CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS
A cloud of collective urban emotion #MIMMI
the challenge
To Enliven Minneapolis Convention Center Plaza and bring to bring awareness to the urban sentiment during large city-wide events.
the outcome
Large-scale interactive cloud that engages residents through Minneapolis' real time urban emotion - A playful hybridization of digital and physical spaces.
TYPE:
Urban Interactive Sculpture
KEYWORDS:
Architectural placemaking, Technology-integrated spaces, human-technology interaction, Urban sentiment
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#MIMMI is designed to respond to changing behavior and emotions of residents throughout the day and night. By analyzing social media information in real-time, the responsive installation creates light shows at nighttime and cooling microclimates during the daytime. Microclimates and environments were created through colors that fluctuate with urban moods and cooling mists that responded to the mentioning of #MIMMI on social media. The mobile application also provides Augmented Reality by integrating the words from the Twitterverse into a visual capture of the sculpture.
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