landscape[+]architecture
from ny times about a de monchaux studio at berkley that, coincidentally, used GIS in a similar way as we will in ARCH202 for project 2 [especially part 2.2] mapping and reappropriating neglected city space in charlottesville:
There’s a staggering glut of empty space around the country right now, unused space that’s not doing anyone much good. That in itself isn’t new; what is unprecedented is our ability to visualize that data in an entirely new ways.
new york times, january 12, 2010:
New York City officials destroyed tons of new, unworn clothing and footwear last year that had been seized in raids on counterfeit label operations, abandoning a practice of giving knockoff garments to groups that help the needy.
site readings: mall marionettes
exhibit concept leverages low ceilings of train cars and the datum of seat-backs along an aisle: panels, display ledges and seating emerge from a continuous, folded ceiling surface…
