关于SAFARI 4项目
ABOUT SAFARI 4
尽管我们一边在大谈全球可持续发展、乡村向城市大量移民，以及碳排放持续增加等等话题，但有一点毋庸置疑——城市和公共交通即我们的未来！解决可持续发展这一问题不能单纯依赖高科技，同时还要认识并促进存在于环境、健康、商业、土地利用，以及人类和动物的行为等等因素之间的联系纽带。谁能想象人类生活在玻璃高楼林立但没有鸟儿栖身之地的世界里？如果没有了质感丰富的动植物世界，我们的公共空间又将面目如何？
Safari 4是城市生态之旅系列活动之二， 项目始于2009年1月在纽约7号地铁沿线开展的Safari 7活动。继北京活动之后，本项目将继续前往哥伦比亚大学在圣保罗、孟买、阿曼和莫斯科等世界其它城市的工作站巡展。在每个站点，工作坊参与者们将会重新创作在地的生态之旅，这些新的素材将与来自其它城市的工作坊的成果同步展出。全球巡展将以在纽约举办的一个展览为终点。所有收集到的材料将以出版物的形式对外发行，以促进全球关于设计、生态和城市的潜能的交流。
With all the talk of global sustainable development, one thing is clear – cities and public transit are the future! Sustainable development is not just about hi-tech solutions. It is also about recognizing and fostering the links between environment, health, commerce, land use practices and behaviors both human and animal. Who could imagine living a world of glassy towers without the birds that roost in the city? What would our public spaces be with out a richly textured animal and vegetal world?
SAFARI 4 is the second in a series of urban wildlife tours. The project began with
Safari 4 is organized the Urban Landscape Lab at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and the New York City-based graphic design firm MTWTF.
The URBAN LANDSCAPE LAB is an inter-disciplinary applied research group at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation focused on the role of design in urban ecosystems.
Directors: Janette Kim and Kate Orff.
Project Manager/Designer: Sydney Talcott
Research and Video: Peter Li-Yang Wu
Research Assistants: YoungJi Bae, Helen Konsgaard, Eliza Montgomery, Lily Saporta-Tagiuri, Sydney Talcott, Stephanie Tung, and Peter Li-Yang Wu.
MTWTF is a graphic design studio based in New York City specializing in publications, environmental graphics and
identity systems.
Founder: Glen Cummings.
SAFARI 4 was supported in part by the Asian Cultural Council.
