InfraNet Lab
is a research collective probing the spatial byproducts of contemporary
resource logistics. The laboratory posits the argument that a body of
unique built works continues to arise out of the complex negotiation
of, and competition for, biotic and abiotic resources. Operating in a
manner similar to infrastructures, these works have evolved to merge
landscape, urbanism, and architecture into a sophisticated mutant
assemblage of surfaces, containers, and conduits.
The
globe’s networked ecologies of food, water, energy, and waste have
established new infrastructures and forms of urbanism linking dispersed
entities. These agglomerations evolve and shift as resources are
uncovered or depleted. While these ecologies exist at the service of
our contemporary lifestyles, they have typically remained hidden from
view and from the public conscience. Yet as resources of food, fuel and
water begin to run scarce, new resources are mined and new networks
develop.
Long
accepted patterns of globalization are being called into question as
transportation costs soar and resources run scare, transforming
mobility and trading patterns. New local, regional and international
networks of goods, movement and trade are beginning to emerge. Infranet
Lab is mining the physical infrastructure produced in the wake of these
shifting / changing conditions. InfraNet Lab, in partnership with Archinect has initiated a new publication on these issues called [bracket]. Please visit the website for information on current calls, and forthcoming editions.