Solidarity created by Abigail Meyer, Jamie Taylor, Myles Arkins, and Lucy Zeng, performs as a solution for any time and any place, bringing the necessity of public space in an articulated in political design. Bringing a grass filled park to the corner of this urban environment, the design uses a circular stepped path around the […]
Month: February 2018
Constructed Environments Seminar: The Walking assignment
Taking the downtown 4 train from Union Square I road 30 minutes to Crown Heights where I immediately started talking and walking with a man who was giving me directions the way he was walking. He quickly went on rants about the neighborhoods being taken over by Jewish real estate companies that buy rebuild and […]
Constructed Environments Studio #6: My Neighborhood Visit – Crown Heights
I began my visit to Crown Heights on the Union Square 4 Train that took me 30 minutes to Eastern Parkway. After asking directions to a main strip I walked with a blue collared Dominican man who was heading to the street, and quickly became friendly, opening up about his day. He finished by going […]
Constructed Environments Studio BRIDGE 1: Spaces of Freedom, Spaces of Joy – Solidarity Model
Through the idea of solidarity this park performs as a solution for any time, bringing the necessity of public space in an welcoming and political design. The grass filled park on the corner of this urban environment uses a circular stepped path around the park to lead to an organic and peaceful scene of running water, grass, […]
Constructed Environments Studio #5: NYC Neighborhoods: Video Reflections
All the neighborhoods represented in the videos show unique qualities that make them very local based neighborhoods with a diverse and social community. Jackson Heights, Queens is a great melting pot of all cultures, with a heavy influence food culture. Lots of public transportation runs through the neighborhood along with being close to the airports, […]
Constructed Environments Studio #4: ‘Making as thinking as asking’
Looking at the shape and form of a triangle I continued to split triangles into smaller versions of the same dimensions to create a form with the limitation of one shape. This forced the form to evolve based of the shapes possibilities of connection, but allow certain pattens and consistencies to reappear throughout the piece. […]