PULSUS
Interactive public installation helps connect residents to each other and their city
the challenge
Create a meeting place that brings joy among the urban chaotic frenzy.
the outcome
Urban instrument that translates New York City's communication frenzy into a dynamic soundscape that envelops visitors.
TYPE:
Urban Interactive Sculpture
client:
NYC D.O.T
COLLABORATORS:
Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) + Responsive Environments and Artifacts Lab (REAL)
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Molded and folded from concrete, PULSUS acts as an experimental and interactive urban instrument that reflects the pulses of its surroundings wherever it is installed.
Responsiveness + Urban liveliness
PULSUS is an ambient, interactive, and experimental installation, a collaborative project between INVIVIA and the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) Responsive Environments and Artifacts Lab (REAL). Molded and folded from concrete, PULSUS acts as an urban instrument that reflects the pulses of its surroundings wherever it is installed- it listens and provides a tactile response to visitors.
The instrument collects surrounding dialogues in real-time, blends them with current digital activity in its urban context, and reinterprets the mix into an immersive and playful soundscape. The concrete blankets hum to every small fluctuation in urban activity.
Providing a place for visitors to rest, PULSUS encourages visitors to tune into their city activity. Visitors are encouraged to press their ears upon the cold concrete, to engage with all senses to their environment.
How can your city be more responsive to its residents?
urban soundscape
Originally commissioned by the NYC DOT for the 2017 Summer Streets festival, PULSUS sat in the heart of SoHo 2 weeks, translating New York City's communication frenzy into a dynamically changing soundscape that enveloped visitors as they cooled off from the summer heat. The same material that gives NYC her gravity-defying forms shaped this conch shell, beckoning us to pause in our hurried steps and rest our eyelids for just a minute to the wave of generated white noise.
Our Approach and Expertise
For over 20 years, we have created impactful human-technology interactions to help our partners solve pressing issues.
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