HSF: Assignment 3
This is a quick write up of some of my thoughts and research on Red Hook:
- Frame the why – as people, particularly urbanites, we’re becoming more distanced from our natural environment. But in reality it’s not that far away and with climate change no longer a future discussion but a present fact, how do we (re)conceive of our relationship to our environment? What does this mean for long-standing communities and neighborhood development? How can we imagine progress while mitigating our desires in order to keep ourselves safe?
- Idea that the future is now – climate change is already devastating our communities
- Example of resilience
- How do we conceive of a future post-change?
- How are they an example of civic/community engagement?
- Generally – what lessons can we as people and citizens learn?
- Users – new york city residents // others
- Research (to understand) –
- Flood protection barriers (safest one would block access to water)
- AECOM large development corporation (https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20160913/red-hook/red-hook-reimagined-with-massive-redevelopment-plan-subway-link)
- Red Hook – Old SW Brooklyn neighborhood
- Maritime/shipping history
- Geographically isolated (no subway)
- Largest public housing (check) in New York
- 90s – history of violence (school principal shot)
- Mostly flooded during Hurricane Sandy (2012)
- Now – waves of trendiness, local personalities resistant to large development
- Lots of community involvement – Red Hook Initiative at helm
- Simultaneously announced:
- Flood protection barriers (safest one would block access to water)
- ARCOS (sp?) large development potential with renderings (community is not down with this)
A couple of ideas that I’ve had:
Iteration 1:
Classic AR project of looking at spaces at different points in time
AR walking tour of redhook, mapped of areas past/present/future
Narration from local community members
Maybe documentary style of voice actors for historical figures?
Iteration 2:
Interactive website, a 3D map of redhook with a slider that shows redhook in three different times; multi-media, collection of photographs//videos
Iteration 3:
Narrative told by one person, most likely a child, in Red Hook. Recalling Sandy…thoughts about history and the future?
Narrating a 360 video? >> allow for the feeling of water rising
Iteration 4:
Place based installation, maybe different kind of AR? Activate by geo location? Tide Tone as part of this?