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Dossier de presse - Communiqué de presse - Ripple - The Urban Conga

Dossier de presse | no. 5595-02

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Ripple

Rochester, United States

The Urban Conga

Ripple was designed with the Rochester, NY community through series of participatory design workshops to serve as an ever-changing landmark that responds to the people, the landscape, and the interactions between them.

Brooklyn, États-Unis, 13-05-2021 - 

Ripple is a permanent public installation created by The Urban Conga in Rochester, NY. It was designed with the community through a series of participatory design workshops to serve as an ever-changing landmark that responds to the people, the landscape, and the interactions between them.


The intervention was designed for the community by the community to act as a catalyst for breaking down social barriers and connecting people within the public realm through sparking moments of open-ended play. Its playful gesture becomes an engaging moment that gets people to stop and interact not only with the work but also with each other. The intervention becomes less about the work itself and more about the relationships, conversations, and connections it can spark within the space. It showcases the value of play in everyday spaces and its impact on creating more social, healthier, safer, and inclusive cities.


Ripple is a part of an ecosystem of playable interventions being implemented by the City of Rochester, The Strong Museum of Play, KaBOOM, and Common Ground Health that connects the Genesee river within the city center of Rochester, NY. The design of Ripple was inspired by the flowing movement of the Genesee River, the main artery running through the center of the city and an integral part of the city’s history. Like the river, Ripple has a flowing motion that allows for passive interaction with the piece while walking on the pedestrian pathway into Martin Luther King Jr. Park.


Its unique flowing form creates opportunities for a variety of social interactions to happen within the space. The iridescence of the piece mimics the effects of rippling water, and as you walk by the piece, the reflections and refractions of the surrounding environment make it feel as if it is alive and moving. The piece adapts with the changing seasons and surrounding context creating new experiences and memories each time someone passes by.


This effect was created through each unit containing a reflective dichroic film that changes color based on the angle light hits its surface and the user’s manipulation of the reflection. The piece contains 1200 of these units, which were influenced by the form and clustering of the lilac, Rochester’s well-known flower. Each of these units acts as a pixel that individuals can rotate to become a message board for the city. It becomes a timeless open-ended playable platform for the community to put their own individual identity onto the work and the space.


Technical sheet

Clients: Common Ground Health and City of Rochester

Year: 2021

Location: Rochester, NY - USA

Project size: 40' L x 6' W x 7' H

Design & Fabrication: The Urban Conga


About The Urban Conga

The Urban Conga is a multidisciplinary design studio made up of a diverse group of creatives based in Brooklyn, NY. Their work is focused on sparking community activity and social interaction through open-ended play. They achieve this by working with communities to create inclusive, engaging, and site-specific work that evokes creativity, exploration, and free-choice learning within the built environment.


Their work explores the idea of a “Playable City” as an ecosystem of playable opportunities intertwined within the existing urban infrastructure that doesn’t just disrupt our daily lives but adds to it. They investigate how play can begin to exist in everyday spaces and encourage people to think about these spaces that could become PLAYces: like sidewalks, bus stops, street lights, park benches, or just the everyday spaces in-between.


Exploring how these often once overlooked and underutilized situations can turn into stimulating creative outlets for communal connection.  They strive to use their work as a platform for creating a stronger sense of community within the space. Creating opportunities that bridge divides and begin to break inequities within the public and private realm by bringing people together through these moments of open-ended play. Through this work, they have collaborated with organizations, businesses, governments, and universities worldwide, delivering public art, urban interventions, playable products, development plans, and public policy recommendations.

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Pour plus d’informations

  1. www.theurbanconga.com/
  2. www.instagram.com/theurbanconga/

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Ripple_ Plan view
Ripple Axonometric
Ripple East Elevation
Ripple North Elevation
Ripple Unit Exploded Axonometric
Images basse résolution ~ 7,4 Mo
Images tif haute résolution ~ 740 Mo
Images jpg haute résolution ~ 99 Mo

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Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Ripple becomes a timeless landmark while coexisting in harmony with the surrounding context.
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Local residents manipulate the reflections and refractions of the surrounding context by rotating the pixels.   - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Local residents manipulate the reflections and refractions of the surrounding context by rotating the pixels.
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 7,6 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - The piece comes to life through the reflection and refraction of it's surrounding environment.  - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
The piece comes to life through the reflection and refraction of it's surrounding environment.
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 4,9 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Local Rochester resident getting the perfect selfie with the reflective backdrop.  - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Local Rochester resident getting the perfect selfie with the reflective backdrop.
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 7,5 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - The piece serves as an ever-changing landmark leading you into Martin Luther King Jr Park in Downtown Rochester, NY.  - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
The piece serves as an ever-changing landmark leading you into Martin Luther King Jr Park in Downtown Rochester, NY.
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image haute résolution : 16.16 x 11.35 @ 300dpi ~ 13 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Local Rochester resident playing with Ripple.  - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Local Rochester resident playing with Ripple.
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 7 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 15.2 x 19.0 @ 300dpi ~ 8,8 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 9,6 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - The iridescence of each unit makes the piece appear like it's rippling as you walk by.  - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
The iridescence of each unit makes the piece appear like it's rippling as you walk by.
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 7,4 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - In this image, you can see the influence of the flowing Genesee River on the design. - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
In this image, you can see the influence of the flowing Genesee River on the design.
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 15 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - The light pours off of the installation creating a vibrant color-changing effect on the surrounding space.  - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
The light pours off of the installation creating a vibrant color-changing effect on the surrounding space.
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 12.67 x 19.0 @ 300dpi ~ 11 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 17 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 6,8 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - The design of the units was inspired by the lilac flower which Rochester is known for.  - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
The design of the units was inspired by the lilac flower which Rochester is known for.
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 15.2 x 19.0 @ 300dpi ~ 7,5 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 9,5 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 9,7 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 12.67 x 19.0 @ 300dpi ~ 6 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 8 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Pixelated images and words can be drawn by rotating the individual pixels. You can see the word PLAY spelled out in this image.  - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Pixelated images and words can be drawn by rotating the individual pixels. You can see the word PLAY spelled out in this image.
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 13.34 @ 300dpi ~ 13 Mo

Dossier de presse | 5595-02 - Communiqué de presse | Ripple - The Urban Conga - Design urbain - Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
Crédit photo : Savannah Lauren
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Image très haute résolution : 19.0 x 12.67 @ 300dpi ~ 7,2 Mo

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