Using Dust Sensors and Mist Makers for Public Awareness in Philadelphia’s ‘Playgrounds’ Simran Arora + Roshini Ganesh + Eduardo Martinez Villanueva + Yunfan Xu Introduction Philadelphia is facing a serious air pollution crisis. Recent studies show that the city has some of the worst air quality in the country, with dangerous levels of fine particulate […]
By Gustell Preston, Noah Johnson, Stephanie Cheng and Shreya Bansal Acknowledgement This project would not come to fruition without the invaluable mentorship and support of our instructor, Professor Allison Lassiter, and our peers in the CPLN571 Sensing the City class (Spring 2023). We are grateful to have our idea published. Overview This is an interactive […]
Chenxi Zhu | Minwook Kang | Teresa Chang | Yihong Hu Healthy Nook is an installation that aims to improve health and environmental conditions for community gardeners in the field. It features: Overall, it will make community gardening experience more enjoyable, comfortable, and less physically demanding! Motivation There are more than 400 community gardens in […]
Changhao Li, Hang Zhao, Hongyi Li, Jingyi Cai Smart Parking Philadelphia(SPP) is a program that detects and visualizes the availability of street parking. With the help of SPP, Philadelphia can reduce congestion, pollution and traffic accidents in the center city. It will use an LED matrix to visualize current availability of street parking, and guide […]
Delfina Vildosola + Anushka Samant + Kathleen Scopis + Laura Frances Sunbrella is an autonomous micro bus shelter that tracks the sun to cast the greatest shade coverage keeping commuters in any neighborhood cool all day. At night, embedded street lights automatically turn on and when it rains, the shelter responsively changes position, too. Since […]
Simps Bhebhe | Hannah Bonestroo | Itay Porat | Xuezhu (Gillian) Zhao PT square is a thermal comfort enhancement structure designed for public space such as parks and neighborhood gardens. It is equipped with abilities to cool down the environment through fine misting. Different from conventional misters, the PT square mister will only start misting […]
Kendra Hills + Eli Ericson + Will Friedrichs Our project, SRT LED, is an interactive public art installation that will illuminate poorly-lit pathways and underused spaces along Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River trail (SRT). Sensor-activated LEDs respond to visitors’ movements with dynamic lighting effects, contributing to placemaking and engagement along the city’s riverside. Our motivation The Covid-19 […]
Authors: Asha Bazil, Jenna Epstein, Kristin Chang, Celine Apollon INTRODUCTION Philadelphia residents are experiencing unprecedented levels of food insecurity. 17% of Philly’s population was considered food insecure in 2021,while in 2019 the City generated approximately 240,000 tons of food waste. On top of this, recent escalations in food costs mean that people are relying more […]
Authors: Ben Aiken, Henry Feinstein, Johnathan Clementi, and Mariya Lupandina Project Description Vitalitree is a street tree health monitoring device that aims to increase the survival rate of street trees and provide more granular information on environmental conditions at the neighborhood level. The hope is to enable more efficient tree management practices and to make […]
Team: Saffron Livaccari, Jie Wang, Jiali Yao, Yebei Yao Background In 1940, the Delaware River was one of the most polluted in the nation. A dream of a clean river seemed terribly hopeless, as one EPA official stated in 1973 that the Delaware River may never be fishable (Kauffman Jr., 2010). Although hopes were low, […]