Land Art Generator Initiative

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Elizabeth Monoian & Robert Ferry
BEYOND THE WAVE
Jaesik Lim, Ahyoung Lee, Sunpil Choi, Dohyoung Kim, Hoeyoung Jung,
Jaeyeol Kim, Hansaem Kim
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A submission to the 2014 Copenhagen Land Art Generator Initiative competition land art generator initiative
RENEWABLE ENERGY CAN BE BEAUTIFUL
+ + LIVING +
PUBLIC RENEWABLE INTEGRATED
BUILDINGS
ART ENERGY SYSTEMS
AND CITIES
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hydroelectric Power Plant Taccani (1906) Tejo Power Station
Gaetano Moretti Various Engineers and Architects
Trezzo sull’Adda (Milan) Lisbon
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AEG Turbine Factory halle Tony Garnier
Peter Behrens Tony Garnier
Berlin Lyon
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Thomas hoepker
Bruno Barbey
VIEw oF INDUSTRIAL PLANT IN ESPENhAIN
ThERMAL PowER PLANT wITh RICE FIELDS
EAST GERMANY
hADoNG, SoUTh KoREA
1998
2007
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Airman 1st Class Nadine Y. Barclay henning Leweke
VIEw oF US AIRFoRCE SoLAR INSTALLATIoN TEhAChAPI wIND FARM, CALIFoRNIA, USA
2007 2001
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Real estate developer Donald Trump recently caused uproar across wind turbines near whitewater, Calif., in the San Gorgonio Pass west of Palm
the Coachella Valley with his Sept. 17 scathing comments on Twit- Springs. Banning-Beaumont Patch file photo by Eric Reed. Credit Eric Reed
ter saying, “Ugly wind turbines have destroyed the entrance to Palm
Springs, CA. These monstrosities are ruining landscapes all over
the globe – expensive & bad electric.” Trump later Tweeted on Sept.
19, “Don’t let them build a wind turbine in your backyard (or near
your house). It will destroy your property value.”
http://livinggreenmag.com/2012/09/17/energy-ecology/will-the-donalds-
golf-course-trump-a-wind-turbine-farm-off-scotland/
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“It has everything to do with how it looks, and they think it’s ugly,”
Mr. Miller said. “If we want energy independence in this country, we’re
going to have to change our idea of what’s aesthetically pleasing.”

nimby Rears its head against Wind Power Project
By JOhn UPTOn in the new York Times (quoting nathan Miller, San Francisco resident)
november 11, 2010
Emotional connection, aesthetic appreciation, and generally wanting
to keep an object around, then, may be no less important in designing a
sustainable object than energy efficiency, carbon footprint, etc. Beauty,
and even sex appeal, contribute to sustainability.

www.greenprophet.com
KaREn ChERniCK
September 21, 2010
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THE LAGI PROJECT CAN BE SUBDIVIDED INTO SIX MAIN
AREAS OF FOCUS:
LAGI design competition and associated events
Educational materials
Community outreach
Construction of aesthetic renewable energy
infrastructure for cities and institutions
Providing a platform for research, development,
innovation, and emerging clean technologies
Consulting with cities
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The Land Art Generator Initiative (LAGI) has brought together a
network of artists, architects, scientists, landscape architects, and
engineers in a first of its kind collaboration.
The goal of the Land Art Generator Initiative is to design and
construct public art installations that uniquely combine aesthetics
with utility scale clean energy generation. The works will serve
to inspire and educate while they provide renewable power to
thousands of homes around the world.
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