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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