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| http://www.nycitysnaps.com/Images/PlayStreet.jpg |
If a piece of architecture sits and leaves no reminisent mark on a community, it has failed. Where architecture gives a negative consequence to a community, it has failed. In any other circumstance, can we say it has succeeded? Even if the incidental [not predicted | not considered | the positive use of unrecognised/unrealised] outcomes of space?
Architecture is created by architects, builders, contractors... but mostly, its inhabitants. Without community and activation space created is abandoned and useless. Interestingly, "Play Streets" found in New York, provide an interesting insight into the architectural community interventions. These otherwise useless spaces for the individual [roads being made solely for the vehicle] have been reclaimed and repurposed in an unintentional design of the community green-less park.
INSTIGATOR | platform for community... device for change
In the case of "play streets", the shift of function provides a device for community change and spread. Almost like creating an asphalt park between mid-rise apartments provides an opportunity for raw interaction. Without any physical creation of objects or manipulation of space, these streets provide merely a space of opportunity.
MEDIA | as architecture can influence media... media can change the context of architecture
In the lecture, Architecture as media was discussed. This is the concept of using architecture to promote something such as a brand. When thinking about this, the children's television show Sesame Street does the reverse of this. Instead of using architecture to promote something, Sesame street uses its media potential to promote a particular architecture. It promotes the "play street" community lifestyle that is unique to the New York context. By promoting a local interface of acceptance and community, the context of the 'real life' spaces alters. They become more desirable to children and families - bringing a new life to an old streetscape.
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| Set of Sesame Street http://www.sesamestreet.org/parents/theshow/behindthescenes/map |
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