© 2012 Mi Cha El La. All rights reserved.
This project is an investigation in an approach to a responsive architecture. It seeks to re-examine, re-imagine the processes of making responsive design. It explores the role of embedded computation and sensing technology as part of the design practice and … Continue reading
© 2012 Mi Cha El La. All rights reserved.
En el Río is an interactive proposal for the city of Zaragoza, Spain in collaboration with Manuela Garreton and Mercedes Blasco. Our proposal sought to create a conversational space along the river Ebro, where the people of Zaragoza could discuss … Continue reading
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Enabling Wearables is a project that Marcela Godoy and I collaborated on. It sought to explore the use of data to give form to a wearable object. The data we chose was published by UN Women. We wanted this object … Continue reading
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Peel is a surface that breathes. When the air quality and temperature sensors that are hooked up to it reach a threshold that is not good for us, humans, the wall stops breathing. It stops living. Each unit has diagonal … Continue reading
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Living Surfaces is a prototype for a wall that mirrors your movements. It essentially senses the distance of your body to its sensors and moves in response to this distance. This mock up uses 4 hobby servos, 4 proximity sensors, … Continue reading
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City On Edge is a collection of photographs exhibited at 15 Nails Gallery at 315 Hudson, New York, New York. The collection comprised of a book, contacts, and a video. The collection investigates the beauty of everyday life in peripheral … Continue reading
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Roman Rojas is a singer/songwriter living and working in New York City. We met on the dance floor and talked about politics while dancing to merengue at what use to be called Barazza. After a few months of discussing music … Continue reading
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UrbanScapes is a thesis I presented at Cornell University in May 2005. I was interested in exploring the role of flexible infrastructures within place making and programming. At the time of my thesis The Bronx Terminal Market was under partial … Continue reading