Entry #93

Mesh Bombing

Gustavo Adolfo Arango

A proposal to install mesh sheets above subterranean vehicular roads, creating new surfaces that can be used as public space. The beams of the subterranean roads are used to provide structural support to the mesh sheets. CNC-milled wooden public furniture of various forms is placed on the surfaces.

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• Metadata:
• • The degree to which advanced technologies (including IT) are used
    1  (Low-tech) 1 - 2 - 3 (High-tech)
• • Site-specificness: The degree to which the idea targets a specific locale
    1  (Site-agnostic/universal) 1 - 2 - 3 (Site-specific)
• • Degree of commercial potential
    1  (Strictly for public good) 1 - 2 - 3 (May profit some parties involved)
• • Time scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    1  (Short-term change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Long-term change)
• • Geographic scale of citizen-led changes to cities enabled by the idea
    2  (Small-scale change) 1 - 2 - 3 (Large-scale change)
• • Hurdles toward participation, from a citizen’s perspective
    1  (Anyone can participate) 1 - 2 - 3 (Requires expertise, time, money, etc.)