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Terreform 1 – ONE Prize Award Ceremony and Exhibition “Mowing to Growing”

Trespa I Arpa Design Centre New York

Date: 29 Jul 2010/6:30 pm
Type: Exhibit

The winners and finalists of the ONE Prize “Mowing to Growing” competition were honored at an Awards Ceremony and Reception hosted by the Trespa | Arpa Design Centre.  After opening remarks by Todd Kimmel, Maria Aiolova (Co-Founder, Terreform) gave a brief outline of the competition and then introduced Adrian Benepe, Commissioner, New York City Department of Parks & Recreation.  Dickson Despommier, Ph.D. Professor, Columbia University and Director of the Vertical Farm Project spoke as well.  Maria, and her partner Mitchell Joachim, Ph.D. then awarded the prizes to the winners.  There was a tie so the first place prize went to AGENCY architecture, LLC, USA and Thread Collective and TheGreenest.Net, USA.  Each winner gave a 5 minute presentation of their project.  More information on the competition and winning projects can be found at www.oneprize.org   Other sponsors included the City of New York Parks and Recreation Department, the American Society of Landscape Architects, The Home Depot Foundation, Alive Structures, and T.B.G. Companies.  The four finalists were:  Nilsson Thuring Architects (NTA) Sweden; Handel Architects with Rachel Kangas and Abbe Futterman, USA; University of Toronto, Canada; and Team 1029, Reclaiming, USA

For more photos from the event, click here.





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