Archinect - News2024-12-22T03:46:45-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150207275/this-new-website-lets-you-look-through-strangers-windows-around-the-world
This new website lets you look through strangers' windows around the world Sean Joyner2020-07-15T12:31:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/30/30e349be065653bb5ed381a729e7f26a.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><em><a href="https://window-swap.com/" target="_blank">WindowSwap</a>,</em> a new website created by husband and wife duo Sonali Ranjit and Vaishnav Balasubramaniam, two Singapore-based creatives, allows users to look through the windows of people across the globe. According to <em><a href="https://www.thestable.com.au/what-creatives-do-in-isolation-33-sonali-ranjit-vaishnav-balasubramaniam-swap-your-window-view-for-one-thats-better/" target="_blank">The Stable</a>,</em> Ranjit said of the project: </p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bc/bc5774bac6944dbb0f4d3f631dd7d20d.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bc/bc5774bac6944dbb0f4d3f631dd7d20d.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a><figcaption>Screenshot via window-swap.com. View from London, England.</figcaption></figure></figure><p><em>We were getting quite tired of the lockdown view from our windows. So we created a place on the internet where we can look through an open window somewhere else in the world. My husband, Vaishnav, and I created this little project called to help beat our lockdown blues. Because, let’s face it, it’s going to be a while before we travel again and wake up to a new view outside our windows. So until then, why not voyeuristically travel by looking out of somebody else window for a while?</em></p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5f/5f3453d64931874514cd54f419cdd628.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5f/5f3453d64931874514cd54f419cdd628.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Screenshot via window-swap.com. View from Singapore.</figcaption></figure><p>The site is quite simple. Users visit, and can immediately track through various windows submitted by people around the world. Anyone can submi...</p>