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DESCRIPTION:Smout Allen - Super-Mega-Ruralistic: Spectral Agriculture and I
 nhabited Infrastructures\nPresented with the Architecture and Urbanism Grou
 p\nPart of the MIT Spring 2025 Architecture Lecture Series. \n\nThis lectur
 e examines ‘Super-Mega-Ruralistic’\, a speculative design project that reth
 inks industrialized landscapes as adaptive\, interdependent systems. Buildi
 ng on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s legacy of engineered landscapes\, th
 e project proposes raised platform farms that mitigate flooding while enabl
 ing new forms of habitation and ecological restoration. Elevated structures
  create a dynamic interface between high-tech agriculture and riparian rege
 neration\, addressing climate resilience at multiple scales. The project dr
 aws from TVA’s experimental farms to propose new modes of living\, farming\
 , and coexisting with landscape dynamics.\n\nAt the project's core is luxoi
 r\, a concept paralleling terroir in winemaking. Through precision UV modul
 ations linked to localized renewable energy fluctuations\, luxoir shapes cr
 op characteristics while redefining agriculture as a spectral\, energy-resp
 onsive system. \n\nThis project responds to ‘Regional Globalism in the Tenn
 essee Valley’ a project run by the U of T\, College of Architecture and Des
 ign that address the region’s history of large-scale public works on the th
 eme of regenerative regional futures for the Tennessee Valley and beyond.\n
 \nIn the corresponding exhibition\, materials include territorial and archi
 tectural drawings alongside models illustrating fluctuating greenhouse ligh
 tscapes and a community of farm buildings elevated above flood-prone terrai
 n."\n\nThis lecture will be held in person in Long Lounge\, 7-429 and strea
 med online.\n\nLectures are free and open to the public. Lectures will be h
 eld Thursdays at 6 PM ET in 7-429 (Long Lounge) and streamed online unless 
 otherwise noted. Registration required to attend in-person. Register here o
 r watch the webcast on Youtube.
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SUMMARY:Spring 2025 Architecture Lecture Series: Smout Allen
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 smout-allen
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