The Terraforming is a three-year design research initiative and think-tank of Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design directed by Benjamin H. Bratton. Each program cycle runs for five months with a group of 30 Russian and international researchers. The Terraforming explores the geotechnical, geourban, and geopolitical conditions by which a viable planetarity can be conceived, modeled, and articulated.
The first year of the program emphasized the remaking of the planet itself (and remaking ourselves thereby), while the second year will emphasize remaking ourselves (and remaking the planet thereby). In 2021 we will be adding a new chapter of motivating themes: Populations, Zoning Earth, Anthropoforming, and Modes of Planetarity.
