For the first assignment proposed in class I observed the following social situation/behaviours interacting with the urban landscape, and how this could be eventually improved according the needs.
The first example is very related to the reading of the week, “The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body and Design” by Galen Cranz:
All around the city people is using uncomfortable little shelves sticking out the wall, fire hydrant or random boxes to have a little rest or waiting moment. So I thought about spreading some pop-up seats, like the ones placed in buses and trains, in some key areas far from parks or benches, that certainly would be a better place to rest, but not always so handy.
The second situation was observed under one of the very frequent rainy days we have had lately:
As we observe in both pictures pedestrian not provided with an umbrella look for shelter under the eaves so I thought that interactive (or manually operated) awnings along some streets could be very useful and not extremely harmful for the urban landscape since they would be just unfolded when it rained:
The last situation observed takes place in the Terrace of the AMNH. I was working there during last Summer and my favorite place to have a break was going out there and watching children play with the fountains coming out of the concrete floor:
They used the space as the best aqua park.