This design-research track addresses the crisis of ecological decline by creating dynamic apparati to support growing and shifting systems of life. In doing so, it rethinks the notion of a prostheses as a static surrogate structure, focusing, instead, on the possibilities of constructed systems that exhibit complex responses to cycles and rhythms, including diurnal, lunar, and annual changes, as means of temporally synchronizing these structures with the living organisms they support – as a kind of living prostheses.
Student Researchers:
Bradley Manucha, B.Arch Candidate
Danielle Takahashi, B.A Candidate in Media Arts + Practice, Minors in 3D Animation and East Asian Languages and Cultures
Katherine Xiang, B.A Candidate in Media Arts + Practice