{"id":12618,"date":"2025-09-21T07:18:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T07:18:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=12618"},"modified":"2025-09-21T07:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T07:18:37","slug":"xinyu-eva-zhang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unit-21.com\/?p=12618","title":{"rendered":"Xinyu (Eva) Zhang"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Letters with Signature: The Letter Museum | 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>The Nordbahnhof Park, once bisected by the Berlin Wall, remained as no man\u2019s land for decades: a silent witness to division. This project builds on the reactive system to transform the site into a living archive. Sound and motion sensors capture conversations that were never allowed to happen, embedding past memories into the ground. An abandoned railway bridge is reborn as a lush, green pedestrian link, stitching together the park\u2019s divided halves. Hence, Nordbahnhof Park no longer rejects its past but makes history feel accessible. It establishes a form of reconciliation with history, where memory and everyday life coexist gently and continuously.<\/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\/1095036404\/rendition\/1440p\/file.mp4?loc=external&amp;oauth2_token_id=1698139812&amp;signature=86f3847d50bcad38eb664a9799547791ff71692be4066abfe2cbf6056ac954be\" 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>To Speak, to Hear, to Understand, to React<br><\/strong>By reimagining the acts of dwelling, the project aims to imbue a system with agency: a capacity to perceive, respond, and transform. Through sound and movement, the system reacts to a communication and becomes more than a passive observer.<\/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\/1094380404\/rendition\/2160p\/file.mp4?loc=external&amp;oauth2_token_id=1698139812&amp;signature=f2c7545858238933c39915cb0fb914071ade6dbb8f1ebbb3ad41b6f2b584237c\" 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>A Conversation From The Past<br><\/strong>Four East Berliner letters were selected from the BBC archive, then four AI agents, each &#8216;inhabiting&#8217; one letter. By analysing tone, style, and content, each agent assumes a persona reflecting its author\u2019s personality.<\/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\/1094395186\/rendition\/2160p\/file.mp4?loc=external&amp;oauth2_token_id=1698139812&amp;signature=7bd90f825ec79fa13fdd4970c8846a43b299d023051bd0dd893669ef289b25dc\" 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>To Perceive<\/strong><br>An exploration of potential movements that might occur within the architecture itself generated by AI, which later influences the building&#8217;s materiality.<\/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\/1094398120\/rendition\/2160p\/file.mp4?loc=external&amp;oauth2_token_id=1698139812&amp;signature=8e7fd8d8c3cdb28274beb4e67f6bc65edf072ffcc06859a4b1a2e3971adccf3a\" 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>Letters with Signature: Final Film<\/strong><br>Walk through the letter museum generated from a conversation from the past.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letters with Signature: The Letter Museum | Berlin, Germany | Unit 21 | 2025 The Nordbahnhof Park, once bisected by the Berlin Wall, remained as no man\u2019s land for decades: a silent witness to division. This project builds on the reactive system to transform the site into a living archive. Sound and motion sensors capture conversations that were never allowed to happen, embedding past memories into the ground. 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