This is a facade system which can react to light and alters to these changes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CThFRt95aI
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
some research stuff
This shows the cabs in motion in San Francisco the colours indicate the speed the day i think its really cool.
http://cabspotting.org/timelapse.html
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thanks to Kim for the following links:
http://21stcenturyurbansolutions.wordpress.com/tag/bayview-hunters-point/
http://scotthaefner.com/photos/place/Hunters+Point+Naval+Shipyard/2959/
http://21stcenturyurbansolutions.wordpress.com/tag/bayview-hunters-point/
http://scotthaefner.com/photos/place/Hunters+Point+Naval+Shipyard/2959/
Multiple Exposures
Images of Movement - a good starting place for your drawings. Remember, we are not tracing. The drawings should be abstract interpretations of movement, see the previous posts...
What Your Maps Should Look Like
Some maps examples in case you missed them the first time:
On the left are maps of speed and buffers around points of significance. These begin to merge together at their nearest points, creating the effect of a cloud, or atmosphere. On the right are more localized phenomenon over time - the volume and speed of traffic:
Color coding by address:
Average MUNI speeds:
Crime Map:
On the left are maps of speed and buffers around points of significance. These begin to merge together at their nearest points, creating the effect of a cloud, or atmosphere. On the right are more localized phenomenon over time - the volume and speed of traffic:
Color coding by address:
Average MUNI speeds:
Crime Map:
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
regarding the reading
Compared with traditional map, the mapping Corner wrote about seems more individual, perceptual and socialized.
It shuffles my mind that mapping can not only support you to know the world but also lead you to know it. It is based on what you want to contribute to people who did not realize the world in the way that you did. That is why we have the cylinder and iconsahedron diagram of the world in the early phase of mapping, as well as the psychogeographic in terms of social psychological development. Especially in contemporary times, people set about looking back to collect the data for mapping, and found that those maps showed some invisible problems, even though the problems are just indicated by geometric figures. However, the mappers tried to use these figures to work out the social problem, like the "Game-board" method which focuses on "share", that is a key point for setting up a community. But there are still some questions that confuse me, e.g. the"Layering" method example by Koolhaas for the Pare de In Villette. I don't understand why he slice the plane. Does the geometric analysis go before the status quo analysis. In other words, I don't understand the sequence of contemporary mapping, either the idea you want to give a place (like you want to give multiple living functions or you want to reduce the crime rates in a area) and then you will try a geometric means to reconstruct a new order, or you already have a subjective patterning and then put it on the current map and segment a site?
But through the project of the Brooklyn criminal justice network, I saw mapping as dynamically increasing or reducing with time. Then mapping can be used in consequence analysis and resolution. So in my opinion, mapping is still based on what you want to achieve in a certain area.
To be continued...
It shuffles my mind that mapping can not only support you to know the world but also lead you to know it. It is based on what you want to contribute to people who did not realize the world in the way that you did. That is why we have the cylinder and iconsahedron diagram of the world in the early phase of mapping, as well as the psychogeographic in terms of social psychological development. Especially in contemporary times, people set about looking back to collect the data for mapping, and found that those maps showed some invisible problems, even though the problems are just indicated by geometric figures. However, the mappers tried to use these figures to work out the social problem, like the "Game-board" method which focuses on "share", that is a key point for setting up a community. But there are still some questions that confuse me, e.g. the"Layering" method example by Koolhaas for the Pare de In Villette. I don't understand why he slice the plane. Does the geometric analysis go before the status quo analysis. In other words, I don't understand the sequence of contemporary mapping, either the idea you want to give a place (like you want to give multiple living functions or you want to reduce the crime rates in a area) and then you will try a geometric means to reconstruct a new order, or you already have a subjective patterning and then put it on the current map and segment a site?
But through the project of the Brooklyn criminal justice network, I saw mapping as dynamically increasing or reducing with time. Then mapping can be used in consequence analysis and resolution. So in my opinion, mapping is still based on what you want to achieve in a certain area.
To be continued...
Monday, February 7, 2011
Hunter's Point
Check out this preservation information for Hunter's Point. My interest is highly focused on historical importance of site analysis and preservation with a modern design concept. I hope this information is of interest to all. The maps and images below are also quite interesting and/or will provide a nice laugh.
Also, I found this very current article on Hunter's Point and the most recent redevelopment progress....
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Hunters Point Info
Historic photos of Hunters Point / Artist Colony
http://www.thepointart.com/islaiscreek.htmlHunters Point Studios:
Shipyard Trust:
demographics
http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Hunters-Point-San-Francisco-CA.html
Here is the website Amy found for Hunters Point Demographics. She emailed it out to the class, I wanted to also post it here so everyone could be sure to get it.
Maps...and more
http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/57316990/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9809992@N02/sets/72157607207915846/with/2845141066/
These are links to pictures from The Naval Shipyard.. including some maps from the 1960's that that I've attached here...
These are websites where you can get pdfs with maps and all the info about the future plans they have for hunters point Shipyard as well as for India Basin
http://www.hunterspointcommunity.com/
http://www.sfredevelopment.org/index.aspx?page=68
http://www.bvhp-pac.org/documents.htm
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