As my Timehop reminded me, today one year ago was the first day of our Tokyo Urbanism class.
I'd love to travel to Japan again, so it was with much jealousy I read my friend Claire's first entry in the 2013 class blog. I'm looking forward to reading the rest!
A few weeks ago I helped out a little with the Pratt Disaster Resilience Network's video submission for MoMA PS1's call for ideas for a sustainable Rockaway waterfront. I've seen a few other entries, and they've all been great so far.
See if you can spot my hands in the video.
My professor at Pratt belatedly accepted the Jane Jacobs medal for lifetime acheivement last night (the awards ceremony was originally scheduled for last fall but was cancelled by Sandy).
I loved the video below (and not just because I'm in it). It reaffirmed what makes the type of planning I'd like to practice important. Congratulations Ron!
I hadn't been playing for a long time, but I recently started playing on the 5by5 server, and I'm remembering how much fun Minecraft can be.
I'd love to incorporate this sort of constructive play in some real-life scenarios, like UN Habitat's Block by Block project.
Amazing animated short film by Uwabo Misaki. Linked by Jesse Moynihan, whose online strip, Forming, I'd also highly recommend.
Great illustrations by Andrew DeGraff.
I'm very proud of our group, Adductor + Pad, and all the good things we accomplished in our studio this semester. Thanks guys.
I've included below the presentation we gave for Pratt PSPD faculty and students last Saturday. Enjoy!
It's been a long semester, and our urban design project (at least our presentation board) is effectively finished after tonight.
Above is an illustration from the cutting room floor - we're trying to emphasize our design's connection to the Harlem River and the multiple ways it encourages access to the water. Our visual language moved away from axonometric illustrations, so it didn't make it into the presenation.
On the Bronx side at least, most areas near the water are fenced off like Roberto Clemente State Park below. After a recent drowning, there are now calls for raising the fence height. We envision a closer, more understanding relationship with the water.
Harlem River looking south towards the High Bridge from (a flooded) Roberto Clemente State Park
