Wayfinding in Subways: 3D Blueprints Show NYC Tunnel Systems
Inspired by detailed three-dimensional maps of Hong Kong subway stations, a New York artist has painstakingly documented and rendered a gorgeous series of helpful underground ...
Author: Kurt Kohlstedt
WebUrbanist was founded in 2007 by Kurt Kohlstedt, who currently writes and edits articles and episodes at 99% Invisible and can be found on Twitter @KurtKohlstedtTone Tunnels: Huge Forest Megaphones Amplify Sounds of Nature
Large enough for visitors to enter and sit within, three gigantic wooden megaphones constructed in the forests of Estonia amplify ambient sounds of the environment. Nearly ten feet in ...
Droneport: New UAV Hub to Ship Medical Supplies Across Rwanda
This architect-designed drone airport will be the first of its kind, created to facilitate an unmanned aerial vehicle supply chain servicing remote areas of Africa, addressing urgent medical ...
Floating Blue: Bold Plan to Expand Dense Cities into Open Seas
Ocean cities are a longstanding Utopian dream, but the majority of such schemes fail to address the immediate need of cramped urban centers, many of which around the world are bordered and ...
Dirt Cheap: World’s Largest 3D Mud Printer Makes Green Homes
Able to print full-sized structures from mud and clay, this 40-foot-tall 3D printer represents a huge step toward printing affordable housing from free materials. The project was unveiled ...
Marble Earth: 7-Mile Scale Model Timelapse of Our Solar System
Starting with a model planet Earth the size of a marble, a team of filmmakers set out to simulate our entire solar system in motion and capture the results in a compelling short ...
40-Foot Cargo Container Turned into World’s Tallest Periscope
A brilliantly low-tech way to provide a unique view of the surrounding landscape, this massive yet cost-efficient shipping container periscope uses the same elementary construction principles ...
Abandoned Ship: Spacecraft Discovered in Huge Derelict Hangar
Remarkably intact and beautifully documented by a Russian urban explorer, this space shuttle prototype rests in a massive above-ground graveyard at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, deserted due to the ...
Silicon Greenery: World’s Largest Green Roof to Span City Blocks
Aiming to turn Cupertino into the green center of Silicon Valley, this expansive green roof design rolls over 30 acres of central urban real estate, capping a massive mixed-use redevelopment ...
Vegan Antlers: Mount Wall Trophy Plants Instead of Animals
Combining a Japanese floral arrangement tradition (ikebana) with the hunting convention of mounted trophies, these plant holders allow for clever, colorful and ever-changing organic ...
