Jun. 13, 2012 at 1:01am with 11 notes
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startwithaseed: The wooden blocks are based off a grid with one-, two-, and four-foot increments. The idea is that the blocks can be stacked to create walls or used as individual pieces of art. The basic design of it can be implemented outdoors on a large scale as well as within a living room. Carlos Gomez de Llarena, a media architect from Med44, says that Plant-it City was inspired by the Internet of Things as well as Archigram’s Plug-in City, where mega structures of capsules for living could be grown on demand. The Plant-it project’s namesake is in honor of this concept. He says, “our project makes it possible to have a miniature Highline Park in a loft.” That is, distilling the diverse qualities of a park in capsule form. (via Plant-in City, Bringing Nature In a Box - Core77)

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The wooden blocks are based off a grid with one-, two-, and four-foot increments. The idea is that the blocks can be stacked to create walls or used as individual pieces of art. The basic design of it can be implemented outdoors on a large scale as well as within a living room. Carlos Gomez de Llarena, a media architect from Med44, says that Plant-it City was inspired by the Internet of Things as well as Archigram’s Plug-in City, where mega structures of capsules for living could be grown on demand. The Plant-it project’s namesake is in honor of this concept. He says, “our project makes it possible to have a miniature Highline Park in a loft.” That is, distilling the diverse qualities of a park in capsule form. (via Plant-in City, Bringing Nature In a Box - Core77)

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