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Rambla de Catalunya is a unique and dynamic public space however; its information is static and nonreactive. The pervasive and real-time information that is on the avenue is un-linked from the activities and people on the street. Using social media and geocoding the information that is produced within the avenue is connected to an actual location. When this locative media is monitored and analyzed, events and trends start to emerge. This public information starts to affect the relationship between public and private space. By producing public information within a private space begins to shift its state into the public realm.

An atmospheric information system on the street provides the link between the people and events. The events within the private spaces become represented on the public space. The visualization takes place in three parts; the people, the hits on the events and the connection between other events. This dynamic proposal is seen first at a cloud and projection that will later evolve into an omnipresent atmosphere of information. The final rendition looks at how information will become 3 dimensional which will create an information system that completely physical.

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Rambla de Catalunya

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M A T T E R matters

I believe sites and built environments have a soul or nature just like people. That nature is sometimes hard to see, however in the case of Zona Franca it became quite clear from the start.

The nature of Zona Franca is that it is an unfinished act. Situated near the port of barcelona in an important logistics area several buildings planned for its intervention remain unbuilt, while some of the built ones remain empty. Disconnected from Barcelona´s subway system, the recent works for a new subway line are also unfinishedRead More »

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