Architecture and Interaction Design (ArchaID) is a research group within Newcastle University's School of Architecture Planning and Landscape (based in the UK). The groups aim is to investigate, through design, the relationship between architecture and interaction design and thus between the design of places and the design of situated technologies. This blog contains articles by the group members to communicate their inspirations and thoughts.
Thursday 28 July 2011
Landscape Parkour
Based in Copenhagen, Team Jiyo are a big name in the Parkour world and have managed to promote the sport and it's image across the world. The trailer below shows a extract from a film developed with Bjarke Ingels, founder of BIG Architects. It explains how Ingels "is fascinated by the way Team JiYo convey architecture and takes the team to his buildings, to explore and unfold their skills, that may be just as groundbreaking as the architecture itself". There are many other sample films by Objective Cinema which show freerunners interacting with their environment.
Another collaboration with Landscape Architects Kragh & Berglund highlights Team Jiyo's desire to teach the sport to younger generations. A dedicated Parkour Park in Ørestaden, Copenhagen allows the development of Parkour skills without the safety concerns and legal problems associated with full Parkour. They stress how it doesn't devalue the sport by containing it to a 'training area', but it widens the access to it instead.
One thing I'd like to understand is the motivations behind wanting to do Parkour, the aims and aspirations within the sport (is higher more difficult and therefore better?) and also looking into being able to map the 3D paths taken by freerunners to build up a better picture of spaces used.
On flickr, a group of freerunners have built up a pool of geotagged photos in the Parkour Training Spots Group, which logs areas of Parkour 'interest'.
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