Project 2 Proposal: Chute

I was thinking that our project should be some sort of a chute for recycling collection, with a system that could count how many things are being recycled( like the water filling stations that count how many bottles we save from using it. It could include elements of the modules in there, if we want to for the sides of the chute. If you think about a kids playground and you slide down those different slides, you enjoy it right? Then when you get older you kind of just find yourself interested with anything that involves something “sliding”. Waterfalls, tea kettles, water filters to name a few. With an open chute (as shown in the picture) people would be more inclined to recycle their plastic. With motion sensored LED installed, it could be an aesthetic thing that prompts awareness of our piece as well as the significance of it because everyone would want to toss a recyclable into the chute to watch the colors light up. If we look down at the lights we have in the UTC, many people take pictures of it and stare and the colors change just because there are colored lights. People want to see these, as they go to LA and such to have pictures with colorful things like the pink wall in LA, or lights at LACMA, colorful water fountains, and even the train station. If we were able to collect more of the water cups (like the ones at Gogi) we would be able to make the chute look icy, and the installed LED lights would be visible when installed! To sum this up, by creating attention to the project, we will prompt people to come visit the place and recycle in order for them to satisfy their aesthetics. The most important thing about this is that we will be recycling more!