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Balloons along traditional hunting trails act as way-finding devices and suggest a soft network between remote communities while simultaneously collecting widespread data

Buoyant Light

By Claire Lubell and Virginia Fernandez

Buoyant Light frames light as a constant in the rapidly changing Canadian Arctic climate where the solar path has become a datum against which to track changes in other seasonal cycles. Recognizing that in this fragile environment any physical changes can have powerful implications, the project proposes an almost ethereal intervention that would improve the life of the Inuit through light. Buoyant Light consists of a balloon and a buoy which serve a dual function: to harvest solar energy, providing Igloolik with light in the long winter; and to make data visually accessible to the community.
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A cluster activates the space outside the Northern Store while also measuring changes in permafrost around building foundations. New street lighting improves safety at night.

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Community members gather on the ice on a winter night to watch the youth of Artcirq perform.

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The visual impact of the balloon begins to disappear in spring. Fisherman can access the equipment for maintenance checks after the long winter.

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BRACKET [goes soft]

iMobile

iMobile

By A Jennifer Siegal Company
ShapeShift

ShapeShift

By Manuel Kretzer, Edyta Augustynowicz, Sofia Georgakopulou, Dino Rossi, Stefanie Sixt
Anticipatory Architecture: Reyner Banham and Technological Futurism in Postwar and Contempoary Desig

Anticipatory Architecture: Reyner Banham and Technological Futurism in Postwar and Contempoary Desig

By Chris Perry
City Tickets

City Tickets

By Mayo Nissen
Chicago Institute of Land Generation

Chicago Institute of Land Generation

By Stewart Hicks, Allison Newmeyer
The Bladders

The Bladders

By Jonathan Walker
Weather Station

Weather Station

By Anca Matyiku
Dredge Locked

Dredge Locked

By Alex Yuen
GROUNDING: Landslide Mitigation Housing

GROUNDING: Landslide Mitigation Housing

By Jared Winchester, Viktor Ramos
ESP // Estuary Services Pipeline

ESP // Estuary Services Pipeline

By Bionic- Marcel Wilson
Of Pop and Prostheses: Vienna 1965-72

Of Pop and Prostheses: Vienna 1965-72

By Jon Cummings
Operation "Hello Eden"

Operation "Hello Eden"

By Fionn Byrne
SWAMP THING

SWAMP THING

By Alex Chew, Max Kuo, Danielle Wagner
Aqua_Dermis: A Proposal for Climate Adaptive Comfort

Aqua_Dermis: A Proposal for Climate Adaptive Comfort

By Mariela De Felix
Arctic Opening

Arctic Opening

By Fabric | Ch - Office For Architecture, Interaction & Research
SOFT HOUSE

SOFT HOUSE

By KVA MATx, MIT SOFT CITIES Research, Jan Knippers/ King Advanced Engineering, ILEK Stuttgart, Buro Happold And A Consortium Of European Building Industry Partners
Scaffolding City; Architectural Utopia of the Future Past

Scaffolding City; Architectural Utopia of the Future Past

By Edward Dodington
Landscapes of co-option: soft power and the environmental turn in corporate America

Landscapes of co-option: soft power and the environmental turn in corporate America

By Dan Handel
The Soft Energy Controversy

The Soft Energy Controversy

By Rania Ghosn
SURVEILLER ET DIVERTIR _ Discipline and entertain

SURVEILLER ET DIVERTIR _ Discipline and entertain

By Pietro Pezzani
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