July 1, 2024
Continuing Education: Bio-Based Materials
in July issue of Architectural Record featuring hemp homes at Wally Farms
June 7, 2024
Urban Soil Residency
I will be on Governors Island this June at the Urban Soil Institute to revisit my research on contaminated urban soil and phytotechnologies.
February 15, 2024
how hemp became a surprise building material
Humbled to have the Hemp homes at Wally Farms featured in this article in The Guardian about this versatile and amazing material
February 12, 2024
Yale Climate Connections
hemp lime construction in this article in Yale Climate Connections
February 07, 2024
Counting Down Carbon
Convened by the Urban Design Forum, Counting Down Carbon panel how to reduce carbon by integrating circular practices into building, public space, and infrastructure design.
October 20, 2023
At Home with Hemp
Climate-positive homes at Wally Farms in the Fall Issue of Occulus
October 19, 2023
Regenerative Insulation
at the 2023 ACSA/AIA Intersections Research Conference: MATERIAL ECONOMIES this fall to present my research on hemp and other biogenic insulation materials. Official proceedings will be published soon.
July 28, 2023
Read about the hemp homes at Wally Farms in this article in dezeen. You can book a stay at the homes here
December 12, 2022
Designing New York: Streetscapes for Wellness
Design For Six Feet is featured in the latest publication by the NYC Public Design Commission Streetscapes for Wellness .
“Summer 2020 was this extraordinary moment to test out everything. People became more engaged in what the public realm is, or what it should be.”
— Kaja Kühl, Co-Founder, Design for Six Feet
July 07, 2022
Read about Kaja Kühl’s design for carbon neutral micro homes and other fantastic examples of “Designing with Hemp + Lime: Open Source Detailing for Architects and Designers” published by Parsons Healthy Materials Lab
May 15, 2022
Streets For Climate
This past fall I contributed to the Urban Design Forums most recent initiative “Streets Ahead: Five Routes to a Thriving City” Created in collaboration with Working Groups of nearly 50 New Yorkers, these ideas envision New York’s streets through the lenses of Commerce, Culture, Climate, Care and Continuity to inspire our City to think big for the future of our streets
April 30, 2022
Control & Yield: The Hudson Waterfront
We recently returned from another visit to the City of Hudson for Control and Yield, a panel discussion, hosted by Eco Toolshed to discuss the Hudson Valley Collaborative’s design for the Hudson Waterfront.
October 04, 2021
Hemp + Lime Workshop at Wally Farms
This weekend Kaja led a tour of the construction site of two micro homes using showing hemp + lime insulation in progress.
September 27, 2020
Awesome Newburgh at ADS Warehouse
Awesome Newburgh gives micro-grants to projects that make Newburgh awesome. This past weekend, we launched an exhibit of all the projects awarded so far at the ADS Warehouse in Newburgh. The show will be up for another two months, so stop by to learn more about Awesome Newburgh and the many small & big things we help realize.
August 26, 2020
Live on Warren Street
This Saturday at 1pm, we will join Peter Spears of @futurehudson for a conversation about Design For Six Feet, how and why we started it, our recent work and where we think it will go. We will also discuss our collaboration with Future Hudson, Hudson Hall and the City of Hudson to create a shared experience of Warren Street in Hudson as well as a recent design competition for outdoor play in response to closed libraries, canceled summer camps and the uncertainty of school reopenings.
The event is part of The Hudson Eye Hot Topics Series. We will be live on Warren Street and on zoom. Thank you – as always – to Hudson Hall for hosting us and for championing @designforsixfeet
July 20, 2020
Field Notes from the Hudson Valley
Finishing up two and half years with the Hudson Valley Initiative at Columbia GSAPP with this little book about vacant lots. Download it here.
July 14, 2020
The Climate Action Lab
The Climate Action Lab is a project diary that accompanies the design and construction of two micro homes at Wally Farms in the Hudson Valley. It documents how to build with bio-based materials, how to calculate embodied energy in building materials and why we should build smaller homes. The diary includes research, audio interviews, and drawings. All content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0)
April 15, 2018
Ruderal Ecologies
On Saturday, April 14th, 2018 Kaja will be speaking at Ruderal Ecologies: Grounds For Change at the Sanctuary for Independent Media in North Troy.
May, 10, 2018
Field Guide to Phytoremediation at Boston Society of Architects
The Fieldguide to Phytoremediation will be featured at NatureStructure, and exhibition curated by Scott Burnham at the Boston Society of Architects. “NatureStructure will present a new model for the relationship design and the built environment can have with nature.”—Scott Burnham, Curator. The exhibition opens on May 17, 2018. Excited to be included.
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October 1, 2018
Rising Architecture Aarhus
In September, I was invited to speak at Rising Architecture in Aarhus, Denmark. I don’t like the way I look on video, but I think the editors capture very well some of the most important points I said in this interview after my talk. thank you.