EPHEMERAL
SPACE -
As our interactions with one another through social media, digital platforms and real-life scenarios become more ephemeral and fleeting, the opportunity to force meaningful shared experiences only grows
THE BRIEF
Ephemerality of built space craves to to “un-waste” space and open up to the idea that discarded or unused areas not only have the ability to foster momentary experiences by adapting to the needs of new potential users, but can also generate revenue, promote eco friendliness, and bring people together during non-use and downtime.
SERVICES
Human-centered Design
Ethnographic Research
Product Design
Brand Strategy
We chose three theories for our project in order to ground our research and inform our concepts. These theories will help guide our study of ephemeral space and how it relates to businesses, environments, and human experience.
SPIRIT OF PLACE: This theory defines the soul of place by showing how it is unique and highlighting the interpersonal moments that occur in an ephemeral space.
BLACKBOXING: By understanding the set of components that make up ephemeral space, we can re-align them to rejuvenate urban hubs.
ARTIFACTS + POLITICS: Giving agency to space: if it is flexible, it has the capacity to influence people, drive change, create new knowledge, and promote new programmatic activities.
DESIGN produces
SPACES that are then
DELIVERED to eager
CONSUMERS who inspire
REUSE + REDESIGN
STAKEHOLDERS: Many ephemeral space projects will involve more than one, if not all, of our three categories. Our stakeholders also span different scales, from single business owners to city planners. We conveyed their integration with one another through overlapping circles.
(A) Meet Expectations: Boxography cubes are free standing units that contain a kit of parts for environmental capabilities.
(Q) Recontextualization: The recontextualization of Boxography relates directly back to our applied theories of Blackboxing and Spirit of Place. The chosen components of each specific cube change the overall spirit of place inside the Cube, but are flexible enough to remain useful across borders.
IG-AG: INSTAGRAM ART GALLERY
(A) Meet Expectations: The Instagram Art Gallery is an ephemeral space that shows momentary artwork gathered from linked Instagram user accounts.
(Q) Recontextualization: The recontextualization of the InstaGallery relates directly back to our applied theories of Artifacts Have Politics and Spirit of Place. By carefully choosing the content of the media shown, we can change users’ perceptions of what an art gallery means, the implications of social media, and bring awareness to how one represents themselves on the internet.
(A) Meet Expectations: We will create a mobile app that connects users with pop ups in their local areas. This will generate better business and promote app users to stay up to date with new and exciting spaces.
(Q) Recontextualization: Based ont the convergence of Spirit of Place and Artifacts Have Politics the app would not only have the ability to link and connect people to a location and timeframe of ephemeral events, but would also provide the opportunity to create a social network. This social network could document these ephemeral events and spaces to create long-lasting memories among users.
THE MOVEMENT
MAKE THIS SPACE EPHEMERAL IS A MOVEMENT that utilizes community engagement and awareness of what ephemerality is and what it means to reuse, reimagine, and readapt as an urban community.
CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT
After conducting both primary and secondary research, we began to develop tangible concepts and offerings that address the topic of ephemerality of built space. Our concepts take a variety of approaches and attempt to address our problem statement from multiple lenses. After this initial conceptualization, we collaborated to narrow our ideas down to five key concepts to pursue and develop further.
CONCEPT SELECTION
BOXOGRAPHY
POP-APP
