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Creating an Interactive Landmark for the Amstel Campus

Team

Steven Kok stevenkok@gmail.com
Ankit Daftery me@ankitdaf.com

Commissioner: Bureau Nieuwbouw

Description

For the Amstel Campus we\'re researching the possibilities of embedding interactive elements in the facades of the buildings and see how we can use these interactive elements to create a landmark for the campus.

Inspiration

As part of our research for the work to be carried out at the Gemaal, we started looking around for similar projects, interventions, art in public spaces and the like. If ever there was a thing called being satisfied about what you are working on, we got it ! The projects that we came across, both in the content and their sheer number, are totally mind-numbing. Here are some of the coolest ones we came across :

1. QR-adio

An interactive boombox poster where you can play and take away a tape recorded by the artist for you, how cool is that ?

Source : http://sweza.com/qrt/

2. Tape-it-up

A New York based artist uses tape to modify urban settings and alter / convey meanings of environments. Minimalistic, yet effective

Source : http://www.aakashnihalani.com/

3. Camouflage the Urban Ugliness

Don’t you sometimes wish a particularly ugly piece of urban furniture weren’t there, that you wouldn’t see it ? That you imagine what the street would be like if you just get rid of it ? This intervention plays with just that idea

Source : http://www.roelandotten.com/

4. Digital signposts

An intelligent signpost that knows exactly what is happening in which part of the city, and directs people towards it ? Yes, this idea definitely would like to usher in the future !

Source : http://www.pop-up-urbain.com/

These awesome concepts and installations are but a very small number of what we came across. If these excite you and you want to talk about more, do drop a comment !