Hy-Fi

Designing Matter, Energy and sustainability, expanding design practices, No Density, Politics and economics, Project, Technology and fabrication, The Living, Urban Paradigms

Architect’s role, Architecture&environment, Architecture&nature, Biodegradable, Cradle to cradle, Designing Matter, Ecological agencies, Ecological design, Ecological researches, Energetic Approach, Environmental protection, Lifecycle, Low-energy building, Material experimentation, Materials, Natural materials, New materials, New York, New York City, Political & Economic Approach, Power of materiality, Project, Recycling, Renewable resources, Return to nature, Sustainability, Sustainable construction, Technological Approach, Upcycling, Urban Paradigms, USA, Utopian practices, Waste management, Zero-waste

Hy-Fi offers a captivating environment and a new definition of sustainability. In this project, we developed a new low-carbon brick, manufactured 10,000 units, constructed a 13-meter-tall tower, hosted public events for three months, disassembled the structure, composted the bricks, and returned the soil to community gardens.