EDWIN SALAS JAVIER PEREZ-DELAFE MARIANO ALVEAR MYLENE FENG NICOLE FRANZESE OMER CUVANLIOGLU PATRICIA MATAMOROS ROSANNA RODRIGUEZ VANESSA ESTEVEZ VICTORIA GOMES
MACRO TO MICRO ART IN PUBLIC SPACE FALL 2018
Art in public space: macro to micro
Florida International University / Fall 2018 / ARC 5935-U12 / Special Topics / 3 Credits Instagram: @macro_to_micro (ART IN PUBLIC SPACE - FIU Arch) Instructors:
Marcelo Ertorteguy: mertorte@fiu.edu
Hours and Format:
Class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:30pm until 1:45. Studio format with required attendance at all lectures.
Overview Questioning and re-defining the role of contemporary art in the city, we will collectively analyze Miami's public space under a broader lens, from the guts and systems of the city, through low density residential and into the urban fabric, public art opportunities will be explored as responses to spatial, communicational, economical, functional and social circumstances. Public space interpreted as all other space that is not private, Miami's diverse urban conditions and scales, the city, the district, the sprawl, the mall, the highway network, the relationship with water; understanding its infrastructure and identity will be the focus of our research. Place-making and space-reclaiming from macro to micro, we will experiment with strategies that create new relationships with the immediate urban context through way-finding, environmental, educational activation or manifestation as well as free expression: reveal, connect, divide, exchange, dialogue, identify, interact, encounter, represent, participate; exploring art in its capacity to instigate change, reveal hidden relationships and raise awareness.
Requirements The first assignment will explore the city from a macro scale, focusing on art as infrastructure and engaging with The firstsystems assignment will explore the city transportation, from macro scale, focusing on art as infrastructure and engaging with Miami's water, waste, power, Suburbia Students will be of: responsible for developing twoa projects. Requirements Miami's will systems of: water, waste, power, transportation, Suburbia Students willinvestigate be responsible for developing two projects. Students these topics and present findings and proposals selecting a scale of intervention and site Requirements Students will investigate these topics andfrom present findings and proposals selecting a scale of intervention and site and exploring of: awareness, education, material efficiency, orientation, identity, time, place. 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Students willthe share and project The collective research and precedents, projects the class will be compiled throughout inusing a BOOK. All material researching precedent art-works thatofrelate to and inspire theirproposals) projects. Students will share research and project (including and not limited analysis and shallthe besemester formatted an In-Design ideas every week. Every class will open withto presentation ofresearch, an art-work by the instructors; throughout the semester students will be (including and not limited to precedents, research, analysis and proposals) shall be PDF formatted usingstudents antoIn-Design ideas every week. template available on the blackboard. Precedents files should be exported as Hi-res and uploaded the Every class will open with presentation of an art-work by the instructors; throughout the semester will be researching precedent art-works that relate to and inspire their projects. Students will share research and project template available on the blackboard. Precedents files should be exported as Hi-res PDF and uploaded to the blackboard weekly. researching precedent thatofrelate to and their projects. Students will share andmaterial project The collective research art-works and projects the class willinspire be compiled throughout the semester in research a BOOK. All ideas every week. blackboard weekly. The collective research andtoprojects of theresearch, class willanalysis be compiled throughout thebe semester in ausing BOOK. material ideas everyand week. (including not limited precedents, and proposals) shall formatted anAll In-Design (includingavailable and not limited to precedents, research,files analysis and shall be formatted using an In-Design template on the beproposals) exported as Hi-res PDF and to material the The collective research andblackboard. projects ofPrecedents the class will beshould compiled throughout the semester in uploaded a BOOK. All template available on the blackboard. Precedents files should be throughout exported as the Hi-res PDF and uploaded to material the Relative weight of course requirements: The collective research and projects of the class will be compiled semester in a BOOK. All blackboard weekly. (including and not limited to precedents, research, analysis and proposals) shall be formatted using an In-Design Relative weight of limited course to requirements: blackboard weekly. (including and not precedents, research,files analysis and shall be formatted using an In-Design template available on the blackboard. Precedents should beproposals) exported as Hi-res PDF and uploaded to the First project (25%) template available blackboard weekly.on the blackboard. Precedents files should be exported as Hi-res PDF and uploaded to the Firstproject project (25%) Final (25%) blackboard weekly. Relative weight of course requirements: Finalparticipation project (25%) Relative weight of(25%) course requirements: Book Bookparticipation, participation (25%) and attendance (25%) Class readings First project (25%) Relative weight of course requirements: Classproject participation, readings and attendance (25%) First (25%) Relative weight of course requirements: Final project (25%) Final project (25%) (25%) Book participation First project (25%) Book participation (25%) First project (25%) Class participation, Final project (25%) readings and attendance (25%) Class participation, readings and attendance (25%) Bibliography: Final project (25%) Book participation (25%) Bibliography: Book participation (25%) Class participation, readings and attendance (25%) - Class Finkelpearl, Tom. Dialogues Public Art. Cambridge, participation, readings in and attendance (25%) Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2001 -Evans, Finkelpearl, Dialogues in Public Art.toCambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2001 - Bibliography: Robin.Tom. Translations from Drawing Building. The MIT Press, 1997 - Evans, Robin. Translations from Drawing to Building. The MIT Press, 1997 Bibliography: LINK: http://arts.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/arc-of-life LINK: http://arts.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/arc-of-life Robin_Evans_Translations_From_Drawing_to_Building1.pdf -Bibliography: Finkelpearl, Tom. Dialogues in Public Art. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2001 Robin_Evans_Translations_From_Drawing_to_Building1.pdf Finkelpearl, Tom. Dialogues in Public Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2001 - -Bibliography: Orff, Kate / SCAPE. Revive infrom Toward anArt. Urban Ecology.The TheMIT Monacelli Press, 2016 pp 19-25 Evans, Robin. Translations Drawing to Building. Press, 1997 -Ascher, Orff,http://arts.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/arc-of-life Kate / SCAPE. Revive in Toward ancity. Urban Ecology. Monacelli Press, 2016 pp 19-25 Evans, Robin. Translations from Drawing toPenguin Building. TheThe MIT Press, 1997 - LINK: Kate. The Works, Anatomy of a Books, 2007 - Finkelpearl, Tom. Dialogues in Public Art. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2001 - Finkelpearl, Ascher, Kate. The Dialogues Works, Anatomy ofArt. a city. Penguin Books, 2007 LINK: http://arts.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/arc-of-life Tom. in Public Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2001 Suggested reading: Robin_Evans_Translations_From_Drawing_to_Building1.pdf -- Suggested Evans, Robin. Translations from Drawing to Building. The MIT Press, 1997 reading: Robin_Evans_Translations_From_Drawing_to_Building1.pdf Evans, Robin. Translations from Drawing to Building. The MIT Press, 1997 -LINK: Orff, Kate / SCAPE. Revive in Toward an Urban Ecology. The Monacelli http://arts.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/arc-of-lifePress, 2016 pp 19-25 Orff,http://arts.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/arc-of-life Kate / SCAPE. Revive in Toward an Urban Ecology. The Monacelli Press, 2016 pp 19-25 LINK: Ascher, Kate. The Works, Anatomy a city. Penguin Books, 2007 - -Robin_Evans_Translations_From_Drawing_to_Building1.pdf Wexler, Allan. Absurd thinking. Lars of Muller Publishers, 2016 -Ascher, Wexler, Allan. Absurd thinking. Lars Muller Publishers, 2016 Kate. The Works, Anatomy ofAre a city. Penguin Books, 2007 of design. Lars Muller Publishers, 2016 - --Robin_Evans_Translations_From_Drawing_to_Building1.pdf Wigley, Mark and Colomina, Beatriz. we Human? An archeology Orff, Kate / SCAPE. Revive in Toward an Urban Ecology. The Monacelli Press, 2016 ppMuller 19-25 -Orff, Wigley, Mark and Revive Colomina, Beatriz.an Are we Human? An of design. Lars Kate / SCAPE. in Toward Urban Ecology. Thearcheology Monacelli Press, 2016 pp 19-25 Publishers, 2016 - --Beljon, JJ.Kate. Gramatica del Arte. Celeste Ediciones, 1993Books, Ascher, The Works, Anatomy of a city. Penguin 2007 -Ascher, Beljon,Italo. JJ. Gramatica delAnatomy Arte. Celeste Ediciones, 1993 Kate. The Works, of a city. Penguin Books, 2007 - -Calvino, Invisible Cities. - Calvino, Italo. Invisible - Carse, James P. Finite andCities. Infinite Games. - Carse, James P. Finite and InfiniteCharacter Games. in Frankfurter Zeitung, 1931 - Benjamin, Walter. The Destructive - Benjamin, Walter. The Destructive Character in Frankfurter Zeitung, 1931 LINK: http://www.revistapunkto.com/2011/12/destructive-character-walter-benjamin.html LINK: http://www.revistapunkto.com/2011/12/destructive-character-walter-benjamin.html - McCarter, Robert. Pamphlet Architecture 12: Building Machines. Princeton Architectural Press, 1987 - McCarter, Robert.Locus Pamphlet - Roussel, Raymond. Solus.Architecture 12: Building Machines. Princeton Architectural Press, 1987 - Roussel, Raymond. Locus Solus. - Roussel, Raymond. Impressions of Africa. - Roussel, Raymond. of Africa. - Bourroughs, William. Impressions The Soft Machine. - Bourroughs, Soft Machine. - Lefebvre, Henri.William. CritiqueThe of Everyday Life. Verso, 1992 - Lefebvre, Henri. Critique of Everyday Life. Verso, 1992
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Fire Foodies Club, 2018 Shenzhen, China Atelier Bow wow
The Mastaba, 2018 London, UK Christo
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Eco Boulevard, 2004-2007 Madrid, Spain Ecosistema Urbano
Asphalt, Air & Hair, 2017 Aarhus, Denmark Kathrina Grosse
Bunker Archeology, 1967 Publication Paul Virilio
Vatican, 1968 Rome, Italy Superstudio
Transformations,1968 Germany Hans Hollein
Urban Collages,1966-1971 Venezuela Jorge Rigamonti
House,1993 East London, UK Rachel Whiteread
Spomeniks,1950’s to 1980’s Former Yugoslavia Various Artists
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Sonambient USA Harry Bertoia
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Patricia Matamoros Master in Landscape Architecture
Florida WAT E R S Y S T E M S
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he Florida Water Resources Act establishes that all water in Florida, on the surface or in the ground, is a
public resource managed by the department and the five water management districts. Florida’s water supply comes from the bountiful systems of rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes, springs, aquifers and estuaries across the state. Florida’s fresh water supply is used for public water supply, agricultural irrigation, commercial/industrial/institutional uses, domestic and small public supply, recreational irrigation, and power generation. Additionally, Florida’s natural environment also needs sufficient water supply to function properly.
Source: Mgreason for List of rivers of Florida
The Department of Environmental Protection, responsible for the administration of the water resources at the state level, exercises general supervisory authority over the state’s five water management districts, which are responsible for the administration of the water resources at the regional level.
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How have natural systems changed?
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he Everglades once encompassed about 3 million acres of slowmoving water and associated biota that stretched from Lake Okeechobee in the north to Florida Bay in the south. The nature of the water flow has characteristics that provide the functional basis of the Everglades, and as the flows have changed, the physical, chemical, and biological components of the Everglades ecosystems also have changed.
Prior to economic development and the creation of artificial drainage systems, water flowed from a series of small lakes at the northern end of this system through the Kissimmee River into Lake Okeechobee. During rainy periods, the lake spilled water southward over its low perimeter and into the Everglades, moving as a broad shallow sheet of water as well as through coastal rivers. Rainfall onto the 4,500 square mile Everglades augmented this overland flow and sustained it during dry periods.1
1. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Third Biennial Review - 2010
Source: Graphics provided by USACE, Jacksonville District.
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are the consequences?
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he conversion of the uninhabited Everglades wilderness into an area of high agricultural productivity and
cities was a dream of 19th-century investors, and, beginning in the early 1880s, water-control projects were built to drain the wetlands. By the end of the 20th century, the extensive watercontrol system to supply water to agricultural and urban areas and to provide flood protection to developed areas included more than 2,600 miles of canals and levees, 64 major pumping stations, and about 1,300 control structures.
These installations, along with highway construction and urbanization, have dismembered the original flow paths of the Kissimmee-Lake Okeechobee-Everglades watershed
Canals, levees, and other water management structures have profoundly altered the hydrology, geomorphology, and connectivity of the system.2
2. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Third Biennial Review - 2010 Photo on Right Page: Anastasia Samoloya. Boomberg Businessweek.
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hroughout the summer, the normally blue waters off the Florida water system have been turning brown, red and green, killing wildlife and making people sick. There are two main reasons for this coplicated problem to accur. First, there is a naturally occurring event called the red tide. In Florida, red tide is caused by a marine microorganism called Karenia brevis. About once a year, when conditions are right, K. brevis “blooms” along Florida’s coast. The Florida red tide can be found in bays and estuaries but not in freshwater systems such as lakes and rivers. Because K. brevis cannot tolerate low-salinity waters for very long, blooms usually remain in salty coastal waters.3
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e c o n d re a s o n a re t h e human-made algae blooms c a u s e d by p o l l u t e d o u t f l ows that start inland and carry the p ro b l e m s o f p o l l u t i o n a n d harmful algae to the coast.
Po l l u t i o n , s u c h a s fe r t i l i z e r, f ro m i n l a n d s o u rc e s i s e i t h e r wa s h e d o r d ive r t e d i n t o t h e o c e a n w h e re it fuels algal blooms. These a l g a e c a u s e a g re e n s l u d g e - l i ke bloom along the coast and also a re n a t u r a l ly o c c u r r i n g . B u t i n t h i s c a s e , i n l a n d d e c i s i o n s h ave d i s r u p t e d t h e n a t u r a l p ro c e s s e s t h a t ke e p t h e a l g a e a t n o r m a l , s a fe l eve l s . 3
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3. Ocean conservancy.org
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How did it start?
P
rior to drainage and development, Lake
Today, large amounts of water are diverted from
Okeechobee was a primary connector
the original southward flow into the estuaries,
and regulator in the Kissimmee-
altering salinity and nutrient loadings.
Okeechobee-Everglades hydrological system. In the late 1800s and early 1900s agricultural
Urban and agricultural development have reduced
development slowly expanded farming areas
the Everglades to about one-half its pre-drainage
around Lake Okeechobee and on lands south
size and have contaminated its waters with
of the water body. Farmers found that during
phosphorus, nitrogen, sulfate, mercury, and
drought periods the lack of water crippled
pesticides. Today, the federal government has
production, and in wet years floods were a major
listed 67 plant and animal species in South Florida
hazard. In response to major floods in 1903, the
as threatened or endangered, with many more
state created four canals to conduct excess water
included on state lists.4
from Lake Okeechobee to the Atlantic Ocean.
4. Progress Toward Restoring the Everglades: The Third Biennial Review - 2010
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Source: Harmful Algal Blooms: Red Tide vs. Blue-green Algae. University of Florida.
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How is Florida reacting?
A f t e r a b l u e - g re e n a l g a e wa s h i n g u p o n b e a c h e s a l o n g M a r t i n C o u n t y s t a r t e d i n l a t e Ju n e 2 0 1 8 , e nv i ro n m e n t a l i s t s h ave re n ewe d t h e i r c a l l t o b u y l a n d s o u t h o f L a ke Oke e c h o b e e . Re g a rd i n g t h e l a n d , s o m e ex p e r t s a n d e nv i ro n m e n t a l i s t s s ay, c o u l d c a p t u re t h e p o l l u t e d wa t e r t h a t n ow i s b e i n g s h u n t e d t o the coastal estuaries of the St. Lucie a n d C a l o o s a h a t c h e e r ive r s .
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I n 2 0 1 5, a Un ive r s i t y o f F l o r i d a s t u dy c o m m i s s i o n e d by t h e L e g i s l a t u re i d e n t i f i e d t h e n e e d fo r 1 m i l l i o n a c re -fe e t o f wa t e r s t o r a ge n e e d e d n o r t h a n d s o u t h o f L a ke Oke e c h o b e e t o p reve n t t h e h a r m f u l d i s c h a r ge s . 5 Other actions include people gatherings, joining hands and s h ow i n g s o l i d a r i t y t o p ro t e c t wa t e r a n d w i l d l i fe , i n t h e s e a rc h o f r a i s i n g awa re n e s s a b o u t t h i s i s s u e s . 5. Article by Bruce Ritchie for Politico Florida.
Editorial Cartoonist fo r t h e Pe n s a c o l a News Jo u r n a l , A n dy M a r l e t t e , c re a t e d a c a r t o o n a b o u t the thousands of dead fish p ro d u c t o f t h e t ox i c a l g a e a n d re d t i d e s . - 2 3 Ju n 2 0 1 6
T h e re g i o n’s wa t e r q u a l i t y crisis is costing business fo r re a l e s t a t e , t o u r i s m a n d h o s p i t a l i t y, re t a i l i n g a n d m o re . Ni n e t e e n c o u n t i e s and 164 municipalities a re a f fe c t e d by t h e h e a l t h o f t h e G re a t e r Eve r g l a d e s e c o sys t e m s t re t c h i n g f ro m L a ke Oke e c h o b e e s o u t h t o F l o r i d a B ay.
Eve n t h o u g h i s a ve r y c o m p l ex i s s u e , m a ny blame the sugar cane i n d u s t r y a s t h e b i g ge s t contributor to the p ro b l e m , a l o n g w i t h t h e c h a n ge s i n t h e n a t u r a l d r a i n a ge o f t h e re g i o n .
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. bre vis pro duces a toxin ca l led bre vetoxin t hat af fe c ts t he cent ra l ner vous system of f ish and ot her
mar ine wildlife. This toxin is w hat caus es f ish kil ls. Toxins get in t he water and t he air, causing respirator y issues for swimmers and b e ach-go ers w hen t he blo oms are ne ar to t he shore. Toxins can a ls o caus e neurotoxic p ois oning in p eople w ho e at recre at iona lly-caug ht shel lf ish. 6 Thes e toxins can para lyze f ish gil ls and caus e anima ls like manate es and s e a tur t les to b e come sick or die. Humans a ls o suf fer w hen t he toxins get blown into t he air, const r ic t ing t he lungs’ bronchioles and s ending p e ople wit h ast hma and ot her he a lt h issues to emergenc y ro oms wit h coug hs and shor tness of bre at h. Even a lga l blo oms t hat don’t rele as e toxins can har m wild life by deplet ing oxygen f rom coast a l waters, causing massive f ish kil ls in numb ers to o vast to count. 7
6. Harmful Algal Blooms: Red Tide vs. Blue-green Algae. UF/IFAS 7. oceanconservancy.org 8. Health effects of blue-green algae. Victoria State Goverment.
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lue-g re en a lgae can als o b e har mf u l to humans and wildlife. S ome, but not a l l, blue-green algae
typ es rele as e toxins t hat can kill f ish and wildlife. Thes e toxins can a ls o have negative human he a lt h imp ac ts. Micro c ystis aer uginos a is known to rele as e a toxin called micro c ystin, w hich can result in gastro-intest ina l problems and p ossibly liver damage if cont aminated water is ingested. Har mf ul alga l blo oms a ls o have t he p otential to caus e liver cancer or ner vous system problems in p eople w ho are exp os ed to t he water over a long p er io d. 6 S ome sp ecies of blue-g re en algae pro duce har mf u l toxins w hich t a ke ef fec t w hen e aten, inha led or skin cont ac t is made. C ont ac t wit h af fe c te d water can caus e skin ir r it at ion, mi ld respirator y ef fec ts and hayfe ver-li ke symptoms. Ingest ing toxins can a ls o caus e gast ro enter itis symptoms, such as vomit ing, diar rho e a, fe ver and he adaches. Pets can b e p ois oned f rom cont ac t wit h toxic algae, w hich cou ld p otentially kill t hem. 8
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ould it be possible to clean water from pollutants and high
concentration of microorganism before releasing water from Lake Okeechobee into other water bodies? Can we envisioned the use of infrastructure such as locks, dams and pipes not only to retain and control, but also to clean and protect Florida’s water systems? Can we prevent these algae blooms long term?
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et´s give Miami canals a simple but imposing sculpture, inspired in water
infrastructure, to raise awareness about the vulnerability of their water systems, while allowing people to think about a cleaning machine as something possible.
How would this machine work?
N
ature as the solution. Is it possible to improve the existing flow while
restoring the natural wetlands?. These riparian buffers could help filter the polluted water while creating public space and protecting natural communities.
In the search for form
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During this phase, a series of exercises were
the study of form, without an
developed in the search of creating art through
attached meaning or function.
pure form.
The selected object resulted from
The object was transformed in several ways,
the study of water systems and their
by the application of repetition, partition,
infrastructure, along with the concern
connection, extrusion, scaling, and other
about the effects of containing and
actions, without the intention of generating
releasing water along such systems.
program or function.
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THE INFLUENCE OF WATER IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Vanessa Estevez
Bodies of Water
The arteries of water in Florida show us the big influence that the ocean has in our land.
Bodies of Water and Vegetation
We can see the variety of bodies of water we have and the natural ecosystems that keep our land alive.
Hydrological Grid
Throughout our land we have major areas where water is conserved, treated and observed to make sure that we are keeping it as healthy as possible to benefit all the ecosystems that it touches.
Types of Bodies of Water
Natural Beaches
Mangroves
Wetlands
Bays
Water Management
It is very important that as residents of South Florida we are informed regarding how the biggest natural element around us is treated. Water forms such a big part of our lives that we need to ensure that it is being taken care of properly.
Districts of Florida
In order to maintain our land in good shape, management needs to be divided so that all sections are taken care of.
Management in the State of Florida
Management in the South Florida
Management in South FL
Canals
Management in Miami Dade
Beginning of Object Exploration
In order to spread knowledge throughout our land we need to make sure that ir is something that is both interactive as well as educative.
By focusing on the way that a water pump works in canals and other bodies of water all throughout our state, we can show people that major task that it is to purify water and keep it available to us.
First Exploration consisted of a pavillion that people can enter and enjoy the form
Plan
Section
ART IN PUBLIC SPACE Professor Marcelo Ertorteguy Student Mylene Feng
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Green Technology • After a rainfall, chemicals such as nitrogen, phosphorus, and agricultural pesticides get into wetland through surface runoff . • These substances are transferred to the wetland sediment, wetland plants or the atmosphere. • The root systems of wetland plants absorb nutrients from the sediment.
Emergent
Submergent
Floating
Cattail
Pondweed
Duckweed
Spikerush
Naid
Watermeal
Smartweed
Watermilfoil
Water Hyacinth
Knotweed
Bladderwort
Water Lily
Arrowhead
Hydrilla
Pickerelweed
Elodea Coontail
Section & Axon Views
Exploring forms and geometry
Art in Public Space Miami Beach City Hall
Transformation of shapes
Art in Public Space Miami Beach Soundscape Park
A play of light & shadow
A celebration of Art In Public Space A celebration of Art In Public Space
Texturizing Texturizing and humanizing and humanizing the objects the object Texturizing and humanizing the object Texturizing and humanizing the objects
Overlapping
Rotating
Twisting
Stacking
Isolating Isolating
Integrating
Enclaving Enclaving Enclaving Enclaving
Enclosing Enclosing
FLORIDA WATER
BY JAVIER PEREZ-DELAFE
South Florida can be summed up as beautiful people, beautiful beaches and a relaxed attitude. In a way, our water system is who we are. With reports every year of red tide and the slow destruction of the Everglades, I wanted to investigate the cause. The water in South Florida is something we take for granted and something I wanted to focus on
What I came to discover was the culprit was water run off from sugar plantations. The fertilizers used to grow sugarcane around Lake Okeechobee leeches into the ground water and that ground water becomes contaminated
Gallons of contaminated water are pumped out of the field to keep them dry enough to grow sugarcane, and that exodus of water makes its ways into our canals and into our lakes.
The images of the machinery used to move and treat our water fascinated me while I conducted my research. Our domination over our natural world lead us to design and construct intricate and beautiful mechanical marvels.
The industrial nature of our water processing infrastructure lead to the design of the water pipe. It’s easily repeatable shape that is modular and infinitely expandable. The water pipe are the veins and artery of our modern world.
The water pipe is the ultimate representation of our current water processing system. It is ever ubiquitous, designed to fit many situations, but are opaque and mysterious
I wanted to illustrate with my art piece, our encroachment of contamination of nature
I wanted to talk about our need to dominate nature
And the legnths nature can go to fight back
Ultimately, what I settled on was a knotting system of sewer pipe. The Body is made up of 30 and 60 degree bend pieces that are turned back on themselves to create a bunched up knot. I broke away from the idea of the pipes emerging from a set structure, but having it come out of the ground or wall and the knot itself supports its own structure.
Placed in high trafficed areas of Miami, in this exaple at south beach, the sulpture comes out of the sand near the shore and and dumps its water into our ocean. the location and placement of the pipes is ment to have the audience interact with the water and to use the pipes themself as a wind block and to hide from the sun.
The impact of the piece comes when you watch people lounge near the pipes and children play in the water. The mysterious water from an unknown source is poring into the water we live with. The apathy of the people is the most important part of the piece.
Energy Florida Miami BY MARIANO ALVEAR
Types of power plants Heat (thermal) energy generated from: fossil fuels; coal petroleum natural gas solar thermal energy geothermal energy nuclear energy Potential energy from falling water in a hydroelectric facility
HIGHEST CAPACITY POWER PLANTS
GAS POWER PLANTS
Plant Name: Lauderdale City: Ft. Lauderdale County: Broward Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle; Natural Gas Fired Combustion Turbine; Total Nameplate Capacity: 2,258.3 MW Plant Name: Port Everglades City: Ft. Lauderdale County: Broward Technology: Natural Gas Fired Combined Cycle Primary Fuel: natural gas Total Nameplate Capacity: 1,352 MW Plant Name: G W Ivey City: Homestead County: Miami Dade Technology: Natural Gas Internal Combustion Engine; Petroleum Liquids; Total Nameplate Capacity: 35.7 MW
NATURAL GAS- HYDROCARBON Mainly methane including varying amounts of other higher alkanes (ethane, propane, butane) sometimes a small percentage of carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide, or helium. PRODUCTS vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrogen N2 If the combustion is at high temperature you might get NOx (various nitrogen oxides)
The energy demanded by artificial lighting of vertical farms concerns Gordon Graff, a Toronto-based architecture student who designed a vertical farm concept called the Skyfarm. He estimates that his proposed 59 storey farm could grow enough produce for 50,000 households, but lighting it would require 82 million kilowatt hours each year — as much electricity as is typically used by 8,000 North American households. Graff proposes that half of this energy could be recovered by burning methane generated from the farm’s own waste. Based on the kilogram per kilowatt hour conversion rate calculated by the University of Reading’s Charles Banks, the Skyfarm would have to produce 45,000 tons of wet waste annually to satisfy half its energy demand through waste recycling (calculation). The remainder could come from methane generated from other municipal wastes.
In a farm with around 1000 cows, manure has the potential to produce 250-300 kW of electricity every day, which is enough to power 300 homes. 50 sq ft per cow X 1000 = 50,000 sq ft = 2 soccer fields Image shows 150,000 sq ft
COMPONENT TRANSFORMATION TRANSFORMATION THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION
WIND TURBINE
THE OBJECT CONSISTS MAINLY OF THREE PARTS 1. CENTRAL POLE (SUPPORT) 2. ROTOR & BRACING 3. BLADES
PROCESS 1 SELECTED ELEMENTS: ROTOR & BRACING AND BLADES TRIM THE SUPPORT POLE
OBJECT TRANSFORMATION: STRETCH VERTICALLY
30’
10’
HEIGHT OF BRACING & ROTOR:
10’
DUE TO THE MATERIAL THIS STRUCTURE IS ABLE TO SUPPORT ITS OWN WEIGHT IN ADDITION TO THE BRACING AND ROTOR“
REPETITION IN ARRAY
10 X 10 GRID
ROTOR & BRACING CHANGE OF HEIGH ALONG “X” AXIS
1’
ROTOR & BRACING CHANGE OF HEIGH ALONG “Y” AXIS IMAGE INLCUDES X AXIS ELEMENTS HAVING A HEIGHT TRANSFORMATION AS WELL.
COMPONENT TRANSFORMATION TRANSFORMATION THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION
POWER TRANSMITION LINE
THE OBJECT CONSISTS MAINLY OF THREE PARTS 1. BASE(SUPPORT) 2. TOWER 3. CABLES
OBJECT TRANSFORMATION: STRETCH HORIZONTALLY
80’
THE TRETCH WILL PROVOKE A DISSASOCIATION OF THE ORIGINAL OBJECT ONCE IT IS JOINED WITH OTHERS OF THE SAME SHAPE .
SAME SHAPE GROUPED 4X2
INVERTED SHAPE
INVERTED SHAPE PLACED IN BETWEEN GROUPED SHAPE
TOP VIEW
GROUP OF GROUP CREATING A SQUARE
PERSPECTIVE
SHAPE SCALED DOWN BY HALF EVERY TIME
GROUPED SCALED SHAPES
PERSPECTIVE
L.E.Tr e e s Proposal
BY EDWIN SALAS
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LARGE SCALE LARGE SCALE LARGE SCALE STATE-SCALE
MID-SCALE MID-SCALE MID-SCA COUNTY-SCALE
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INSTALLMENT ITEM
INSTALLMENT DEVELOPMENT
Intendedsite, to bethe within site, the L.E. Trees installation features 16 indivi Intended to be within a concrete L.E.a concrete Trees installation features 16 individual billboards. these pieces one largertoartpiece, butawhen gets up close These billboardsdistance, all feature unique art show pieces meant be part of largerone exhibit. From a to the artwork of the art. Theone billboards will all be but L.E.D. screens that would change depending on the time distance, these pieces show larger artpiece, when one gets up close to the artwork, smaller are areas have been overtakenfor bypedestrians concrete; like parking lots. This will details are seen;sites this creates a that whole new experience in plazas terms and of their interpretation levels to them. billboards will bethat accessible in order for pedestrians to receive closer of the art. The billboards will allThe be L.E.D. screens would change depending on the time ofa day, of the beauty that is nature for those to look around and intended notice the beau weather, and surrounding events. They willand feature only experiencing art related toitnature, given their experienced in multiple scales. The pedestrian scaleand shows the artworks’ small and sites are areas that have been overtaken by concrete; like plazas parking lots. This will details activate something vehicles are constantly categorized with, and the arrangement of the billboards s spaces that either were not activated prior or spaces that were only one level, and now have multiple nature’s beauty, as we may not have that moment again. levels to them.
idual billboards. These all feature unique art pieces meant to be part of a larger exhibit. From a and The billboards will billboards be accessible in order for pedestrians to receive a closer look at the artwork k, smaller details are seen; this creates a whole new experience for pedestrians terms of their interpretation be able to notice the smaller details. The intent of the artwork is to raise in awareness e ofofday, and surrounding events. Theyexperiencing will feature only artlook related to nature, given their intendedthat theweather, beauty that is nature and for those it to around and notice the beauty l activate spaces that either activated or spacesbasis. that were one level, and now have to multiple is getting chipped awaywere at bynot mankind onprior a day-to-day Theonly L.E.Trees project is meant be look at the artwork and be able to notice the smaller details. The intent of the artwork is to raise awareness experienced in multiple scales. The pedestrian scale shows the artworks’ small details and is a more uty personal that is getting chipped away at by mankind a day-to-day Thelarge L.E.Trees projectbillboards, is meant to be experience, the vehicular scale on brings attentionbasis. to these accessible is asomething more personal experience, the vehicular scale brings these large accessible billboards, vehicles are constantly categorized with,attention and the to arrangement of the billboards spell out spell out ‘LOOK’ and an up arrow under it. The intent is for people to take a moment to look up and appreciate
‘LOOK’ and an up arrow under it. The intent is for people to take a moment to look up and appreciate nature’s beauty, as we may not have that moment again.
Communication in Miami BY NICOLE FRANZESE
Macro to Micro
How it Works Cellphone emits signal to tower
Tower recieves electromagnetic signal
Signal gets transmitted to antenna
Cellphone emits signal to tower
Esthetics Monopole: requires one foundation and height no more than 200’ antennas are mounted on exterior of the tower.
Guyed: These towers are cheap to construction but covers larger areas.
Lattice: These towers are usually seen along highways.
Camouflaged: These types of towers are the most expensive. They are required by zoning.
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Radio frequency incress disrupts insects and birds orientation.
Enviornment Birds and insects cannot migrate to their natural habitats due to vibrations from frequency’s.
Communication Awerness
Communication + Art
SOLAR CHARGING TOWER This object was created by detaching the antenna from the cell phone towers; then, using the methods of shifting, coping, and tilting to come up with the overall form of the object.
BY OMER CUVANLIOGLU
Art in Suburban Places
PO BOX
Victoria Gomes
Characteristics of the Suburbs
Park
Repetition of Houses
Lakes
Amenities
Areal verses ground perspective showing bird’s-eye view patterns and spacial relationships
Materality, Textures, colors
Materality, Textures, colors Zoomed in details
Collage
Precedent The Beacon Food Forest Seattle, Washington The goal of the Beacon Food Forest is to design, plant and grow an edible urban forest garden that inspires our community to gather together, grow our own food and rehabilitate our local ecosystem. Also to improve public health by regenerating our public land into an edible forest ecosys- tem and reduce agricultural climate impact, improve our local food security, provide educa- tional opportunities, and celebrate growing food for the bene t of all species. It is thought to be the largest food forest of its kind on public land in the United States. Promoting cultural exchange as well as recreational and educational opportunities, the Beacon Food Forest includes a children’s area, a nut grove, and a berry patch. Residents contributed their own ideas to the food forest, and it has since become an area of local pride. The Beacon Food Forest is free and open to the public.
Object
Form 1
Form 2
Form 3
Form 4
Form 5
Location Town park village
Cross Section
30ft
40ft
ROSANNA RODRIGUEZ
WASTE WASTE WASTE
Micro to Macro by Rosanna Rodriguez
Covanta Energy • Covanta works with companies and communities to find sustainable solutions to their waste management challenges. • With a global network of Energy-fromWaste and Material Processing Facilities, Covanta is preserving valuable natural resources and generating clean energy for our client communities and the world we live in.
• North Dade Landfill • South Dade Landfill • The U.S. has 3,091 active landfills and over 10,000 old municipal landfills • Of the estimated 251 million tons of consumer solid waste generated each year in the U.S., approximately 32.5 percent of the trash is recycled or composted, 12.5 percent is burned and the remaining 55 percent is buried in landfills.
Macro • Waste is a global issue. • Many developing countries have problems disposing of wastes. • Yearly, a colossal 1.4 billion pounds of trash ends up in our oceans. Of this waste, much of it is plastic. • More than five trillion pieces of plastic are already in the oceans, and by 2050 there will be more plastic in the sea than fish, by weight.
Midway Atoll – “Plastic Island” • This tiny speck of land — about 3,200 miles from San Francisco and 1,200 miles northwest of the main Hawaiian Islands — is blanketed not just by birds, but also by garbage. • Plastic is so ubiquitous on Midway that every single albatross on the island will likely die with a stomach full of it. • One study found that man-made marine debris may cause "physical harm" to humans when ingested via seafood. • Another estimated that Europeans who eat shellfish could be exposed to 11,000 pieces of micro-plastic each year.
One Day 4.38 pounds
One Month 131.4 pounds
One Year 1,576.8 pounds
One Year 55,000 FIU Students = 82,500,000 pounds 454,000 Miami Residents = 681,000,000 pounds
SO LU TIO NS
Recycling
Fresh Kills Landfill • Opened in 1947, the garbage dump on Staten Island grew so large over the second half of the 21st century that it became the largest man-made structure in the world, rising eighty two feet higher than the Statue of Liberty. • When Fresh Kills was opened, it was labeled as a temporary landfill, yet at its peak, 13,000 tons of garbage was added daily. At that rate, the landfill grew exponentially until it was twelve square miles of household waste. • Although dumping slowed near the end of the 1990s, the 9/11 attacks brought a new need for the landfill, and the majority of wreckage from the Twin Towers was brought to Fresh Kills.
Freshkills Park • After a tangled bureaucratic history, however, Fresh Kills’ 2,200-acre site is now moving toward its reincarnation as a public park almost three times the size of Manhattan’s Central Park. • In addition to providing a wide range of recreational opportunities, including many uncommon in the city, the park’s design, ecological restoration and cultural and educational programming emphasize environmental sustainability and public concern for human impact on the earth. • The site is large enough to support many sports and programs that are unusual in the city, including mountain biking, nature trails, kayaking, and large scale public art.
Design & Construction Updates • Freshkills Park will have five main areas: the Confluence (made up of Creek Landing and The Point), North Park, South Park, East Park and West Park. Each area will have a distinct character and programming approach. The entire project will be completed in 2040. • • • • • • • • •
Schmul Park – Completed 2012 Main Creek Wetland Restoration – Completed 2013 Owl Hollow Fields – Completed 2013 New Springville Greenway – Completed 2015 Owl Hollow Park House – In Design North Park – In Construction East Park – In Planning South Park - In Design Roads System – In Planning
Landfill Gas Collection • The site generates its own energy. • As garbage decomposes it releases landfill gas, which is collected through a pipe system and then goes into a purification process. • Methane is obtained and later used to power residences. • This process provides both environmental and economic benefits by preventing green house emissions while generating revenue.
System
Trash into Construction Materials • Flexible metals • Currently, waste metals are crushed into cubes, but in the future they could be cut into shapes which could then be used to build structures
Terreform ONE • Terreform ONE is a non-profit architecture and urban think tank that advances ecological design in derelict municipal areas, their mission is to illustrate speculative environmental plans for New York City and other cities worldwide. • The initiative imagines an extended city reconstituted from its own junked materials. The concept remakes the city by using all the trash entombed in the Fresh Kills landfill. • One of Terreform ONE’s plans is to use parts of derelict ships to create a kind of buffer reef to help protect cities from the effect of storms.
BYFUSION • THE BYBLOCKS • STRONGER THAN BRICKS • EVERY POUND OF BYBLOCK IS A POUND LESS PLASTIC WASTE • UNBELIEVABLE SOUND AND TEMPERATURE INSULATION • CUSTOMIZABLE DENSITY AND CONFIGURATION REQUIRES NO GLUE OR ADHESIVES • 95% LOWER GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS THAN CONCRETE BLOCKS, AND WON’T CRUMBLE UNDER PRESSURE
• ByBlocks are created with the ByFusion Blocker • The Blocker takes any category of unsorted & unwashed plastic waste & turns it into an advanced building material that’s better insulated than concrete & stronger than bricks. • The ByBlock - An advanced material that has a better PSI rating than non-loading bearing concrete blocks and exponentially superior thermal/sound insulation.
Building Materials Made of Waste Products • NewspaperWood: This design comes from Norway, where over 1m tones of paper and cardboard are recycled every year. The wood is created by rolling up paper and solvent-free glue to create something not dissimilar to a log, then chopping it into usable planks. The wood can then be sealed so it's waterproof and flame-retardant, and used to build anything you would normally build with wood. • Nappy roofing: Something can be salvaged from all those nappies and sanitary products we throw away. Special recycling plants separate out the polymers from the organic waste and these polymers can then be used to create fiber-based construction materials like the tiles in the image. • Recy blocks: These colorful bricks are made from old plastic bags, which are notoriously difficult to recycle in any other way. Recycled bags or plastic packaging are placed in a heat mold, and forced together to form the blocks. They're too lightweight to act as load-bearing walls, but can be used to divide up rooms or outdoor areas.
Building Materials Made of Waste Products • Plasphalt: Plasphalt is made up of grains of plastic produced from unsorted plastic waste, which replaces the sand and gravel traditionally used in asphalt production. In testing, it was found that plasphalt roads were far less vulnerable to wear and tear than traditional asphalt, because the asphalt emulsion bonded better with the plastic than with gravel or sand • Bottle bricks: This proposal is a little different, as it relies on producing a consumer good specifically so it can later be used as a building material. Lots of companies now make bottles in cuboid or other shapes, to make them easier to transport. • Wine cork panels: These wall or floor tiles are made by combining recycled granulated cork with whole wine corks. This is a pretty useful idea, considering the world apparently consumes around 31.7bn bottles of wine a year.
Smart Waste Manageme • Hopes to eliminate wasted effort and fuel by attaching sensors to receptacles, allowing efficient collection routes to be developed based on need. Based on its experiences so far, it’s estimated that the sensors can help cut collection costs by 40 to 50%. • This techniques aims to eliminate overflow problems by reducing the time spent on waste collection, vehicle numbers, and fuel consumption. • Reduces waste collection cost and carbon dioxide emissions and the process is managed in a more efficient way.
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Fighting Marine Debris • Considering that the oceans hold more garbage than fish by now, this might be the right time to retrain our fishermen and let them hunt for litter. Several companies offer equipment to fish garbage out of rivers, lakes and harbours. • United Marine International manufactures the TrashCat, which comes in 3 sizes (see pictures). About 100 of them are in use worldwide. They are capable of collecting up to 1200 cubic feet (34 cubic meters) of floating debris per load.
C O LLAG E
“Cleaning Trash Island“ Not everyone is aware of the alarming amounts of plastic that floats in our oceans. What will it take for us to take action? Perhaps for the trash island itself to float within us.
O B J E C TS I selected two different objects related to waste and transformed parts of them into new inventions.
Presscontainer
Presscontai Presscontaine
Bench with Canopy
ner Lift r Lift
OBJ EC T 1
THE BENCH
Trash Crusher
Rotator Blade Rotator Blade OBJ EC T 2
THE ARRAY
THE FIELD
THE WALL
THE CANOPY
THE STRUCTURE FUNCTION THE STRUCTUTRE IS PUT TOGETHER IN SUCH WAY THAT ALLOWS THE BLADES TO ROTATE WITH THE WIND AND GENERATE ENERGY MEANING A REMINDER OF THE WORLD OF OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE WHEN WE USE OUR RESOURCES IN A SMART AND SUSTAINABLE WAY
SITE WATSON ISLAND
SITE WATSON ISLAND