Cricket Shelter

Architizer, Energy and sustainability, No Density, Project, Senseable Technologies, Technology and fabrication, Terreform ONE, Terreform ONE, Urban Paradigms, XXL-XS

Active Public Spaces, Agency of Urban Organization, Commercial, Culture, Digital fabrication, Ecological agencies, Ecological researches, Energetic Approach, Ephemeral pavilion, Experimental Fabrications, Experimental housing, Experimental installations, Farming, Farming production, Food production, Harborfront, Industrial, Insects, Pop-up, Project, Prototype solutions, Public prototype, Responsive technologies, Technological Approach, Temporary appropriation, Temporary Interventions, Urban farming, Urban food accessibility, Urban Paradigms

This essay is an excerpt of "Design with Life" by Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova from Terreform ONE, published by Actar Publishers -- https://lccn.loc.gov/2019933631

The continuous impact of climate dynamics, armed conflicts, non-stop urbanization and economic upheavals presents a distinct need for a hybrid architectural topology to deliver parallel solutions for food and shelter in distressed regions around the world. This is a dual-purpose shelter and modular insect farm combined in one structure.