2024-11-21T12:22:55-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/102156079/neural-cartography-mapping-the-brain-s-response-to-dumbo-in-brooklyn Ayesha Ghosh 2014-06-18T14:47:00-04:00 >2014-06-23T22:14:50-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5z/5zkdd8no0ynqqd4k.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Following their <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/100074122/getting-neural-van-alen-hosts-how-does-the-brain-respond-to-the-city" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"How Does the Brain Respond to the City?"</a> event last month,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.vanalen.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Van Alen Institute</a>&nbsp;released a short video expanding on the<a href="http://www.thecloudlab.org/dumbo_neural_cartography.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">&nbsp;Dumbo Mental Map Project</a>. Collaborating with GSAPP's&nbsp;<a href="http://www.thecloudlab.org/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cloud Lab</a>, the video gives an insider look at the experiment, which uses EEG brain computer interfaces to gather data on participant's neural responses to the DUMBO outdoor urban environment.&nbsp;</p><p>The dynamic visualization of the 50 participant's mental activity data overlayed on the neighborhood is also available. The hypnotic video opens the door to entirely new forms of mapping and site analysis.&nbsp;</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/99753579/editor-s-picks-367 Nam Henderson 2014-05-14T14:10:00-04:00 >2014-05-19T06:51:12-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bq/bqmphl6g4kftk46c.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>She explains "Our role then, in Shenzhen, wasn&rsquo;t to play cultural ambassador or artistic exposition-ers, but to effectively perform the moods of Los Angeles from a distance, through whatever interpretative media each individual deemed to be most fit"...</p></em><br /><br /><p><a href="http://archinect.com/AmeliaTH" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amelia</a> published <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/98099301/what-is-the-los-angeles-biennale-of-architecture-urbanism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What is the Los Angeles Biennale of Architecture / Urbanism?</a></p><p>&nbsp;She explains "<em>Our role then, in Shenzhen, wasn&rsquo;t to play cultural ambassador or artistic exposition-ers, but to effectively perform the moods of Los Angeles from a distance, through whatever interpretative media each individual deemed to be most fit</em>"...</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/84/843b5qoq21s2y9xu.jpg"></p><p>Plus, the fifteenth edition of <strong>Screen/Print </strong>featured <a href="http://www.situology.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sophie Yanow</a><a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/99365040/screen-print-15-sophie-yanow-s-war-of-streets-and-houses" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">&rsquo;s graphic novel,</a><a href="http://www.uncivilizedbooks.com/comics/war_of_streets_and_houses.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">War of Streets and Houses</a>.&nbsp;The novel examines the student protests in Montreal in February of 2012</p><p><br><strong>News</strong></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/v3/v3sl8wbisp9im23e.jpg"></p><p><a href="http://archinect.com/orhan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Orhan Ayy&uuml;ce</a>&nbsp;alerted readers, to the news t<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/99495426/glen-small-buildings-demolished-in-nicaragua" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hat the Sandinista government finally managed to blow down Managua&rsquo;s iconic Concha Ac&uacute;stica the elegant shell-shaped structure designed by architect Glen Small</a>.&nbsp;<strong>snooker-doodle-dandy</strong>&nbsp;mourned "<em>Now this is a Sad Day!</em>"</p><p>Over at the Atlantic Cities, Sarah Goodyear reviewed her time spent wearing NeuroSky, one of a range of new "brain-computer interfaces" that promise to <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/99358367/the-quest-to-measure-the-brain-s-response-to-urban-design" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Measure the Brain's Response to Urban Design</a>. <a href="http://archinect.com/people/cover/5808858/chris-teeter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">C</a><a href="http://archinect.com/people/cover/5808858/chris-teeter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hris Teeter</a>&nbsp;was looking fo...</p>