ATHENS

City leisure-activities generators (student category)

Mandi Hoskins, in collaboration with Melissa Williams, Marc Swackhamer (USA)





An urban mapping of the different Olympic sites allows for the development of an information network that visitors can literally step into, and by using a magnetic card, electronically access Olympic news, recording their own path through the city, adding their observations and impressions.

Mobile, inter-connected units are to be placed in different strategic locations around the city, in the form of seated-stations, ready to enter into activity for specific events. These modules are equipped with wireless technology, capture and store solar energy, and house a lighting ballast. When active, seating pods are added to the modules to create shelters where visitors can access and input information.