“A digital device with an ethical agenda” – Holcim Awards Jury

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    Project entry 2014 North America – Divining LA: Digital tool for urban design and water-use planning, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Divining LA tool prototype: stormwater runoff model.

As unusual as this entry might seem for a competition dedicated to construction, it is nonetheless commended as a construction technology by the jury for strategically reassessing storm water runoff in urban contexts. The jury specifically appreciates the proposal’s value as a design tool – a digital device with an ethical agenda. 

Last updated: June 30, 2014 Cambridge, MA, USA

As unusual as this entry might seem for a competition dedicated to construction, it is nonetheless commended as a construction technology by the jury for strategically reassessing storm water runoff in urban contexts. The jury specifically appreciates the proposal’s value as a design tool – a digital device with an ethical agenda. Here, technology is used at its best, as a means to compile valuable data on the constitution of territories, to foreground and prioritize important information, and to raise awareness of site specific conditions for analysis and design. The proposal offers the necessary grounds to address water scarcity as both a technical and social matter of concern for all.