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Weeble Wobble

Weeble-Wobble 2021 | Design Across Scales Lab [Public Space] [Installation] Weeble-Wobble is a playful, deployable, and interactive public shading device developed in collaboration with Street Labs, NYC. This model was a prototype to test the design and fabrication of a system that could be deployed to support community engagement projects across New York City’s Open… Continue reading Weeble Wobble

cornell university safely together installation

safely_together LocationTagsYearCredit List Cornell University, Ithaca NY[public_space] [installation]2020Alexander Kobald, Isabel Branas, Cait McCarthy, Jordan Young, Oonagh Davis, Grace Troxell In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Cornell University sought opportunities to encourage students to occupy the outdoor spaces on the Ithaca campus in engaging and socially distant ways. I led and coordinated a team of architecture… Continue reading cornell university safely together installation

Room to Speak

Room to Speak MIT (2015) [installation][digital_fabrication] “Room to Speak” is an installation that explores the spatial hierarchies of speaking. A central space is evacuated for a single inhabitant. The object becomes a mask anonymizing the user, modulating their exposure to the environment they are part of, emboldening them to speak in places in which they… Continue reading Room to Speak