A Diffusion of Poison: In 1923 they started adding lead to gasoline. They knew it was dangerous, they knew it would enter the atmosphere and soil, and they knew there would be fallout. They also saw the impact immediately as workers “began to fall like dominoes” at Dupont’s plant in NJ. [1] The big payoff? A quieter ride- car engines knocked a lot less. The plan came from Thomas Midgley Jr., and chemist that also convinced industry to use CFCs as refrigerants which would become the main cause of a depleting ozone layer. Midgley is among the pantheon ill-consequential scientists that…

In the original version of the Lorax, while describing the plight of fish escaping the awful conditions of polluted waters Dr. Seuss continues the lines,

They’ll walk on their fins and get woefully weary

In search of some water that isn’t so smeary.

With

I hear things are just as bad up in Lake Erie.

Ionizing radiation is a “showstopper” for long-term crewed space missions because it can lead to disease and damage of electronic equipment. [1] Heavy materials like lead (Pb) and polyethene are effective but costly to transport.

Many manufacturing and agricultural processes produce waste but if the processes are significantly organic this need not be. Nature does not produce waste. Or better stated nature is expert in circulating wastes

Buildings are responsible for 40% of the world’s carbon emissions, Over 500 million tons of construction and demolition waste enter landfills each year in this country, and our aging homes are poisoning our children with chemicals and heavy metals put there by the building industry.

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2018    The Plain Dealer – Article on CPL MLK Branch Design Competition, May 14 2018    NPR – Science Friday, Podcast on Mars research, Mar 16 2018    Recycling Today – Article on Biocycler, Mar 1 2018    Ideastream – Video on Biocycler, Mar 1 2018    Fresh Water – Article on Biocycler, Feb 27 2018    Progrss – Article on Bioterials, Biocycler and Ohio City Farm, Feb 25 2018    The Plain Dealer – Article on Cleveland Public Library MLK Branch Competition, Feb 16 2018    Smart Cities Connect – Article on Biocycler, Feb 13 2018    Fast Company – Article on Biocycler, Feb 5 2018   …

2018    Cleveland Public Library, MLK Branch Design Competition - Finalist 2017    Shaker Design Competition - Third Prize Winner 2015    Activism Award - AIA Cleveland 2014    Arnold W. Brunner Grant – Center for Architecture AIANY 2014    Architizer A+ Award Finalist Butaro Doctors Housing (MASS) 2013    Curry Stone Award (MASS) 2012    SEED Award, Nyanza Maternity Center (MASS) 2007    NYNH Legacy Project – Honorable Mention, (MDA and Behnisch Architekten) 2007    City of New York – First Prize for the BAM Arts Tower, (MDA and Behnisch Architekten) 2004    MOCA Cleveland Design Competition Winner: Master’s Thesis Project

2018    August / Cleveland, Ohio / NASA BIOCENE, Nature-Inspired Exploration for Aerospace (NIEA) Summit 2018    June / Cleveland, Ohio / AIA Cleveland, Summer Lecture Series - " 2018    May / Lisbon, Portugal / APDR Congress - “Tectonica, Architecture in the Circular Economy” 2018    May / Cambridge, Massachusetts / MIT Media Lab, Beyond the Cradle: Envisioning a New Space Age - Future of Space Architecture 2017    November / Chagrin Falls, OH / Kelly's Working Well Farm,  “Architecture in the Circular Economy” 2017    November / Cambridge, Massachusetts / MIT Media Lab, Guest Lecture + Workshop - “Biomaterials for Extreme Environments” 2017   …

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