WALKIE-TALKIE

Walk, talk, lay, sit, jump and just walk again.

WALKIE-TALKIE

18

Oct

2015

New York

America/New_York

English

Population: 18 Million19 in 2025

GDP: 1.18 1,55 in 2025

BigMac: 5 us dollars

Walkie-Talkie
WALKIE-TALKIE is a “built” elongated plaza, in which the space is filled with mass, building soft volumes that invite for interaction.
It is a typology that we call “sidewalk plaza” since it is meant to be located alongside a pedestrian path or any pedestrian flow in public or semi public spaces.
 
5 different components are established serving the sidewalk and the pedestrian passers-by: seating grandstand, Lounge planter, Discussion & study table, Mini cinema and Elastic bed. The 5 functions work in both ways, independently and collaboratively: they can be arranged in different modes, giving plenty of options for different sequences and configurations. This proposal is highly flexible and it provides opportunity for any eventual unpredictable change.
 
 

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Module and Materiality
The proposal follows a modular system with a cube as base geometry and smallest unit. This is a due to its flexibility and ease as a mobile piece to assemble bigger objects in the public space.
 
It is combination of three different modules:
01. The single cube ( 450mm W x 450mm L x 450mm H)
02. the middle size block – volume equivalent to 3 cubes ( 450 mm W x 1350mm L x 450mm H)
03. the big size block – volume equivalent to 5 cubes ( 450 mm W x 2250mm L x 450mm H)
 
The main material used is high compression, high density polyurethane base foam, top and ends laminated with 2” of cross linked polyethylene, 2” polyester web handles and with special Velcro placement along the edges connected side-by-side, end-to-end or on top of one another.
 
 

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Functions
The uses and activities proposed are a mini theatre for projections, a debating table for spontaneous interactions, a megaphone platform, where diverse Street artists and musicians perform freely, meeting points, grandstands for observing performances, elastic bed and a lounge area among many others. These uses naturally complement the dynamics that arise spontaneously on any elongated circulation space.
 
It can be positioned alongside of any elongated space, sidewalk or existing plaza, facilitating new forms of collective gathering and engagement with the city.
 
It is street architecture without ground that can accompany any existing space where there is a constant flow of people, and because its atomized nature, it can be easily moved, recycled, taken away and placed again and again.
 
 

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Street Intervention

What is an street intervention?
This is the smallest scale of interventions that takes place in the public realm of a city, related to the altering of a portion or a whole street or square, whether vehicular or pedestrian, by adding or installing new alienated elements to the existing configuration of the street.
 
This typology intervenes in existing urban settings by occupying the ground of a given area and by acting as an accessible and multifunctional platform, catalyzing social interactions by drawing attention to the “new place”. It is a tactical intervention with a non-territorial nature, keeping a clear formal and aesthetic distinction from the existing surroundings.
 
This type of intervention is oftentimes used by Retail Operators to transform their spaces into unique and visually appealing environments that increase foot traffic, attracting and retaining customers by turning their commercial spaces into “experiential retail” helping them stand out in a competitive market, increasing customer satisfaction and loyalty while enhancing their brand presence potentially leading to higher sales, without the need of big renovation investment.


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