Meadow Spotted Runing Amok in NYC: Film @ 11

I'm a big fan of the Onion, so loved the semi-hyperbolic headlines reporting this, okay, I'll say it, 'cute' installation NYC showing a snippet of meadow captured for the viewing: "Coupling urban restoration and indigenous plants, Julie Farris and Sarah Wayland-Smith, both landscape designers, were commissioned by the Public Art Fund to design and construct ‘A Clearing in the Streets,’ a 15-foot wide, plywood structure containing the beginnings of a meadow. The temporary installation, meant to invite passers-by to appreciate and watch the “re-insertion” of nature back into the city, offers a glimpse into NYC’s native landscape."




:: images via Inhabitat

Oh, false alarm... the meadow has been pounded into submission by New Yorkers stampeding to actual manufactured nature atop the High Line. Crisis averted. Nothing to see here. Move along...




:: images via Inhabitat

DailyLand: Secret Landscape Garden

An interesting visual exploration of space in this competition entry. I'm interested in what readers think about the success of this story/illustration (with a book illustrator) in telling this particular tale. Personally, aside from the plan graphic, I'm not feeling it and find it distracting from the overall concept, but that's the beauty of expression - it's all in the interpretation.

Secret Landscape Garden Studio Weave, MESH Partnership
Blackburn Town Center
> Read the full story and see all of the images at Bustler


:: image via Bustler

An excerpt: "The landscape doesn’t profess to be a slice of natural countryside but grows out from the urban fabric taking in rationalized traffic and accommodating level changes and desire lines, all the while delicately framing views of Blackburn landmarks side by side with new follies. We designed the landscape by exploring the adventure of a boy who finds a mirror on the floor of the shopping centre. The mirror is based on the “Claude Glass,” an 18th century pocket mirror used by artists and tourists to capture picturesque views. In the mirror, the boy sees a secret landscape garden where the trees are enjoying their own versions of various playground games."






:: all images via Bustler

Urban Chickens Build - 3

A crappy weather weekend, but some major progress today...

:: the roof framing goes in

:: the front plate is where the removable ecoroof will attach

:: plywood goes on (window to the right, egg hatch capture door to the left) - giant shrubbery attacking the roof is from my overzealous pruning of the lilac

:: the entire side wall has a hinged opening for cleaning/access


:: ready for ecoroof, windows, doors & siding