i don't know them but the news said that he's a risd professor. one of the websites i found through your link connects them with the tape art people, who are awesome.
he gave a talk at provflux this year that i was so close to going to but didn't.. Still had it bookmarked
Defining You :: Adriana Yoto, Michael Townsend, + Colin Bliss 7p Malls share similar design elements as gated communities, tourist resorts and cruise ships, and they add distinct visual vocabularies and spatial dimensions that often dominate and disregard those of the cities and landscapes they inhabit. But within its boundaries exist spatial tensions and dichotomies that parallel those of the cities it wishes to outshine. Taking into full account the mall’s hidden spaces and infrastructure beyond its stores, the mall begins to mirror its urban counterpart. In reality, the mall is less of a discreet commercial island or urban anomaly, and more a reflection of the city’s spatial proportions and its precarious position as a privatized “public” space. Our study of the mall will focus on Providence Place, and its social and spatial relationship to the city. We will examine two ways in which the Mall currently enacts its role as a “definer” of people, spaces and experiences: (1) through the design and orientation of its pedestrian entrances; and (2) through the placement of and relationship between the Mall’s interior security cameras and its advertising and way-finding signage. Maps of our research can be viewed online by clicking here.
click on the link on the bottom right for more stuff about him, and you'll find some images, about two hours worth of interview, a transcript, and stuffs. Funny, the interview was done in 2003...right about the time they were beginning to put together the apartment.
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Date: 2007-10-02 07:15 pm (UTC)Still had it bookmarked
Defining You :: Adriana Yoto, Michael Townsend, + Colin Bliss
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Malls share similar design elements as gated communities, tourist resorts and cruise ships, and they add distinct visual vocabularies and spatial dimensions that often dominate and disregard those of the cities and landscapes they inhabit. But within its boundaries exist spatial tensions and dichotomies that parallel those of the cities it wishes to outshine. Taking into full account the mall’s hidden spaces and infrastructure beyond its stores, the mall begins to mirror its urban counterpart. In reality, the mall is less of a discreet commercial island or urban anomaly, and more a reflection of the city’s spatial proportions and its precarious position as a privatized “public” space. Our study of the mall will focus on Providence Place, and its social and spatial relationship to the city. We will examine two ways in which the Mall currently enacts its role as a “definer” of people, spaces and experiences: (1) through the design and orientation of its pedestrian entrances; and (2) through the placement of and relationship between the Mall’s interior security cameras and its advertising and way-finding signage. Maps of our research can be viewed online by clicking here.
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Date: 2007-10-03 04:42 pm (UTC)http://www.stg.brown.edu/projects/undergroundri/people/index2.php?id=15
click on the link on the bottom right for more stuff about him, and you'll find some images, about two hours worth of interview, a transcript, and stuffs. Funny, the interview was done in 2003...right about the time they were beginning to put together the apartment.