Archinect - News2024-09-07T20:24:00-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150190912/exploring-empty-architecture-in-the-age-of-social-distance
Exploring empty architecture in the age of social distance Alexander Walter2020-03-25T13:14:00-04:00>2020-03-25T14:08:45-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/cc/cc19424b065409b671719b127cac66c7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>"I'm going around the world photographing places using live feed cameras," proclaims Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/noahkalina" target="_blank">Noah Kalina</a> — kicking off a fascinating and chilling collection of empty streets, vacant squares, deserted piazzas, and desolate agorae. <br></p>
<p>Public spaces and tourist magnets, once bustling with life, are now, in the sudden age of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1534026/covid-19" target="_blank">COVID-19</a> social distancing and shelter-in-place orders, devoid of the human occupants and civic life they were designed for.</p>
St. Peter's Square. Vatican City. 3/24/2020 13:44 <a href="https://t.co/0ZfL3JmfbI" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/0ZfL3JmfbI</a><br>— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) <a href="https://twitter.com/noahkalina/status/1242432097471602691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 24, 2020</a>
Times Square. New York City. 3/24/2020 08:15 <a href="https://t.co/ep4HINXmGF" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/ep4HINXmGF</a><br>— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) <a href="https://twitter.com/noahkalina/status/1242424816696778752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 24, 2020</a>
Trevi Fountain - Rome. 3/23/2020 16:40 <a href="https://t.co/N2jDCuXbm1" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/N2jDCuXbm1</a><br>— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) <a href="https://twitter.com/noahkalina/status/1242114225121693696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 23, 2020</a>
Bourbon Street. New Orleans, Louisiana. 3/23/2020 14:43 <a href="https://t.co/RSteFfcjpn" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/RSteFfcjpn</a><br>— Noah Kalina (@noahkalina) <a href="https://twitter.com/noahkalina/status/1242175349527588865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">March 23, 2020</a>
Milan Cathedral. Milan, Italy. 3/23/202 17:49 <a href="https://t.co/xntheacv2n" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/xntheacv2n</a><br>— No...
https://archinect.com/news/article/150079066/microsoft-s-undersea-data-center-now-has-a-webcam
Microsoft’s undersea data center now has a webcam Hope Daley2018-08-23T13:10:00-04:00>2020-06-29T22:01:04-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/87/87c669393682788dc0e0f44559964ee2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Microsoft has been experimenting with undersea data centers for years, and the current installation in the Orkney Islands will be deployed for around five years. There are 12 racks with 864 servers and 27.6 petabytes (27,600 terabytes) of storage [...] The data center is powered by a giant undersea cable that also connects it back to the internet, and the findings could mean the company will scale this project up to more powerful data centers in the future.</p></em><br /><br /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/310378/microsoft" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Microsoft</a> has now installed a webcam by its undersea <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/114327/data-center" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">data center</a> located off the shores of Scotland. The video stream is part of the company's efforts to observe environmental conditions of Project Natick, a research project aimed at determining the feasibility of subsea data centers powered by offshore <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/26258/renewable-energy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">renewable energy</a>. </p>
<p>Check out the live video stream <a href="https://natick.research.microsoft.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. </p>
https://archinect.com/news/article/140810831/london-garden-bridge-will-track-visitors-phone-signals-submitted-plan-says
London Garden Bridge will track visitors' phone signals, submitted plan says Alexander Walter2015-11-11T04:00:00-05:00>2015-11-11T12:16:07-05:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/tm/tmz1urikbygz68sk.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Visitors to the garden bridge in London will be tracked by their mobile phone signals and supervised by staff with powers to take people’s names and addresses and confiscate and destroy banned items, including kites and musical instruments, according to a planning document. [...]
Caroline Pidgeon [...] said she feared the bridge was following “a worrying trend of the privatisation of public places, where the rights of private owners trump those of ordinary people”.</p></em><br /><br /><p>Previously on Archinect:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/140292849/london-garden-bridge-wins-new-supporters-with-revised-funding-deal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">London Garden Bridge wins new supporters with revised funding deal</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/125910421/further-legal-setbacks-for-london-garden-bridge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Further legal setbacks for London Garden Bridge</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/137355586/cheeky-a-folly-for-london-winners-announced" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cheeky "A Folly for London" winners announced</a></li></ul>
https://archinect.com/news/article/105417750/hidden-cameras-in-berlin-will-record-century-of-urban-development
Hidden cameras in Berlin will record century of urban development Amelia Taylor-Hochberg2014-07-30T19:15:00-04:00>2014-08-04T21:55:41-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ef/efcf9a2154080b0a6b44796fb2fcdf47?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>As we speak, pinhole cameras are being placed in secret locations all over Berlin. Each will each take a single photograph with a 100-year exposure. Volunteers will place the cameras in neighborhoods throughout the city, keeping the location a closely guarded secret until they grow old or ill, at which time they will pass the information on to someone in the next generation. In 2114, the people they’ve told will retrieve the cameras from their hiding spots</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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https://archinect.com/news/article/84593378/the-building-has-1-000-eyes
The Building Has 1,000 Eyes Nam Henderson2013-10-20T11:10:00-04:00>2013-10-20T16:44:45-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/22/222608mvnrmanh1d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Choosing the areas to monitor within a building can be “an art,” said Paul Gottsegen, the president of the Halstead Management Company. “You want information that is important to the security of the building"...</p></em><br /><br /><p>
Joanne Kaufman digs into the growth of New York residences with surveillance cameras. Whether it be the newest luxury condominium looking to attract celebrity clients, a building beginning renovations (with subsequent rise in nonresidents coming into the building) or because of changes in the neighborhood (to address "loitering" and other "criminal" behavior) Increasingly, such equipment is becoming part of building "<em>décor</em>".</p>