musicology and transportation planning.

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TOPIC: Roadways

Project collaboratioins included an urban designer, industrial designer,acoustician, cognitive scientists, a musicologist and transportation planners.


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PROGRAM TYPES

Themed events of varying lengths of time can engage newaudiences in issues that otherwise might go unnoticed.

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PROGRAM TYPES

Climate change was a topic that generated the creation ofan EcoArts Festival in and around Boulder, Colorado.EcoArts is a new event, a new model, a new way ofthinking bringing together people from all walks of life - toinvestigate the realities of climate change and celebrate thedelights of a sustainable future - in a conversation sparkedby the arts. EcoArts brings together science, environmental,arts, indigenous, and other organizations to offer you a widevariety of events - performances, exhibits, talks, tours, films,fairs, and more.

ECOARTS FESTIVAL (2007)Boulder, Coloradohttp://www.insite05.org/index.php

EVENT: Boulder

PROGRAM TYPES


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PROGRAM TYPES

48C Public.Art.Ecology is an experiment set within themetropolitan city of Delhi. Twenty five art installations in avariety of public spaces drew attention to the fragile ecologyof the city.

EVENT: New Delhi

48C PUBLIC ART ECOLOGY(2008)New Delhi, Indiahttp://www.48c.org

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PROGRAM TYPES

inSite is dedicated to the realization of binational collabora-tive arts partnerships among nonprofit and public institu-tions in the San Diego-Tijuana region. Operating through aunique collaborative structure that is based on the activeparticipation of cultural and educational institutions in theUS and Mexico, inSite is focused on promoting artisticinvestigation and activation of urban space.

EVENT: San Diego & Tijuana

inSITE(first version 1992)

San Diego, California & Tijuana, Mexicohttp://www.insite05.org/index.php

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PROGRAM TYPES

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The numerous and complex issues addressed in a citys

existing sustainability plan can be made tangible tocitizens through collaborative arts projects.

PROGRAM TYPES


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HOUSING

WATER QUALITY

CONGESTION

ENERGY

AIR QUALITY

CLIMATE CHANGE

STATE OF GOOD REPAIR

WATER NETWORK

OPEN SPACE

BROWNFIELDS

LAND PROJECTS

WATER PROJECTS

TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS

OTHERS PROJECTS

CITYASLIVING

LABORATORYframework for a 21st century city

City Sustainability Initiatives

PROGRAM TYPES

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PLAN: PlaNYC 2030

On Earth Day 2007, New York City published PlaNYC, a report outlining a long-term strategy of sustainability for the City. The plan set forth a variety of initiativesin categories such as land, water, transportation, energy, air and climate change. While many projects such as improving water and air quality have benefits thataffect everyone in the City, they are largely invisible to the public. Through the City as Living Laboratory, artists can help identify opportunities to reveal theseefforts to people throughout the City.

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HOUSING

WATER QUALITY

CONGESTION

ENERGY

AIR QUALITY

CLIMATE CHANGE

STATE OF GOODREPAIR

WATER NETWORK

OPEN SPACE

BROWNFIELDS

LAND PROJECTS

WATER PROJECTS

TRANSPORTATIONPROJECTS

OTHERS PROJECTS

Infrastructure Projects

Natural Systems Projects

Social Programs Projects

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PLAN: PlaNYC 2030

City as Living Laboratory projects can call attention to PlaNYC initiatives.

Since the inception of PlaNYC, nearly all of its 127 initiatives have begun. While many PlaNYC projects such as the opening of new playgrounds and bike lanesare quite visible to the general public, many highly beneficial efforts go largely unnoticed. For example, 15% of the taxi fleet has been converted to clean-fuelvehicles. Citywide emissions of greenhouse gases have been reduced. The MTA has begun drilling the tube to extend the 7 train line. Major strides have beenmade to improve the City's ability to handle storm and wastewater. These are among the many projects that the City as Living Laboratory could help make visibleto citizens.

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WHAT MAKES THE CITY AS LIVING LABORATORY A VITAL IDEA?Why would a city want to implement such a plan?

WE MUST DEAL WITH THE CRISES IN OUR CITIES.

It is imperative that we change the ways we live, work, build and play to deal with the economic, environmental and social crises we face.

MAKE ISSUES OF SUSTAINABILITY TANGIBLE AND VISIBLE.

We need the participation of all citizens, communities and institutions to maintain the political will to create newly sustainable cities

GIVE THE CITY A GLOBAL I.D. AS AN INNOVATIVE GREEN CITY.

Redefining the city in this way is essential to maintaining a contemporary presence in the global marketplace.

LINK CULTURE AND SUSTAINABILITY IN AN INNOVATIVE WAY.Use the skill of artists and the power of the arts as a resource to imagine and create change.

FAST TRACK SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES GIVING THEM AN IMMEDIATE PRESENCE.

This approach allows long term policy, program and planning initiatives to be visible throughout the city in a timely way.

CONCLUSION

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Copyright 2009 Mary Miss & Marda Kirn

CREDITS

Contributors:

This booklet was made possible inpart thanks to the generosity of:

Phanat Xanamane, Mary Miss StudioJoseph McGrath, Mary Miss StudioScott JohnsonJudy Hussie-Taylor

Rennie Tang

Mary Miss & Marda Kirn

The Compton FoundationThe Schramm FoundationOur Anonymous Angel

Artist Mary Miss has been redefining how art is integrated into the public realm since theearly 1970s. She is interested in how artists can play a central role in addressing thecomplex issues of our times. Collaboration has been essential in Miss work, which crossesboundaries between landscape architecture, architecture, and urban design. Miss hasworked with historians, hydrologists, and botanists on projects as diverse as marking thepredicted flood level of Boulder, Colorado, or revealing the history of the Union SquareSubway station in New York City.

Mary Miss has won numerous awards, including the 2001 New York Masterworks Award, theCentennial Medal from the American Academy in Rome in 2001, and an Honorary DoctorateDegree from Washington University in 2000. She has been a Guggenheim Fellow, aResident Artist at the American Academy in Rome and a recipient of several New York StateCouncil on the Arts grants and NEA grants.

Marda Kirn is the founding director of EcoArts Connections, bringing together science,environmental, arts, and indigenous organizations in programming to increase awareness ofclimate change and sustainable living.

Kirn was the founding director of the Colorado Dance Festival, which, during her 14-yeartenure, was considered one of the top three dance festivals in the US; a founding memberof the National Performance Network; and a founder and director of the International TapAssociation. Kirn has written for various publications, received numerous awards, and hasbeen a speaker, panelist, and/or consultant for organizations in the US, Europe, PuertoRico, Mexico, Cuba, and India.

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