Building Blocks deals with the effects that every building and its height creates on the surrounding area
Dalit Steinbrecher
Description
Walking in the streets of New York made me think a lot about cities. Every building that is there (especially the big ones) has a direct effect on me: the light that I see or don't, wind that I feel, small or big shadows in hot days – are all effects of the size and height of every building and their position.
Building Blocks deals with the effects that every building and its height creates on the surrounding area of the city. Does it block the sun and because of that the street is darker? Or colder? Does it block the air? Is there less grass because of it? In my project every wooden block can block something essential.
The project is divided into two diminutions: The screen and the physical dimension. The
The physical dimension was a surface and 12 wooden blocks that presented buildings. The screen was an illustration of a “city” without buildings and air and light graphs. The physical dimension effect directly on the screen. Each and every building that the viewer will put on the surface changes the illustration on the screen. The light, the air and the grass will be reduced with each building that will be put on the surface. The building heights and location also affect the illustration on the screen.
This project talks about communication between the physical and the computer. In Building Blocks I want to illustrate the effect of buildings to show the effects and change the height building has on essentials that we do not always see but can affect us as people that live or