Synthetic Aesthetics: Connecting Synthetic Biology and Creative Design

合成美学：连接合成生物学和创意设计

• 批准号: 0944139
• 负责人: Drew Endy
• 金额: $ 24.46万
• 依托单位: Stanford University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-01 至 2011-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0944139&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Synthetic; Aesthetics; Connecting; Biology; Creative

Scientific & Intellectual MeritThe Synthetic Aesthetics project will bring together scientists and engineers who are developing and applying powerful new tools for engineering biology with artists and design professionals who are expert at creating beautiful objects. The project will explore how the tools of genetic engineering and biotechnology can be adapted and extended in service of creative design processes, broadly defined. The project will also provide scientific and engineering communities with access to the wisdom and expertise of different design communities, who have collectively analyzed and developed methods for producing systems that are in harmony with the natural world.Broader ImpactsThe project will enable and support broader access to the tools of biotechnology. Specifically, by exploring how to responsibly enable the artistic and creative design communities with the new tools underlying the next generation of biotechnology, the project will ensure the broader consideration of many perspectives and the participation of many voices in discussions regarding social issues associated with biotechnology. Also, by enabling the next generation of biological engineers to gain wisdom from the lessons of urban planning, architecture, environmental studies, graphic design, and so on, the project will help to ensure that any future applications of biological technologies, from large scale bioenergy installations to environmental remediation projects, will be more likely to contribute positively to both the human and natural environments. Stated differently, the project will enable the consideration of new approaches to engineering, in which lessons from nature and biology might better inform how we approach and take responsibility for our interactions with the living world.

科学智力价值合成美学项目将汇集科学家和工程师谁是开发和应用强大的新工具，工程生物学与艺术家和设计专业人士谁是创造美丽的对象专家。 该项目将探讨如何调整和扩展遗传工程和生物技术工具，为广义的创造性设计过程服务。 该项目还将为科学和工程界提供不同设计界的智慧和专业知识，这些设计界共同分析和开发了生产与自然世界和谐相处的系统的方法。 具体而言，通过探讨如何负责任地使艺术和创意设计界能够使用下一代生物技术的新工具，该项目将确保在有关生物技术的社会问题的讨论中更广泛地考虑到许多观点和许多声音。 此外，通过使下一代生物工程师从城市规划、建筑、环境研究、平面设计等方面的经验教训中获得智慧，该项目将有助于确保生物技术的任何未来应用，从大规模生物能源装置到环境修复项目，都更有可能对人类和自然环境做出积极贡献。 换句话说，该项目将使人们能够考虑新的工程方法，其中来自自然和生物学的教训可能会更好地告知我们如何处理和承担与生命世界互动的责任。