Cricket Shelter and Farm
Mitchell Joachim (BPS ‘94)
Cricket Shelter and Farm
Prior to founding Terreform ONE, a nonprofit architecture and urban think tank advancing ecological design, Mitchell Joachim was an architect at the offices of Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei. He is an associate professor at New York University. Mitchell has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship and fellowships with TED, Moshe Safdie, and Martin Society for Sustainability at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was chosen by Wired magazine for “The Smart List” and selected by Rolling Stone for “The 100 People Who Are Changing America.” He holds a BPS from the University at Buffalo, a Master of Arts in Urban Design from the Harvard GSD, a Master of Architecture from Columbia University, and a PhD from MIT.
Raising cattle, pigs and chicken for meat products all require immense amounts of fresh water. Harvesting insects for food typical takes 300 times less water for the same amount of protein. Our project aims to maximize access to nutrient resources and to deal with and support local communities in anticipation of post-disaster scenarios. This also targets societal upgrading strategies in both developed and developing countries as the temporary shelter easily coverts to a permanent farming system/eatery after the crisis has dissipated.
Project Credits: Terreform ONE, Principal Investigator: Mitchell Joachim, Team: Maria Aiolova, Melanie Fessel, Felipe, Molina, Matthew Tarpley, Jiachen, Xu, Lissette Olivares, Cheto, Castellano, Shandor Hassan,Christian Hamrick, Ivan Fuentealba,, Sung Moon, Kamila Varela, Yucel, Guven, Chloe Byrne, Miguel, Lantigua-Inoa, Alex Colard., Sponsor: Art Works for Change
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