{"id":191,"date":"2014-05-23T16:22:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-23T16:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2015-07-03T13:16:37","modified_gmt":"2015-07-03T13:16:37","slug":"jason-immaraju","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=191","title":{"rendered":"Jason Immaraju"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Crude Island | Los Angeles | MArch GAD | 2011<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4133\" src=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/jimmaraju06-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"jimmaraju06-1024x723\" width=\"1024\" height=\"723\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/jimmaraju06-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/jimmaraju06-1024x723-250x177.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>A CRUDE ISLAND<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Historically, intensified energy flows have simultaneously been the reason behind massive cultural transformations and entropic damage to the planet. Now, the capitalist and political forces that control energy distribution networks have exchanged natural destruction for short-term profits while the public at large continues to consume at increasing rates. This paradox of progressive development at the expense of the environment reveals the instability of the current energy distribution methods. These stratified energy systems must be critiqued and re-evaluated, particularly the petroleum industry.<\/p>\n<p>This project is titled \u201cA Crude Island\u201d as a reference to the site under investigation- the Inglewood Oil Fields in Los Angeles, California. These 950 acres act as an open framework to implement the ideas discussed in the thesis through a long-term programmatic narrative.<\/p>\n<p>After unplugging the oilfield from the surrounding energy grid and corporate control, a massive disassembly of the existing infrastructure created a kit of parts to construct a new structural framework for sustainable algae biofuel production and landscape cultivation. The oil extracted from the algae bioreactors is used in conjunction with the remaining drops of crude oil to propagate the barren landscape with a precision cultivation system. \u201cLandscape printers\u201d guided by virtual parameters accurately plot native seeds in defined parcels and are designed to expire within the printed forests after the oil supply is slowly depleted. This long-term landscape transformation results in the formation of a Los Angeles Central Park containing the corpses of the oil-based technologies responsible for its creation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jimmaraju07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1806\" title=\"Reconstructed Algae Bioreactor Farm\" src=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jimmaraju07-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jimmaraju04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1804\" title=\"Constructed system from reassembled infrastructure, 2012\" src=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jimmaraju04-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jimmaraju01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1801\" title=\"Algae Biofuel Filling Station, 2030\" src=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jimmaraju01-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jimmaraju03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1803\" title=\"Landscape Printer, 2080\" src=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/jimmaraju03-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"715\" height=\"504\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTutor: Andrew Porter and Luke Pearson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Crude Island | Los Angeles | MArch GAD | 2011 A CRUDE ISLAND Historically, intensified energy flows have simultaneously been the reason behind massive cultural transformations and entropic damage to the planet. Now, the capitalist and political forces that control energy distribution networks have exchanged natural destruction for short-term profits while the public at large continues to consume at increasing rates. This paradox of progressive development at the expense<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn read-more-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=191\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":[],"categories":[27,37,33],"tags":[171,173,175],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4135,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions\/4135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}