Die Angewandte and the I oA, the Institute of Architecture
Curated by Pippo Ciorra, Maristella Casciato
Reconfigurable Streets
Studio Greg Lynn, University of Applied Arts Vienna
The
mission of the year-long Reconfigurable Streets studio is to innovate the design of civic streets for a citizenry that has
adapted to COVID pandemic policies, transportation electrification, gig working, micro-mobility, and on-demand retail and
dining delivery services.
respond to contemporary culture,
transportation, health policy, and urbanism with new ideas for use of streets. The studio’s vision is to humanize technology
and pedestrianize the built environment. The site for this reimagination of the street is the Ringstrasse in Vienna; a 19th
century urban scale experiment in land-ownership, civic institution building, culture, politics, leisure and commerce. Six
different teams designed the 4.2-kilometer-long street as a reconfigurable network of intelligent robotic infrastructure,
street furniture, pavilions, equipment and energy infrastructure. Using electric mobility and autonomous navigation technology,
the Ringstrasse is pedestrianized for festival, art, retail and gastronomy uses. The simulation of transport, configuration,
assembly, and occupation is designed using game engine software. The scope of design encompasses building design, ergonomics,
local manufacture, transport and construction logistics including assembly, demounting, transportation, storage, and re-use.
Reconfigurable Streets
Studio Greg Lynn
Teaching Team: Greg Lynn, Martin Murero, Valeria Ospital, Bence Pap, Kaiho Yu
Students: Tala Sawmeh, Philipova Olga, Tobias Haas, Anastasia Sevchenko, Leon Mackowski, Janna
Eberharter, Naomi Neururer, Helen Andres, Benedikt Schambeck, Viktoriya Tudhzarowa, Hao Wu, Anna Salakhova, Luca Zanarini,
Philipp Ma, Tomaz Roblek, Ebrar Eke, Alina Logunova, Anna Ovchinnikova, Eylül İçgöre, Natalia Laskovaya, Zubin Tan, Joyce
Lee, Laleh Sadegloo, Margit Applegate, Anahita Dehlavi, Jennifer Frangieh, Arkadii Zavialov
Organisation: Astrid Trinkbauer, Sabine Peternell and Baerbel Mueller
Fabrication: Philipp Hornung
With The
Friendly Support of: Die Angewandte and the I oA, the Institute of ArchitectureMonday
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