The Other Side of the Hill draws on the striking similarity of microbial and human populations to rethink our shared future. It confronts visitors with the vertiginous hill shaped by the exponential growth of the human population, which will reach 10 billion in a few more decades, and after which the population is projected to decline just as fast—perhaps even dropping to preindustrial levels. The other side of the hill is the unknown future of our species and the planet. Navigating it will require entirely new forms of intelligence. Microbes, our ancient companions, can be our guides.
Participants
BEATRIZ COLOMINA, ROBERTO KOLTER, PATRICIA URQUIOLA, GEOFFREY WEST, AND MARK WIGLEY NEW YORK, PRINCETON, CAMBRIDGE, AND SANTA FE, USA; LA CALERA, COLOMBIA; MILAN, ITALY Beatriz Colomina, Madrid, Spain, 1952. Lives and works in New York and Princeton, USA. Roberto Kolter, Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1953. Lives and works in La Calera, Colombia, and Cambridge, USA. Patricia Urquiola, Oviedo, Spain, 1961. Lives and works in Milan, Italy. Georey West, Taunton, UK, 1940. Lives and works in Santa Fe, USA. Mark Wigley, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 1956. Lives and works in New York, USA.
Authorial Collaborators
Scott Chimileski, Desirée Mott, Flavio Pollano (Agronomo), Joshua Rosenstock, Hunter Wol, Kou Yamamoto
Thanks
María Mecedes Zambrano, Constance Scha, Arturo Zychlinski
Supporters
Foundation for Architecture; CIMENTO®; Patricia Urquiola; Elise Ja e + Je rey Brown; Columbia University GSAPP; Princeton University, School of Architecture; Veneta Cucine
