Overview
The Pittsburgh International Airport is looking for proposals for a data-driven, informational sculpture to occupy the main atrium of the Airmall. This space currently houses an Alexander Calder hanging mobile, which will be replaced.
Details
In an effort to attract more business to the shops and restaurants within the air-side terminal, the airport has modified their policies to allow non-traveling visitors to enter the air-side terminal. To celebrate this change and attract more visitors, the Airport Authority wants to install a data-driven, informative sculpture that celebrate’s the city’s new focus on technology and culture.
The proposal does not state what type of information they want displayed or to what degree of legibility they require. The sculpture can be floor-mounted or hanging within the atrium. The Airport explicitly wants to visualize information from external APIs and the information should be relative to visitors within the atrium.
Goals
Design and build a functional model of your proposed sculpture. This model will need to use real data, either from an external API or from a historical dataset. The project can be as legible or abstract as you want, but be conscious about how your are affected the existing architecture.
Requirements
- Groups of 2 or 3 will develop a small, functional model of the proposal.
- Your project must access a web-based API or historical dataset.
- Each group must write a blog post at the end of the project that visualizes the project and shows video and photo documentation of the model
Timeline
- Tues Oct 31 : Initial concept due
- Thurs Nov 9: Crit.