…however this system is not intended for today[the present/past], or tomorrow[near-future], but looking further into the future (say 20 years) when the phosphorus pollution is foreseen to be at its highest rates, and by this time there will be even newer unimagined technologies, some of which are already proposed and in testing. Already today there […]

Performing multiple roles within the watershed the main goal of this project aims at cleansing the Huron River, upon which a discourse will be built between the natural ecosystem and the people who inhabit it [the watershed]. Dual functions will result from the architectural structure system; an exploration of transferring information and data into architectural […]

-Eric Sanderson pictures New York City’s natural history

Studying principles of aggregation, influenced by D’Arcy Thompson, Alan Turing and Ernst Haeckel, Andy Lomas uses mathematical aggregation equations to produce beautiful natural organic forms. The other source comes from the exhibition at Museum of Design, Zurich. einfach komplex – Bildbäume und Baumbilder in der Wissenschaft. — 4 September 2005. -JB Andy Lomas Paul Bourke

an interesting article from 2006, swarm architecture ii. this is a very intriguing article in light of the recent project which will show a design for a system of autonomous agents along the huron watershed. -JB Space is a computation. Architects design constructs as to structure the movements of information. This is true for the […]

We have been interested in ANTS for some time, and were looking at this technology in development by NASA at the start of the IaaC2 competition in 2007. This time around ANTS is being looked at again for the Huron Rivershed project: autonomous swarms. This technology offers a multitude of opportunities for building technology in […]

thousands of autonomous building blocks roam the huron watershed, testing for pollution. walking in random directions near the protected riverside banks, the building units send out an alert when the stimuli has been found–a positive test for one of the rivers known pollutants. sending out a wireless transmission to the the units neighbors within the […]

Future of Design Taubman College Hosts 30 Design Experts in Future of Design Conference University of Michigan’s Taubman College is hosting the Future of Design conference, Oct. 9 & 10, 2009. Thirty designers, critics and provocative thinkers will come together to brainstorm about how design is evolving across various disciplines including architecture, landscape architecture, interactive, […]

left to right: jason pierce, dylan lowder, jon bailey, bennett bossert, matt jackson special thanks to matt and amy for hosting a successful rouse[d]etroit competition and exhibition.