Projections Interactive Research Exhibit

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The Exhibit

Projections is a research exhibit about the past, present, and future of urban design speculation. The research traces twenty five themes across nearly 300 projects in a variety of media. Each research item is represented in two interactive tools for cross-referencing themes, a postcard showing the project's visual representation, an art wall full of QR codes which links to the live project in the database, and static infographics highlighting the interrelatedness of each topic.

As the research team's developer, I built and maintained the content management system for cataloging the research, coded the interactive projections in Processing, created the API's (xml and json feeds) for the postcard and art wall content, and transformed that data using xslt to create the physical media.

Interactive piece #1 in Los Angeles

The full exhibit in Los Angeles

Interactive Tools

Developed in Processing to visualize the research archive behind Projections, these tools parse the database's live XML feeds to bring the visitor a complete view of the research. Each entry in the archive is represented by it's publication date, timeframe of study, and publication themes.

Interactive #1

This view maximizes the visual impact of connections between research topics and shows a broad view of the works included in the exhibit.

Interactive #2

This layout is zoomable and granular, highlightling project details more clearly. The user can also clearly compare a project's publication mark against it's scope to understand whether it is past-retrospection or future-speculation.