September 2010
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November 2009
5 posts
Vertical Farming →
Municipal Art Society Vertical Farming →
Municipal Art Society Urban Farms →
On November 3, the 2nd Annual Jane Jacobs Forum focused on the question of whether New York can (and should) try to become more sustainable and grow its own food. Expert panelistsDr. Dickson Despommiers of Columbia University, Nevin Cohen of the New School, Jennifer Nelkin of Gotham Greens, Dan Albert of Weber Thompson architects and Colin Cathcart of Kiss+Cathcart architects discuss how this...
Oppositional Architecture →
A series of events worth seeing/participating in:
“Ten Days for Oppositional Architecture” takes up the task of exploring possibilities and conditions of a socially committed architectural practice. We invite activists, geographers, architects, planners, and economists representing different critical approaches to discuss and develop concepts and practices that not only try to oppose and...
October 2009
7 posts
Watch Our video analyzes the different degrees of transparency and opacity present at the site as a result of the addition of impermanent objects such as benches and planters. The plants and foliage, in particular, provided us with vantage points through which to document the passage of pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicle traffic. Also, the presence of both physical and more transparent boundaries, like...
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reflections
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anish_Kapoor
http://www.arcspace.com/architects/sejima_nishizawa/serpentine-pavilion/serpentine-pavilion.html
serpentine pabilion
http://www.0lll.com/lud/pages/architecture/archgallery/ito_serpentine/index.htm
http://www.serpentinegallery.org/architecture/
September 2009
20 posts
Visual Complexity →
Diagrams, Information Visualization, Maps, and all kinds of other useful stuff.
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Bicyclists vs. Pedestrians: An Armistice →
ONE of the great battlefields in the war between bicyclists and pedestrians in New York City is the Brooklyn Bridge. Pedestrians think all bicyclists are out-of-control maniacs; bicyclists — the majority, anyway — are just trying to avoid cars and not break a sweat. The stripe painted down the center of the elevated Brooklyn Bridge walkway, to separate bicyclists from pedestrians, has become a...
3d mapping
http://code.google.com/creative/radiohead/ http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/ http://leebyron.com/else/streamgraph/ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/arts/design/07buzz.html?adxnnl=1&pagewanted=1&adxnnlx=1239289237-BA3d9PsdlcOOCrPs0+i/AA
(re-wiring space)
http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/#/0/
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WatchWe witness a video game between two players, unaware of each other. Icon boxes display the reality of their existences. The variables considered within the boxes include tasks engaged in, danger faced, temperature, happiness, costs incurred, speed and the load. Pop-up video scenes give a view of the player’s actions.
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WatchBike Presentation: Matteo & Michelle
We explore the bicycle as a visual window and divide the bicycle rider into several distinct classes of people. Each type of user has a different reason for using the bike as a method of movement, and so we analyze specific visual perceptions of the city environment from each person’s unique point of view. In this way, the bicycle is a dynamic entity...
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