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Urban Design

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 2: The Hangout uses sight, sound, and touch to transform a once underutilized lotinto an inclusive, safe, and inspiring space for the community.

Photo credit:
Craig Stubing

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 2: The Hangout was designed through a series of participatory design meetings with members of the Lower Ninth Ward community in New Orleans, LA.

Photo credit:
Michael Flanagan

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 2: The space consists of a series of undulating cylinders that offer seating and a variety of areas to gather.

Photo credit:
Michael Flanagan

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 2: The intervention utilizes touch sensor technology to transform each cylinder into a playable, musical instrument.

Photo credit:
Craig Stubing

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 3: Entangled is a platform for residents and visitors to learn and share the history, stories, and music of Haitian culture outside the doors of the Little Haiti Cultural Complex in Miami, FL.

Photo credit:
Christopher Brickman

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 3: Entangled was designed through a series of participatory design workshops with the Little Haiti community in Miami, FL.

Photo credit:
Christopher Brickman

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 3: Entangled is made up of three drums connected by an undulating bench system that allows for a multitude of social seating possibilities.

Photo credit:
Christopher Brickman

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 3: The intervention is made up of three aluminum drums formed from the traditional Rada Battery Haitian drums. They were hand-painted with traditional images of Haiti by local Haitian artist Serge Toussaint.

Photo credit:
Christopher Brickman

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 4: Shifting Totems is a series of three totems that were designed with the Glenville community in Cleveland, OH to spark moments of pride, empowerment, and inspiration within the community.

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The Urban Conga

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 4: Each totem has a series of units that can be rotated to spell out different words like grow, strong, knowledge, go vote, and many more.

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The Urban Conga

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 4: It was designed to evoke a moment that would empower and inspire the neighborhood’s youth by sparking an open conversation about the neighborhood's past, present, and future.

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The Urban Conga

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 4: Shifting Totems is a connector between two neighborhoods that have had to persevere through a lot of adversity throughout their history.

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The Urban Conga

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 5: Why sit when you can play is a musical bench system designed to bring the everyday park bench back to life.

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The Urban Conga

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 5: The musical bench system contains sections of musical aluminum notes that each has two octaves of notes that can be played with attached mallets.

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The Urban Conga

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 5: Each of the musical benches is custom designed for the space in which they are located. The forms of the bench are created to encourage a multitude of seating interactions from a romantic couple on a date to a spontaneous jam session.

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The Urban Conga

A Design Studio Showcasing the Value of Play
The Urban Conga

Project 5: These customizable musical benches can be seen in a variety of locations around the United States as well as in Mexico City, Mexico as seen above.

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The Urban Conga

Unveiling of the New Gardens of the 22nd Edition of the International Garden Festival
International Garden Festival | Reford Gardens

HässjaEmil Bäckström, architectStockholm, Sweden

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Emil Bäckström, architect

Unveiling of the New Gardens of the 22nd Edition of the International Garden Festival
International Garden Festival | Reford Gardens

HässjaEmil Bäckström, architectStockholm, Sweden

Photo credit:
Emil Bäckström, architect

Unveiling of the New Gardens of the 22nd Edition of the International Garden Festival
International Garden Festival | Reford Gardens

Choose your Own AdventureBalmori Associates [Noémie Lafaurie-Debany, Javier Gonzalez-Campana, Simon Escabi, Chris Liao, Cristina Preciado, landscape and urban designers]New York, United States

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Balmori Associates [Noémie Lafaurie-Debany, Javier Gonzalez-Campana, Simon Escabi, Chris Liao, Cristina Preciado, landscape and urban designers]

Unveiling of the New Gardens of the 22nd Edition of the International Garden Festival
International Garden Festival | Reford Gardens

Miroirs acoustiquesEmmanuelle Loslier, landscape architect, Camille Zaroubi, landscape architectMontreal (Quebec) Canada

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Emmanuelle Loslier, landscape architect, Camille Zaroubi, landscape architect