Project name Urban weave
Persons Lionel Michel , Roland Heuger
City Berlin
Country GER
Period 1994
Tags urban, responsive environment, responsive structure, electroluminiscent wire, installation,
Text Urban Weave is a proposal for an interactive installation that would temporarily cover the Schlossplatz and allows passers-by to collectively re-shape the space they are crossing. The basic element of the installation is a spanned web of electroluminescent wire which is attached to a grid of rotatable metal poles. As the poles are bended the head of the pole is pushed away from the centre - the result is an eccentric movement which deforms the cable web. In the case that two poles are oriented to each other, the cables sag - if the poles are oriented in opposed directions, the cable is spanned.