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Amphibious Architecture<br />

info@amphibiousarchitecture.net


WHO<br />

WHAT<br />

Commissioned for the Architectural League of<br />

New York’s exhibition Toward the Sentient<br />

City, Amphibious Architecture is a project<br />

developed by the <strong>Environmental</strong> <strong>Health</strong> <strong>Clinic</strong><br />

(x<strong>Clinic</strong>) at New York University and the Living<br />

Architecture Lab at Columbia’s Graduate School<br />

of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.<br />

“One of the primary goals is to change the<br />

view of this quite beautiful view into<br />

an understanding that this is not just a<br />

pretty reflective surface, but a habitat...<br />

A teeming body that’s alive with organisms<br />

whose health affects our health and our<br />

activities affect their health.”<br />

Submerged ubiquitous computing provides<br />

communicative access to the one element that<br />

remains under-explored and under-engaged: did<br />

you know there are fish are in the water What<br />

about a beaver Or blue crab<br />

September 17 - November 7, 2009<br />

WHEN<br />

WHERE<br />

WHY<br />

Public Lecture: October 16 @ 6pm<br />

(the urban center, 475 Madison Ave)<br />

Fish on Bikes Tour: October 17 @ 2pm<br />

(see the website for more information)<br />

Two sites:<br />

- Rugters Slip on the East River<br />

- East Tremont Avenue on the Bronx River<br />

Each array of interactive buoys house a range<br />

of sensors below water and an series of light<br />

emitting diodes (LEDs) above water. The sensors<br />

monitor water quality, the fish presence, and<br />

human interest in the river’s ecosystem, while<br />

the lights respond to the sensors, creating<br />

feedback loops between humans, fish in their<br />

shared environment.<br />

An SMS interface allows homo-citizens to<br />

text-message the fish and receive real-time<br />

information about the river. The aim of<br />

which is to simultaneously spark a larger<br />

public interest and dialogue about our local<br />

waterways.<br />

Distinctly moving away from the pervasive<br />

‘do-not-disturb’ approach to urban<br />

environmentalism, the project encourages<br />

curiosity and engagement.


IMAGES


BUSINESS CARDS<br />

Director of Resettlement & Real Estate Asset Development<br />

<strong>Environmental</strong> Planner<br />

Gail Nathan<br />

Alewife Herring<br />

Pomolobus pseudoharengus<br />

Kate Zidar<br />

Bay Anchovy<br />

Anchoa mitchilli<br />

Txt “BronxRiver” to 41411<br />

to reach my YoY Residence:<br />

Bronx River Arts Center<br />

1087 E Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY<br />

Txt “HolaAlewife” to 41411<br />

To reach my Adult Residence:<br />

Rutger’s Slip<br />

Pier 35, New York, NY<br />

Txt “BronxRiver” to 41411<br />

to reach my YoY Residence:<br />

Bronx River Arts Center<br />

1087 E Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY<br />

Txt “EastRiver” to 41411<br />

To reach my Adult Residence:<br />

Rutger’s Slip<br />

Pier 35, New York, NY<br />

Director of Cellulose Cycling & Watershed Mgmt.<br />

Program Director<br />

(aka the first beaver in NYC in 200 years)<br />

Jose E. Serrano<br />

the Beaver<br />

Castor canadensis<br />

Text “YoBeaver” to 41411<br />

Bronx River Arts Center<br />

1087 E Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY<br />

amphibiousarchitecture.net<br />

Tara DePorte<br />

Striped Bass<br />

Morone saxatilis<br />

Txt “EastRiver” to 41411<br />

Rutger’s Slip<br />

Pier 35, New York, NY<br />

amphibiousarchitecture.net<br />

Bulk Caterer for Bass Fisheries<br />

Handler for transport of Hg; PCB; POP<br />

Human Asset Development<br />

Christine Datz-Romero<br />

Atlantic Tomcod<br />

Microgadus tomcod<br />

Bronx River Arts Center<br />

1087 E Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY<br />

Rutger’s Slip<br />

Pier 35, New York, NY<br />

Txt “BronxRiver” to 41411<br />

amphibiousarchitecture.net<br />

Andrea Santos-Morales<br />

Midge<br />

Chironomus plumosus<br />

Text “BronxRiver” to 41411<br />

Bronx River Arts Center<br />

1087 E Tremont Ave, Bronx, NY<br />

amphibiousarchitecture.net

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