Walthamstow Town Square, Gardens, and High Street Revitalization

open grassy space for a variety of recreational activities

performance terrace-informal seating, recreation

play area for parents to entertain young children

footpath links nodes of activity, provides visual access while allowing opportunity for exercise, etc.

well defined pedestrian corridor/market space. well lit, comfortable scale, recreational enjoyment

Central Park, New York

Central Park, New York

Shinnecock Hills

Shinnecock Hills

Sensory GardenOsaka, Japan

Wayfinding

Seating

Interaction

Built Example: Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin 1971-1995

• Art was entirely financed by the artists

• Work force of 90 professional climbers, 120 installation workers

• Remained wrapped for 14 days, all materials were recycled

• Silvery fabric, shaped by the blue ropes,highlighting the features of the structure, revealing the essence of the Reichstag.

Interactive Art, Portland, OR

Built work – Fremont Troll

Permanent installation by Steve Badanes and his design/build Jersey Devils.

Citizenship Freedom and right to interact with the troll – touch,

climb, sit, “punch out” the eyeArchitects/designers and their responsibility to

fix/reclaim desolate or isolates spaces.

Public SphereThe isolated underpass has become an active one

for events such as Trollaween, and other parties/festivals.

The spaces was affected in such a way that they named the road “Troll Avenue”.

World viewsSpaces such as underpasses are scary and should

not be inhabited.

What can we do with these types of free spaces?

Highline in New York City

CO2LED Solar-Powered Public Art Installation

“This temporary project promotes sustainability, hails the availability of alternative energy sources and technologies and demonstrates the ease of recycling,” says Jack Sanders. “We will reuse all the materials used in the project—everything.”

CHRISTO’S GATES

Jared Burt | Tafadzwa Bwititi | Steve Herron

CowParade

Citizenship:- CowParade establishes a directly relationship with the citizens of the

city it’s inhabiting by finding only locals to create the images that will be displayed on the fiberglass cows. “The cows are painted by local artists from the amateur and unknown to the professional and famous.”

- Cows are typically painted and manipulated to express the local culture and cultural heritage.

Public Sphere:- CowParade scatters the public art (cows) around the city as a way of

using the public sphere to unify the community.- The exhibit has turned into a tourist attraction as well as a way of

beautifying the existing environment.

World Views:- Extremely positive view on the exhibit as a whole. Visiting over 50

cities world wide Cowparade has become the largest public and most successful public art event.

- The “cow” was selected as a symbol based on its worldview as a “universally beloved animal.”

CowParade Holdings Corporation

Jared Burt | Tafadzwa Bwititi | Steve Herron

Saint Peter’s Square

Citizenship:- The public value the history and cultural significance of the space.- Not only the local communities, like the Vatican or Rome, identify

with it, a lot of groups around the world feel as part of this space, mainly religious and historians.

Public Sphere:- The space has not been changed to a commodity.- Its historical and cultural significance have being preserved  keeping

it scared for the local users while allowing for other users to come to it (tourist)

World Views:- The place is a religious sanctuary for all to appreciate it- The seen as a great architectural master piece part of a greater

composition of the surround cultural and history of the area

Gian Lorenzo Bernini

Jared Burt | Tafadzwa Bwititi | Steve Herron

Wrapped Trees

Citizenship:Christo and Jeanne-Claude create works of art that may seem similar

to each other on a visual level, but the beauty lies behind the similarities on the emotional level.  To relate to the discussion of citizenship and the realities of what an object truly is in any given space at any given time, a statement by Jeanne-Claude is as follows: “The temporality of a work of art creates a feeling of fragility, vulnerability and an urgency to be seen, as well as a presence of the missing, because we know it will be gone tomorrow.”  Knowing that something will only be visible and a part of the society of the world, as a citizen, for a short time is a great way to promote emotional and meaningful interpretation from of an individual or group of viewers.

Public Sphere:In one blog about this specific project, an individual tries to interpret

the meaning behind the identical wraps of each type and specie of tree in the park, she writes, “It seems that this could be a statement about unity or oneness of the people - possibly in bringing people together in the completion of the piece…”  This idea of bringing the public together can have an emotional and physical interpretation or meaning.  Unifying the public sphere and the way people pass through and see a space could easily change the socio-spatial relationships between any variance of people.

World Views:“The quality of love and tenderness that human beings have towards

what will not last - for instance the love and tenderness we have for childhood and our lives - is a quality we want to give to our work as an additional aesthetic quality.”  Jeanne-Claude makes a statement that could directly affect the emotions of an individual when trying to analyze the “Wrapped Trees”, but that individual will most likely never hear or read these words by Jeanne-Claude, and therefore must create an opinion and world view of their own about the “quality” of public art and that specific installation.

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“Through my work, I am trying to tell the young generation, 'Don’t destroy your country and yourselves through violent means.'” LOS ANGELES TIMES- April 15, 2008 

LEBANON: Artist remembers the stench of war…

Haven't 15 Years of Hiding in the Toilets Been Enough?-BEIRUT, LEBANON

Nada Sehnaoui

• Worldviews:• Nada has challenged our views about the issue of

war, by saying “Now, we hear war drums and we may be killing each other again. This is why I am raising the question: have we not had enough?”

• Her work elicited different reactions, from considered as “funny” to “vulgar”. How deep did it affect you?

• Public Sphere: • This “outlandish” installation has brought people

from different backgrounds to interact individually(reading, writing) or in groups through open discussions, interventions, watching documentaries about the historical 15 years of war or even through a musical concert.

• Citizenship: • Her installation seeks to resurrect the memory of the

atrocities committed on the sidelines of the civil war. • In this space, where the Lebanese interact and

discuss for a same cause which is eliminating violence and war.

Artist Nada Sehnaoui installed 600 toilet seats in downtown Beirut in memory of the 15-year long Lebanese war, a time when people used to hide from bombs and shrapnels in the bathrooms.

GASWORKS PARK-SEATTLE, WA-USA

GASWORKS PARK-SEATTLE, WA-USARichard Haag

• Worldviews:• The transformation of Gasworks Park from a

brutal industrial complex to a poetic public space reflects the equally dramatic change in worldviews that this community underwent in the 1960s. Far from its industrial origins, Seattle is now a national leader in environmentally responsible living practices.

• Public Sphere: • This brown field site that was once dominated

by heavy industrial processing now serves the surrounding neighborhoods as a retreat from the grid in the form of a post-industrial folly. Gasworks Park is now the location of numerous community gatherings, festivals, ceremonies, and picnics.

• Citizenship: • Gasworks Park’s location adjacent to several

neighborhoods makes it a tremendous amenity to the community as a gathering point. Gasworks Park is now the location of numerous community gatherings, festivals, ceremonies, and picnics.

Jason de Caires Taylor; the Museo Subaquatico de Cancun

• Located off the coast of Cancun, Mexico• The world’s largest underwater sculptural park• At a depth of 5-8 meters, in clear water• Currently only 3 installations

– Over 400 by 2011• Built in two phases

– First Phase-Hombre en Llamas (Man on Fire), La Jardinera de la Esperanza (The Gardener of Hope), and El Coleccionista de los Sueños Perdidos (The Archive of Lost Dreams)

– Second Phase-The Silent Evolution• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoaRyEzcrQs

Daniel Roberts

Daniel Roberts

Jason de Caires Taylor; the Museo Subaquatico de Cancun

• Citizenship– Creates artificial coral reefs, asking what is our relation to this environment?– Leaving a message for future generations

• Public Sphere– The ocean as part of public space; scuba diving, snorkeling, boating– Man interacts with the environment underwater, impacting both positively

and negatively– Water as a viewing medium

• World Views– Man has made negative impacts on the environment, what can we do to

resolve this?– Is it our responsibility to rebuild what is lost in our environment?– The view of future generations on our actions