Horizonless Manhattan

Here's a couple striking illustrations of Manhattan by Schulze & Webb, speculative projections looking downtown from 3rd Avenue and 35th Street...


[Here & There horizonless downtown projection view | image source]

and uptown from 3rd Avenue and 7th Street...


[Here & There horizonless uptown projection view | image source]

According to the designers:

"They're intended to be seen at those same places, putting the viewer simultaneously above the city and in it where she stands, both looking down and looking forward...The projection begins with a three-dimensional representation of the immediate environment. Close buildings are represented normally, and the viewer himself is shown in the third person, exactly where she stands. As the model bends from sideways to top-down in a smooth join, more distant parts of the city are revealed in plan view. The projection connects the viewer's local environment to remote destinations normally out of sight."

For those interested, high-resolution prints (3' tall by 2' wide) are available for purchase at Here & There.

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