“Tweenbots are human-dependent robots that navigate the city with the help of pedestrians they encounter. Rolling at a constant speed, in a straight line, Tweenbots have a destination displayed on a flag, and rely on people they meet to…
tweenbots
May 8th, 2009 No Comments
Tags: activate · analysis · diy · ITP · Kacie · Kinzer · merge · nyc · robots · spectators · thesis · tween · tweenbots · urban
Rooftop Playgrounds – anno 1957
January 14th, 2009 No Comments
In 1957, the magazine ‘Mechanix Illustrated’ publiches this urban concept of rooftop playgrounds with the aim to get kids off the street and escape the gang wars.
Tags: crime prevention · mechanix illustrated · nyc · old-school · playground · rooftop · vision
David Byrne – Playing the Building
September 3rd, 2008 No Comments
David Byrne is activating the Maritime Building’s Sound in NYC, a fromer ferry station, by the use of engines that set specifis parts of the building into vibration to release the objects natural ambient sound.
Tags: architecture · david byrne · installation · matitime building · nyc · palying the building · sound
Koolhaas – Houselife
March 29th, 2008 No Comments
New York’s Storefront for Art & Architecture has this great video (70min.) on show beginning April 22nd. The camera follows Guadalupe Acedo, caretaker and housekeeper, through the Koolhaas’ building and her day.
A film by Ila Bêka…
Tags: Borddeaux · Guadalupe Acedo · housekeeper · Ila Beka · Koolhaas · Louise Lemoine · New York · nyc · OMA · rem koohlhaas · Storefront for Art & Architecture · video
Roof Commercials – 001
January 6th, 2008 No Comments
Approaching La Guardia Airport it can be seen out of your plane window (wind & weather permitting) and today I came across this on google earth working on another project. ‘Target’ uses its…
Tags: commercial · google earth · nyc · roof commercial · sattelite view · target
New York City Cabs
January 5th, 2008 No Comments
Who would not associate Yellow Cabs and New York? After successfully showing these pics on the urbanizr flickr spot they should become a step of this blog. Blur in the pictures anonymizes the actual location, the actual…
Tags: long time exposure · nyc · yellow cab