This piece represents a future where growing world populations will need higher buildings to accommodate smaller footprints. One simple way such high–rises can reduce their carbon footprints is by planting greenery directly onto the structure, providing natural insulation from hot and cold temperatures, and cleansing the air of carbon emissions.
The future will be a place where energy will be used more efficiently; where creative solutions are employed to harness power from natural resources such as the wind, water, solar, and plant-life. By partnering with nature, growing energy needs can be met sustainably and cleanly, while simultaneously helping to beautify our cities with more green. In-so-doing, perhaps the mythically beautiful “hanging gardens of Babylon” can once more become a reality. By blending future energy needs with more beautiful, sustainable solutions, we can raise the quality of life for a greater number of people across the world.
(Description of artwork: 70 hand-cut ink and acrylic drawings on mylar. Building was modeled in the 3-D modeling program Maya, then hand-drawn and painted.)