{"id":12525,"date":"2025-09-21T07:15:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T07:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=12525"},"modified":"2025-09-21T07:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T07:16:29","slug":"yun-ella-hong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=12525","title":{"rendered":"Yun (Ella) Hong"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>BLUR-GERBEGEHREN | Berlin, Germany | Unit 21 | 2025 <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>This project explores how the concept of blur can operate as an architectural tool to mediate between boundaries\u2014public and private, protest and institution. Located on Stallschreiberstrasse, a historically charged site along the former Berlin Wall in Kreuzberg, it reimagines the Berlin courtyard as a civic landscape.<br><br>Using Google Street View panoramas and depth data, a point cloud is generated to form translucent pixel columns that dissolve spatial edges. The project responds to the lingering tension between Google and Kreuzberg\u2019s activist legacy, using the very platform that was contested as a design tool. In doing so, it proposes a middle ground between digital surveillance and spatial agency. By addressing Germany\u2019s cultural sensitivity to visibility and data privacy, the architecture blurs boundaries while fostering protest, petition, and participation\u2014reclaiming space for civic presence within Berlin\u2019s evolving urban fabric.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\">\n  <iframe id=\"vimeo-video\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1094815912?autoplay=1&amp;muted=1#t=5s\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2024_MArch_PG21_Ioana_Drogeanu_01\">\n  <\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n<script>\n  var iframe = document.getElementById('vimeo-video');\n  var player = Vimeo.Player(iframe);\n\n  \/\/ ensure it seeks to 5s even if #t=5s is ignored\n  player.on('loaded', function() {\n    player.setCurrentTime(7).catch(function(error) {\n      console.error('Seek failed:', error);\n    });\n  });\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>The Blurring Design<\/strong><br>Experience blur not just visually, but through movement, material, and atmosphere. This immersive walk-through shows how architectural blurring fosters participation, ambiguity, and civic engagement.N dataset.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/progressive_redirect\/playback\/1094817809\/rendition\/2160p\/file.mp4?loc=external&amp;oauth2_token_id=1698139812&amp;signature=268f39a270d03bc066d096646289a4da5c386d28ba2653b0b60652ce74bfd17c\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2024_MArch_PG21_Ioana_Drogeanu_02\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>The Blurring History<br><\/strong>Graffiti, protest, and Google Street View absences expose Berlin\u2019s blurred spatial politics. At the Kreuzberg\u2013Wall intersection, expression, memory, and resistance challenge and reshape urban legibility.<br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/progressive_redirect\/playback\/1094817826\/rendition\/1080p\/file.mp4?loc=external&amp;oauth2_token_id=1698139812&amp;signature=a51b0f951095746cd77e9b043258722c9e0e82772deaa6149b11b90329a15a4f\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2024_MArch_PG21_Ioana_Drogeanu_03\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>The Blurring Methodology<br><\/strong>Using unfolded panoramas, a toolkit of blurring strategies\u2014testing resolutions, image resources, and parameters was developed to deliberately unresolve urban clarity and explore ambiguity.<br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/progressive_redirect\/playback\/1094818080\/rendition\/2160p\/file.mp4?loc=external&amp;oauth2_token_id=1698139812&amp;signature=4ca4cd3604055ff5efd7c2c6b0b52a13fdd5986f6004d59f07a1c8d764ef39c1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2024_MArch_PG21_Ioana_Drogeanu_04_updated\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>The Blurring Point Cloud<\/strong><br>Site-specific pixel data from Google Street View becomes the raw material for design. Point clouds blur boundaries, guiding architectural form through spatial layering, movement, and public visibility.<br><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding:56.25% 0 0 0;position:relative;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/progressive_redirect\/playback\/1094818420\/rendition\/2160p\/file.mp4?loc=external&amp;oauth2_token_id=1698139812&amp;signature=7cfed6b7ea09a4a7a248ce4110cf940b5b35df88090c1a3c2875ef83077832f2\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;\" title=\"Bartlett_Summer_2024_MArch_PG21_Ioana_Drogeanu_05\"><\/iframe><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/api\/player.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><br><strong>The Blurring Petition Hall and Landscape<\/strong><br>Blur dissolves architecture into landscape. Semi-transparent columns and layered sequences redefine civic space, supporting protest, play, and petition on a politically charged, once-divided site.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BLUR-GERBEGEHREN | Berlin, Germany | Unit 21 | 2025 This project explores how the concept of blur can operate as an architectural tool to mediate between boundaries\u2014public and private, protest and institution. Located on Stallschreiberstrasse, a historically charged site along the former Berlin Wall in Kreuzberg, it reimagines the Berlin courtyard as a civic landscape. 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