Surprise and delight in the heart of NYC
Within the next three decades, the United Nations predicts that the world’s number of city dwellers will balloon to more than 6.5 billion people and encompass 68 percent of the global population.
That’s why that reimaging urban spaces has become more than just a trend, but an opportunity to reshape citizens interactions with the city itself.
Created by Lateral Office, a Toronto based experimental design practice that operates at the intersection of architecture, landscape, and urbanism, Impulse is an installation made of a dozen illuminated seesaws. Ranging in length from 16 to 24 feet, the installation aspires to be inclusive and engaging to a wide-ranging public and to activate public space, by engaging ideas of urban play.
This dynamic playground took over the Garment street area with their repetitive units of light and sound that can be activated and played by the public to create a temporal, ever-changing event.
Impulse embodies ideas of serialism, repetition, and variation to produce zones of intensity and calm. It offers a much-needed break from the always crazy and ever busy NYC life and encourages people to engage with public space for the sheer delight of being together, to play and laugh collectively.