Biological Foraging: Tasting the City

Genome of the Built Environment: Measuring the Unseen, Spring 2016, Harvard GSD

Teachers: Allen Sayegh, Stefano Andreani

Students: Miguel Perez, HaeYoung Kim, HyeJi Yang

Series of objects which both speculate and present the future of foraging biological materials.

Offer tactile experiences with biological sampling, establishing a relationship between place and the invisible microbial world.

Reveals the presence of the largest unit of urban dwellers.

Collects biological data which can be used for science, architecture, and the development of hyperlocal objects/products.