HB Collective and Med44 are developing a neat project that will blend architecture, technology and plants into one fantastic art installation. Plant-in-City will be an immersive environment comprised of stackable terrariums inside a gallery space in Manhattan. The group is planning to use a combination of plants and technology, complete with built-in sensors activated by the sun, changes in soil moisture, and humidity, that translate the surrounding environment into a brilliant audio and visual landscape.
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These amazing installations will soon be populating a gallery space in Manhattan when Plant-in-City create an audible wilderness of nature and sound.
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The concept from Med44 is to create an alternative green space where modern terrariums form a lush skyline filled with the sounds of plants to immerse visitors in the unique space.
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They plan a rare combination of plants and technology, complete with built-in sensors activated by the sun, changes in soil moisture, and humidity, that translate the surrounding environment into a brilliant audible landscape.
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Here’s for the technical bit: the team say they will incorporate “a system of stacked or interconnected planter frames equipped with an embedded microcomputer (Arduino) and a series of sensors that detect changes” in the environment. And to make the space an interactive showroom, they have brought in iPhone technology to power the Plant-in City.
Here’s the technical bit: the team say they will incorporate “a system of stacked or interconnected planter frames equipped with an embedded microcomputer (Arduino) and a series of sensors that detect changes” in the environment. And to make the space an interactive showroom, they have brought in iPhone technology to power the Plant-in City.
Currently pushing their target funding amount on kickstarter, the designers are en route to creating what they hope will become a dense, leafy space in the center of the concrete jungle. Take a look here for some more information.
+ Med44
+ HB Collective
+ Plant-in-City Kickstarter Page
Images courtesy of Med44
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These amazing installations will soon be populating a gallery space in Manhattan when Plant-in-City create an audible wilderness of nature and sound.
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The concept from Med44 is to create an alternative green space where modern terrariums form a lush skyline filled with the sounds of plants to immerse visitors in the unique space.
[3]
They plan a rare combination of plants and technology, complete with built-in sensors activated by the sun, changes in soil moisture, and humidity, that translate the surrounding environment into a brilliant audible landscape.
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Here’s for the technical bit: the team say they will incorporate “a system of stacked or interconnected planter frames equipped with an embedded microcomputer (Arduino) and a series of sensors that detect changes” in the environment. And to make the space an interactive showroom, they have brought in iPhone technology to power the Plant-in City.
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