“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 read this flag and to aim them in the right direction to reach their goal.” says Kacie Kinzer, author of the project.

So the object on its own is just a tool, a moving object that only becomes a robot by acessing the spectators inteligence to get directed towards its goal – nice merge and involvement of the spectators!

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.

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.

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 and Louise Lemoine. (Link)

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 simple logo as a roof commercial, only being seen from a plane. However, the logo merges seamlessly into the graphic language of a navigation system.

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