department of micro urbanism

in my competition research.. came across this group working with youth & gardens in chinatown. incredibly inspiring!

above, an image of their project small things_2, transforming plastic bottles into an attractive installation with the help of local youth.

image database

http://www.flickr.com/photos/co-plex/collections/72157623307023694/

at this link you will find:

_the folder for the class presentation
_Ground surfaces
_Vertical surfaces
_Horizontal surfaces

- I encourage you to find your own images and precedents (at least one other new precedent that doesn't figure in the list). you are free to use these though as a final recourse. You just need to make sure you know name of project, materials, assembly methods, author and any other pertinent information related to it. go as deep as you can.

- and remember, the assignment is about taking these installations apart and annotating this process on paper and ultimately in digital format. Surface/form analysis & tectonic (DNA) analysis.

- finally, don't forget about the PECHA KUCHA for next class. it doesn;t take a huge amount of time, but it does require some thought and planning to preparing a good series
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha

BAC alley site

roxbury site

r e s e a r c h , e x e c u t e

_description

This workshop will initially explore the development of functional surfaces for an existing community garden in Lower Roxbury, close to the Frederick Douglass Peace Park (UdB ‘08 project). Working with the garden’s director, active users and local community, students will design and build a series of installations for the garden in Spring 2010. Material effects, surface generating strategies, spatial assemblies, sustainability and usability will drive the iterative process of the workshop, which will also produce a research manual and maintain a photo / text blog to supplement the built entities.