Instruction Sets For Stranger
The goal of the project is to build an installation in a public space without using words and encourages strangers to interact with each other.
Ranger Liu & Yoshe Li
Research ( Synthesized From the High Line Website )
the High Line was once destined for demolition. The community rallied together to repurpose it instead, creating the park you see today, a global inspiration for cities to transform unused industrial zones into dynamic public spaces.
MID-1800s
1920s
Freight trains were on street-level tracks, but they created dangerous conditions for pedestrians, lots of people were killed.
Freight trains were on street-level tracks, but they created dangerous conditions for pedestrians, lots of people were killed.
1930s-1990s
It was elevated, and it cut directly through some buildings, made it easier for factories in terms of food transportation. It was in disuse and partially demolished (60’s - 90’s) because of the rise in trucking. But nature started to come in and it looked like a wild elevated garden, but it was called to be fully demolished.
1990s-2000s
Friends of the High Line was formed in 1999. Their goal was to advocate for its preservation and reuse as a public space. Ideas competition, design challenge for reimagining use took place in 2003 and among them there were some interesting ones like the swimming pool idea and the roller coster idea.
Friends of the High Line was formed in 1999. Their goal was to advocate for its preservation and reuse as a public space. Ideas competition, design challenge for reimagining use took place in 2003 and among them there were some interesting ones like the swimming pool idea and the roller coster idea.
2000s-2022
Finally City Council passed the rezoning and started building in 2006, it totally opened in 2019. Recently, construction started to connect it to Moynihan Train Hall and Penn Station (2022).
Mapping Use
Proposal
Prototype
Trying different donut sizes and heights.
Prototyped in class (not at highline) bc we didn’t want to get kicked out lol
Head height, enough maneuvering space
Easy to pull
Good swinging ability
But Too small?
Not painful to get hit
Bigger donut provides pulling handle!
Can still move around it
Bigger size → more noticeable!
Making the rope/donuts/poster:
Installation
Observations
HIT🥊
Read the Poster and Pull📃 ⬇️
Play with Both Donuts!!🍩🍩
Pull!! ⬇️
Pull!! ⬇️
Kids 👶
Highline Staff ⚠️
More Kids After!!👶👶
🕐Other Times🕐
Future Development Ideas
1. Make the rope a lot longer, then separate groups of people have to interact with it at the same time
2. Make more sets of rings, more opportunities
3. Make posters even bigger, set them up on an easel, make them out of a harder material