Place By Design Finalists
Smart Sidewalks BRETT SNYDER, CHENG +competing| NEW YORK, NYas Smart function intoa
SNYDER
Sidewalks is
proposal to repurpose existing payphone locations driven by two
aims: to pack much
a single device as possible and to reduce the phonebooth's footprint. 'Everything:' communication, sustainability
and wayfinding is squeezed into 'nothing:' a 6' wide interactive strip that folds up from the sidewalk.
Softwalks
BLAND HOKE & HOWARD CHAMBERS | NEW YORK, NY Softwalks is making pop-up parks for
everyone! In NYC, over 189 miles of sidewalks are covered with scaffolding. We developed a kit of parts including a
seat, counter, planter, screen and light reflector to transform the structure from an eyesore into a community asset.
Urban Air
STEPHEN GLASSMAN | LOS ANGELES, CA Urban Air transforms existing billboards into
living bamboo gardens. Embedded with atmospheric sensors that measure, aggregate and stream key environmental
data points in and around the billboard's cloud forest, Urban Air installations become living, global nodes...serving as
platforms for social engagement and strikingly visible, purposeful artworks that call for our collective green future.
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SXSW Eco | October 7-9, 2013 | sxsweco.com
