U7 Group Site Model

U7 have been trialling the CNC milling of phenolic faced plywood in the making of the group site model. The 1:500 model aims to explore individually selected Bowery sites and local street networks to test emergent design strategies.

Image D. Brown

Image D. Brown

Giant Inflatable Balloons Temporarily Transform Spaces

Barcelona-based Penique Productions is an artist collective founded in 2007 that creates transformative installations in public spaces. To do this the group utilizes massive plastic balloons that are inflated inside buildings and other interior areas. Coupled with exterior lighting that illuminates the colored plastic, the results can be beautifully dramatic, making the new environment almost unrecognizable from the actual space.






This technique can be used to define spaces from the parameters around them as well as create temporary barrier during events.

Their unrealized project 'Clouds #2028' is a set of plastic inflatables hosting the 2013 New York Storefront for Art and Architecture Street Fest. The proposal has been addressed from immediacy criteria and a high-speed assemblage concept.