The Body - constructing space for its various uses

Blane and Toni must look at this book. Blane on Monday I want to see sections and plans of your project constructed out of the various positions of the body in your undulating resting structure. The body will also be drafted as part of the drawing as well as other objects like suitcases and any other portables. Working out the particularities of the security threshold is going to be really interesting - also according to the body as it moves through this space and as it de-clothes and re-clothes. Anyway, you should check this book out of the library and share it - The Measure of Man and Woman: Human Factors in Design by Alvin Tilley and Henry Dreyfuss

A Still Life - a temporal document affected by activity

Frank, this is the project that reminds me of what you were talking about yesterday - the interaction and movements of people adjust the quality of the table, in this case creating a layered document of the activity occuring "sur la table" a kind of "still life" as Osman Khan puts it.

"A camera is placed above the table, capturing events occurring on/over the table, which are sent to a computer, where customized software processes the image, so that non-white objects visually appear to stream their color down. This processed image is then projected back onto the table. Thus, a historic timeline of events over the table is visualized as a continuous flow of images down the table."

This might be of interest also to Whitlock and maybe to Matt and Ben. Check it out at http://www.osmankhan.com/surlatable/index.html There is a video too.

Portable Light - wonderful!

While on this topic of light and material, you must look at the work of Sheila Kennedy

I mentioned her work developing luminous plywood. Most recently she is working on a delightful social project called “portable light” which brings light to communities without electrical power and which suggest many other applications in our future. The work uses traditional weaving techniques with new light materials. You can see this work at http://www.caup.umich.edu/portablelight/

I was amazed at the resemblance of the community power bag (if you change the scale) to Toni’s resting airport pods.

You must all look at other Kennedy & Violich Architecture projects at http://www.kvarch.net/

Luminous Fabric - material potential

So many of you are dealing with light (and fiber optics in particular). I thought this would be of interest. Plastic fiber optics are woven with synthetic fibers to create luminous cloth for various products including wearables. Could Toni's jelly fish airport spaces take advantage of this technology? More information at http://www.lumigram.com/

"Project Runway" Increased amenities at Airports

Other Layover options at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam

At Schiphol Airport I also visited one of the Rijks Museum - one of the city's museums. A little space of it is in the airport with some of their collections for viewing during layovers.

I also saw touring spots where one could arrange for a quick visits of the city depending on the lenght of your layover.

On the website I just discovered a mobile guide of the airport which is activated via your cell phone and also a transparent speaking wall - which allows you to see and speak to your friends and/or relatives on the other side of the airport.

Airport Snoozing Space

This are my two photos of recent nap at the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. I also did a little observation and noted that within 5 minutes everyone would fall asleep. The areas are called airline lounges and are populated with a sparce grid of lounge soft chairs which face a large window towards the outside. Upon visiting the airport's website, I discovered something missed during my layover - lazy chairs. There are super soft red chair lounges to "sit into an relax". You can find them at their web site under airport facilities, Fun at Schiphol.

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