In the spirit of technology and travel, we decided to incorporate the growing commerce scene of Pittsburgh in to our installation. We envision a semi-translucent fabric stretched across the skylight, so that natural light can still penetrate.
Crisscrossing over the fabric would be el-wire laid out to match a map of Pittsburgh; businesses like restaurants, stores, museums and other points of interest would be depicted as clusters of colored transparent discs. Live travel data represented as glow traveling along the wire would activate the installation and help to encourage travelers out into the city.
Back-lit by the sun during the day and incandescent lighting at night, the projections on the floor would encourage visitors and travelers to look up and take in all that this growing, culturally vibrant city has to offer.
