Visual
2017
ANTHROPO-LENS
Fiber-Optic Art Installation
Berlin, Germany • Collaboration with Liam Martin / Superinfra
An installation of a fiber-optic relief of Berlin becomes an analytic tool for designers and citizens alike to aid in the understanding of how immigrants and asylum seekers were critical to the formation and later influence of the human and built environment in Berlin. By mediating through this public canopy, architects bolster the utility of their investigation of the capital through a streaming of data given through light emission; citizens benefit from the architectural reading of how historical development and migration patterns have determined our cityscape. The geopolitical climate in which architects now intervene demands that immigration and refugee strongholds such as Berlin be deconstructed and showcased from their inception; aiming for the promise and viability of openness, acceptance, and empathy.