All tagged archigram

374 / Aidan Crossey: [New] York

Submission #374 | Aidan Crossey: [New] York — “[New] York revisits the idea of an urban fabric and context as a platform for storytelling and atmosphere creation/development though a “speculative” urban design. Occurring in Lower Manhattan, [New] York re-frames the ideas of Archigram’s plug-in and walking city through a kinetic architecture that tends to the cities needs. The machine, residing in a fantastical projection of Manhattan, directly and indirectly, interacts with the urban fabric through three programmatic infrastructural moments: advertising, refueling, and a theater. “

361 / Renzo Lopez: Plug-In City 2.0

Submission #361 | Renzo Lopez: Plug-In City 2.0 — “The tower located in Skid Row Los Angeles is composed of 220 unit berths and is populated by a series of hour based deployable housing and office/work modules which allow the user to only pay for the direct amount of time being occupied. Within this system, the original otherwise fixed 220 unit berths are given a double occupancy throughout the cycle of a single day.”