how to shelter and still let light in?

the xylophone bridge

art and the commons

"Art can help us reclaim a wholeness of mind and emotion, breaking down the boundaries of culture and consciousness. This is a valuable step in reclaiming the commons."  - Chris Desser

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Rolling Path by Simon Perri

Cave by Chris Booth

Adaptations by Mark Baugh-Saski

Agnes Denes, Wheatfield

Agnes Denes, Wheatfield

public space - seoul, korea

sweet spaces

The Highline - NYC

What happens when tracks become trail? When ruins become a park?  When an organization forms and the place itself becomes a movement?  From the DS + R website:

"Inspired by the melancholic, unruly beauty of this postindustrial ruin, where nature has reclaimed a once vital piece of urban infrastructure, the new park interprets its inheritance." 

integrated artwork

 

artist:  jaume plensa                                                       location:  nice, fr.

in·te·grat·ed

–adjective

1.  combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.

2.  organized or structured so that constituent units function cooperatively: an integrated economy.

3.  having, including, or serving members of different racial, religious, and ethnic groups as equals: an integrated school. Compare segregated.

4. of or pertaining to a group or society whose members interact on the basis of commonly held norms or values.

art·work

–noun

1. Printing   a.  the elements that constitute a mechanical, as type, proofs, and illustrations.  b.  a mechanical; paste-up.

2.  the production of artistic or craft objects.

3.  the object so produced.