Cooper-Hewitt Bicycle rack design competition

Team members: Severn Clay-Youman, Nathan King, Daniel Ramirez

Designing for Promiscuity

Because of their speed and efficiency, bicycles may well be the future of transportation in the 21^st Century city. For cycling to reach its full potential in the urban milieu, a locking strategy must be developed that meets the needs of all cyclists. The traditional bicycle rack simultaneously accommodates and explicitly limits the urban cyclist: here you may bring your bike on the sidewalk, here you may park your bike safely, here you are allowed.  It is a familiar type of urbanistic intervention: clearly delineated, appropriately proportioned within the streetscape. It belies, however, the opportunistic nature of urban cycling: rather than a simple replacement for driving a car, cycling fills the gaps between walking, public transportation and driving.

 

Hernan Diaz-Alonzo and Florencia Pita Pratt Studio

 

Hernan Diaz-Alonzo/ Florencia Pita Review

 

aggregation sur l’herbe

More from H Diaz Alonso and Florencia Pita’s studio at Pratt:

Thanks to Nathan King for identifying the “Stargate” shader!

 

lanscape cell(s)

These are preliminary proposals for a park/cultural center in Parana, Argentina, for Florencia Pita and Hernan Diaz-Alonzo’s studio at Pratt:

 

Output Competition Entry

This is from a competition entry that I just completed for a natatorium in Rouse Hill, Australia with Frank Bitonti and Brian Osborne for the Output student work competition: