Landscape from In the Air by Nerea Calvillo
In the Air is a visualisation project which aims to make visible the microscopic and invisible agents of Madrid´s air (gases, particles, pollen, diseases, etc), to see how they perform, react and interact with the rest of the city.
I am particularly interested by this project namely due to the provocation that environmental data (not just pollution) relating to the living, breathing city could be mapped spatially – possibly even in realtime (this particular data is sourced hourly from the Ayuntamiento de Madrid) - and viewed via the Web or through AR. Of course a real benefit would be for this to be part of the semantic city where the data can be used beyond purely visual means perhaps enabling city-wide Building Management Systems (BMS) to actively respond to changing conditions.
Physical Prototype from In the Air by Nerea Calvillo
Developed at Visualizar’08 and directed by José Luis de Vicente at Medialab-Prado, the team propose that the data feeds a physical prototype called a “diffuse façade,” a massive indicator of the air’s components through a changing cloud that serves to “blur the architecture with the atmosphere it has invaded.”
System Diagram from In the Air by Nerea Calvillo
TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION
1. Organic colourant used for deserts
2. Urine dispensary plastic bag
3. Mini-motor +plastic pin + dispenser
4. 25L plastic tank
5. Submergible fountain pump
6. High pressure pump
7. Arduino
8. 10 units water diffusor system
9. Brumizone diffusor
10. Lights
