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FLOW (CAN YOU SEE THE RIVER?) by MARY MISS in INDIANAPOLIS, IN
FLOW is a city-wide public art project that reveals how the ordinary activities of citizens affect the health and future of the White River water system. Designed by visual artist Mary Miss in collaboration with many civic, art, and education organizations in Indianapolis, FLOW uses physical installation, an audio guide and a web app to explore and reveal the city’s water systems.
The project gallery is coming soon,
in the mean time visit the project website: www.flowcanyouseetheriver.org
Project management (and some design work) by Lee Altman at Mary Miss Studio
IN THE WORKS: OCEAN HEALTH INDEX
Maps and Data Viz designed by yours truly for @radical.media will be featured as part of the Ocean Health Index – a “Dow Jones” for the oceans, designed to evaluate different criteria that influence the health of the oceans over time.
GRASSROOTS MAPPING BEIJING
Grassroots Mapping was developed by Jeff Warren of the MIT Media Lab‘s Center for Future Civic Media, as a series of participatory mapping projects involving communities in cartographic dispute.
On October 20th, we brought Grassroots Mapping to Beijing, working with architecture students from the University of Hong Kong who are studying Beijing’s 2nd ring road.
HYDROSENSUS 2.0
The Operative HydroSensus (OHS) project is designed to establish a new relationship between urban residents and their public waters. The OHS is a floating platform that combines bio-mimicry components to improve water quality with sensory technology that measures improvement and broadcasts it on multiple channels. Through a framework of communication and education the OHS will create a way for users to ‘talk to the river’ – receiving immediate information and understanding the effects that changes in the built environment such as catchment basins and green roofs can have on the health of the urban ecosystem.
The HydroSensus project is developed in collaboration with Jenny Chen-Cheng Chou.
REGIONAL DISCUSSION – URBAN DESIGN STUDIOS
A series of diagrams breaking down the pedagogical process of Columbia GSAPP MSc. in Architecture and Urban Design Studio: Fall Semesters ‘07, ‘08, ‘09
Studio Coordinator: Prof. Mojdeh Baratloo
NEXT GENERATION POD
Temp:: has collaborated with Jenny Chou to submit a new and improved version of the floating-remediating-communicating pod to the Next Generation design competition organized by Metropolis Magazine.
The pod offers a new Water User Interface (WUI) for the urban environment, operating in two parallel landscapes – an event landscape and a virtual landscape.
:: gallery coming soon ::
i-SHED
The i-SHED was submitted to the urbanShed International Design Competition organized by The New York City Buildings Department, AIA New York Chapter and additional partners. The competition called for a new design for the standard NYC construction shed.
A new urban typology, the i-SHED enriches the pedestrian experience. It encourages us to inhabit a previously undesirable space by providing light, water, and a growing range of amenities on the go.
The i-SHED was designed in collaboration with Sylvie Blondeau, Asli Erdem and Chi Ying Shen.
LET’S LAUNCH AND ECO-POD ARMADA!
With a New York City Parks Department permit, and the Weather Underground on our side (well, at least it didn’t rain), the first Eco-Pod Armada was finally launched into the East River!
Check out the pictures on the project page (video coming soon).
ECO POD TEST LAUNCH
The pod prototype was taken to the Brooklyn Bridge Park for a first test-launch. The sun was shining, innocent bystanders seemed intrigued, and the pod finally met the water. And so did we.
The water was a bit wavy, and the rocks posed some challenges for our little boat.
So, back to the drawing board…
Wish us luck with the next (and public) launch, tentatively scheduled for Sunday, December 6th (pending Parks Department approval).
Save the date and cross your fingers for a sunny Sunday!
:: go to project gallery ::
