The Urban Space Station

Open urban agriculture and parasite architecture project

USS is the first prototype at 40% of the "real one" designed by Natalie Jeremijenko and Angel Borrego , performed by Cesar Harada in Reina Sofia Museum Madrid.

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USS sketch - Sketch for Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. Picture by Cesar Harada found on Flickr's website. Image by Cesar Harada Found on Flickr

Its objective is to enhance life quaility (air, water, temperature, food, waste, social cohesion…) in cities and in outer space mission by complementing human existence with fauna and flora.

Working with the NYU xDesign project hub, the space station is designed to generate its own energy and can provide energy to the building it rests upon, in the form of parasitic mutualism.

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High Line NY with USS - Urban Space Stations (USS) are designed to explore the frontier of urban space: the roofs, specifically the rising movement to green them, and the simultaneous demand for better building performance. Picture found on xDesign's website. Found on xDesign