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Animals and Architecture

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Animals have a unique relationship with architecture because it is not built for them. When we are confronted with the animal’s ambiguous connection to a world designed for humans, we are better equipped to ask questions about our own relationships to architecture. — Daniel Arsham

Manhattan Abattoir

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Manhattan Abattoir

Walleyball

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:25:20 +0000

Walleyball

Plastic Bag

admin — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:23:13 +0000

Plastic Bag

Metropolis (The Past and Future of Charlotte, NC)

admin — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:06:54 +0000

Metropolis (The Past and Future of Charlotte, NC)

Victorian Landscape Analysis

admin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 22:28:37 +0000

Victorian Landscape Analysis

Bamboo in Queens

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:24:50 +0000

Bamboo in Queens

Amphibious Architecture

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:36:34 +0000

Amphibious Architecture

Amphibious Architecture submerges ubiquitous computing into the water—the substance that makes up 90% of the Earth’s inhabitable volume and envelops New York City but remains under-explored and under-engaged. Two networks of floating interactive tubes, installed at sites in the East River and the Bronx River, house a range of sensors below water and an array of lights above water. The sensors monitor water quality, presence of fish, and human interest in the river ecosystem. The lights respond to the sensors and create feedback loops between humans, fish, and their shared environment. An SMS interface allows citizens to text-message the fish, to receive real-time information about the river, and to contribute to a display of collective interest in the environment.

CrowBox

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:23:33 +0000

CrowBox

Eventually some crow gets a bright idea that, “Hey, there’s lots of coins lying around from the first stage, lying around on the ground,” — hops down, picks it up, drops it in the slot. And then we’re off to the races. That crow enjoys a temporary monopoly on peanuts until his friends figure out how to do it, and then there we go. The main thing, the main point of all this for me is that we can find mutually beneficial systems for these species. We can find ways to interact with these other species that doesn’t involve exterminating them, but involves finding an equilibrium with them that’s a useful balance. — Joshua Klein, Ted Talks, “Joshua Klein on the Intelligence of Crows”, 2008

Internets Celebrities – Vend Diagram

admin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:15:39 +0000

Internets Celebrities

Like a lot of our movies, we chose for our subject, something we three New Yorkers have taken for granted growing up in this city. I can’t speak for Dallas and Rafi but I’m fond of the knish, the pretzel, the hot dog and very occasionally the bootleg DVD. Before we made this movie I never really wondered who comprised the workforce that brought me these city delights. Sadly, I think it’s human nature to push a lot of stuff into the background. Hopefully, this movie shines a little light on a population that has had its business and its rights compromised by an effed the eff up economy, an overzealous police force and the lobbying efforts of Big Retail.— Casimir Nozkowski InternetsCelebrities.com, “The Vend Diagram”, 2008