Sunday, March 27, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Gimbels Passageway
A recent NY Times article about the current Vornado situation with 15 Penn Plaza, (a.k.a. Hotel Pennsylvania) state, that before construction can begin on the 15 Penn Plaza office, "transit improvements must be designed and agreed upon before the city will grant Vornado building permits." Check out the link for more information.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Gimbels Passageway Simulator
A clockwork disc simulator for designing movements to appear in the hall of Gimbels Passageway in New York City.
Ear Studio was commissioned by Vornado Realty Trust to design a public art element for the Gimbels Passageway renovation; the underground pedestrian tunnel connecting Penn Station to Herald Square closed in the 1970s.
This simulator, built with Processing and OpenGL, allows Ear Studio to experiment with the choreography of approximately 900 rotating discs and the invisible gearing system that couples them. The simulator exports this choreographic data for use by the team's 3D fly-through mockup designers and will also inform the data driving the final piece. The video can be found here.
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