HYDROSENSUS 2.0

The Operative HydroSensus (OHS) project is designed to establish a new relationship between urban residents and their public waters. The OHS is a floating platform that combines bio-mimicry components to improve water quality with sensory technology that measures improvement and broadcasts it on multiple channels. Through a framework of communication and education the OHS will create a way for users to ‘talk to the river’ – receiving immediate information and understanding the effects that changes in the built environment such as catchment basins and green roofs can have on the health of the urban ecosystem.

The HydroSensus project is developed in collaboration with Jenny Chen-Cheng Chou.

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NEXT GENERATION POD

Temp:: has collaborated with Jenny Chou to submit a new and improved version of the floating-remediating-communicating pod to the Next Generation design competition organized by Metropolis Magazine.
The pod offers a new Water User Interface (WUI) for the urban environment, operating in two parallel landscapes – an event landscape and a virtual landscape.

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THE LITTLE BOAT THAT COULD

LET’S LAUNCH AND ECO-POD ARMADA!

With a New York City Parks Department permit, and the Weather Underground on our side (well, at least it didn’t rain), the first Eco-Pod Armada was finally launched into the East River!
Check out the pictures on the project page (video coming soon).

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ECO POD TEST LAUNCH

The pod prototype was taken to the Brooklyn Bridge Park for a first test-launch. The sun was shining, innocent bystanders seemed intrigued, and the pod finally met the water. And so did we.
The water was a bit wavy, and the rocks posed some challenges for our little boat.
So, back to the drawing board…
Wish us luck with the next (and public) launch, tentatively scheduled for Sunday, December 6th (pending Parks Department approval).
Save the date and cross your fingers for a sunny Sunday!

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ECO POD UNDER CONSTRUCTION

A Prototype of the Eco Pod is being constructed in Brooklyn.
Plants will be introduced when it stops raining and we can go back on the roof.

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AWESOME IN BOSTON

The Eco Pod Armada project went to Boston to celebrate with the Awesome Foundation and the Boston Urban Exchange. Here are some photos from the first half of the evening, last Friday night at NERD, courtesy of Reed.

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THE POD FLEET

A fleet of aquatic phytoremediation interactive mobile pods is about to be launched
onto the East river. Each pod will be built of a remote-controlled speed boat, wooden rods, a fishing net, hydroponic plants and some duct tape.
This is all done with the amazing help of the Awesome Foundation in Boston.

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OPERATIVE hydroSensus

Operative hydroSenus is a mobile buoyant pod for water monitoring and remediation. Combining high- and low-end technology, it operates as constructed wetland, aquaponic farm, monitoring station, and communication platform, addressing site-specific requirements. The project aspires to establish a mutually responsive interface between water and local communities, focused on water related concerns.
[in collaboration with Jenny Chou, with advice from Jessica Banks]

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PUBLIC (HOUSING) WORKS

Tasking New York City public housing projects with new environmental responsibilities that would reframe them as a new armature of urban eco-infrastructure, making them a valid component in the economic stimulus discussion.
PUBLIC (housing) WORKS was a finalist in the Imagining Recovery competition and later published in MONU mangazine.

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