Seed_03: Environmental Awarenesss (with Jerry Juarez)

concepts

map / environment nature space social space architecture boundaries cartography documentation hacking urban

Questions

What it means environment?
Why the term environment is associated usually with “nature”?
What it means nature?
What it means environment?
What of our environment is made of?
Can we modify our environment? How?
What structures we can create for our environment?
What materials we can use for create them?
What sources are available in the city for use and reuse?

Field trip: Exploring East New York

During our field trip to East New York in the Brooklyn Borough we visit 2 sites: The Ninja Forest and Dead’s Man Alley

Exploring the boundaries we discovered some Empty Space (void space) and started a conversation about what we can do with it. We discuss ideas about private and public space and the possibilities of subvert it. The idea of space as a playground arouse as the simpliest way for “create” space that otherwise wouldn’t be available.

MAP:

Is the space public or private?

City as a Playground

Playground as a way to subvert public space

Which street architectures do we need to create infrastructure?
Which materials we need?
How can we found freely this materials?

Links:
Recetas Urbanas

Map development

Why the map?
Borders?

borders”:http://notyetbe.stikipad.com/iba/show/Map+Your+Borders

Hacking the street to make: Swings

Materials:
scaffold
$1 bag

Hacking the street to make: Slides

slippery material for chute
cardboard
soft ground or mattress
ladder
height

Hacking the street to make: Basketball courts

2 plastic crates (supermarket)

Hacking the street to make: Artificial paradise

chop trees
little lounge
fake palms

Hacking the street to make: Cinema

screen (tyvek envelopes)
portable energy
projector
elevated structure
flat surface
content

in progress

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