Kinetic Wall
San Francisco
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2023
The Kinetic Wall is an interactive intervention that facilitates the serendipitous social interaction between pedestrians on Market Street.
The Kinetic Wall is composed of an array of lightweight tiles that rotate about their center in response to sensor input. The wall’s Kinect sensors monitor proximity and location of those within range of the wall. As one gets closer to the wall, the tiles are activated, and rotate to 45 degrees to allow some transparency. When two people are aligned at either side of the wall, the panels in the zone of said people rotate to 90 degrees, allowing full visual connection.
