This course explores alternative forms of permaculture while carving out a space for designers to develop technologies, products, methods or systems to facilitate urban gardening. Students of all creative backgrounds and skills sets, both tech and non tech are invited to apply to this course. Students will learn how to use their creativity and existing skills to design and produce products and systems that investigate and help transform urban environments into green spaces. The course is both a seminar class and a production studio. Final outputs and projects for this course could include the following examples: Designing software or systems to map potential guerrilla gardening sites in NYC; working with community gardens to create tools that help cultivate and harvest food in urban centres; developing interactive technologies to monitor and improve plant health in urban spaces. This course will invite participants to interact with specific communities and sub-cultures in order to create user-centered designs that consider environmental factors, socio-economic conditions and cultural implications. What tools, technologies and methods can be designed in order to facilitate urban gardening? Fr 9:00am – 11:55am (09/07, 09/14, 09/21)

ITPG-GT.2195.1 (22534) | Instructor: Vanessa Harden | Fri 09:00am to 11:55am | Meeting Pattern: 3-3 | Start Date