Light Pollution Book2 - Case Study

Open publication - Free publishing

Light Pollution Book1

Open publication - Free publishing

Who owns the Air?

LIGHT POLLUTION

MIGRATION ENERGY

MAPPING MIGRATION ENERGY:

We are all tied together in interlocking rhythms almost entirely outside awareness. When people interact they synchronize their motions and emotions. To find a pattern I overlaid travel paths, building densities, and most popular places to go to on a hot Saturday to socialize in Ottawa downtown core. I learned that the Market outdoor patios and public civic parks had the most energy. 

UNIT - Y

Cities and countries are diverse in the way they may be organized, built and experienced. Sports/play are one way of unifying people and different cultures. A common focus makes people forget other differences and focus on the task at hand…. a way of pausing from the blurring caused by speed in our own synthetic culture.

Elena

The Russian Red Square is located in Moscow, Russia. The Red Square, located in the heart of the city, is used for various civic ceremonies and is a prominent part of the city skyline. When I visited the square it gave me the opposing feelings of safety and vulnerability. This dichotomy reflects the relationship between my National and personal identity. The feeling of safety came from the representation of a large and powerful nation, of which I was a part. The feeling of vulnerability was on a personal level, due to the immense scale and empty volume of the square. Both conditions touch upon how when we travel to a new place our perceptions of the place may be alienating. This alienation is not only from a language barrier, but also from the foreign situation and context with which we attempt to communicate with. We are not only ignorant of what is expected in other countries, but ignorant and unaware of the altered reception of our foreign "normal" communicative behavior. Therefore, to the foreign visitor, the "truth" of a foreign culture can only be revealed once one sheds all preconceived ideas.