More often than not, the way we move through the world each day falls into familiar patterns. This can be comforting, but it can also put us on a kind of mental auto-pilot. When we disrupt these patterns—say, when we travel to a different place or experience an...
In June, 2014, the Uni Project was a winner of Boston’s first-ever Public Space Invitational, a competition organized by Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Office of New Urban Mechanics. For the competition, we proposed a portable reading room that would...
Almaty Uni WHERE: Almaty, Kazakhstan WHEN: 2012-present In 2012, The Uni Project fabricated and shipped a full scale, 120-cube Uni structure with a custom cover system and 40 benches to Almaty, Kazakhstan. That Uni was used to create an outdoor reading room in...
Here are a few photos from the recent test deployment of Uni 2.0. (Credit: Thena Tak, HY Architecture.) Learn more about our second Uni here. Thanks again to everyone involved, including our waterfront host, Boston’s Children’s Museum....
Today, our newly-fabricated, second Uni was tested in public space. It’s ready to go, and we’ll be sending this Uni abroad next week. Thank you to Boston Children’s Museum for hosting us. Thanks to Bill Bancroft, Diana Lempel, and everyone at Howeler...
Tomorrow, Boston will get an advance look at a newly fabricated, second Uni structure which will soon be deployed in Almaty, Kazakhstan. This second-ever Uni will be used in parks and plazas around Almaty to create a roving, outdoor reading room. The Almaty project is...
