Island Assets / IPA Residency
forum, exhibition, representation, information-richness
YEAR:
Summer 2026
VENUE:
Institute for Public Architecture
TYPE:
Independent Project Residency
Link︎︎︎
island-assets.site︎︎︎
Summer 2026
VENUE:
Institute for Public Architecture
TYPE:
Independent Project Residency
Link︎︎︎
island-assets.site︎︎︎
Island Assets is a digital-physical asset library of Governor’s Island. The project samples local objects, spaces, and moments and turns them into life-sized, three-dimensional sketches using augmented reality. As the collection of hand-drawn, animated objects grows over time, it stokes the imagination around the island’s lively public, cultural, and infrastructural assets and encourages playful site activation.
The project tests a new hybrid genre in Ng’s interdisciplinary practice between architecture, media, and cartoons. Instead of privileging photorealistic renditions of the built environment, as is typical of AI renderings, digital twins, or surveying tools such as photogrammetry, these digital scribbles fall somewhere between architectural entourage and lightweight sketches. Rather than a static capture of reality, this record can be continuously added to as spaces, inhabitants, activities, and ecologies change over time. Island Assets renews our attention to the intangible value and stories built into the places around us.
Miniature screens are planted in the vicinity of the Block House in Nolan Park, embedding various real-world assets such as trees and public furniture with digital animations. Find them all, or scan a QR code and access the 1:1 library on your device!
The project tests a new hybrid genre in Ng’s interdisciplinary practice between architecture, media, and cartoons. Instead of privileging photorealistic renditions of the built environment, as is typical of AI renderings, digital twins, or surveying tools such as photogrammetry, these digital scribbles fall somewhere between architectural entourage and lightweight sketches. Rather than a static capture of reality, this record can be continuously added to as spaces, inhabitants, activities, and ecologies change over time. Island Assets renews our attention to the intangible value and stories built into the places around us.
Miniature screens are planted in the vicinity of the Block House in Nolan Park, embedding various real-world assets such as trees and public furniture with digital animations. Find them all, or scan a QR code and access the 1:1 library on your device!
