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#wip #architecture #chicago taken in Chicago, Illinois by @segal_rafi

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👀Sneak peek! HOOPcycle is a basketball court on a tricycle that pops up and activates different public spaces. The hoops’ combo of horizontal and vertical rims nods to the preColumbian precursor of the sport (2500-100 BCE) and the Meso-American tradition of papel picado (“perforated paper”) in which the holes are said to let the past come through. In other words, the punctured surfaces, or mesh, invokes interfaces between space and time. Aside from the structural purposes of the mesh (to let wind pass through and reduce weight), its ornamentation — much like the individualist self-fashioning seen in contemporary sports celebrates the game as an important form of cultural expression.

Artists: Marisa Morán Jahn (@marisa_jahn) and Rafi Segal (@segal_rafi)

Commissioned by National Public Housing Museum (@thenphm)

⛹🏼‍♀️Team:
Fabrication Manager: @domantayart
Fabrication: @bigdealcases
Design Assistant: @aws_some
Studio Assistants: @mymindwarpsandbends @the_flaire

📷David MacMillan

🙏Funding: The Joyce Foundation @joycefdn, National Endowment for the Arts @neaarts, and Parsons/The New School Faculty Development Fund @parsonsschoolofdesign @thenewschool.

#HOOPcycle #publicart #mobileart #contemporaryart #MarisaJahn #MarisaMoránJahn #RafiSegal #basketball #ballgame #preColumbian #sports #MesoAmerica #JoyceFoundation by @segal_rafi

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Step into Korthi House B in Andros, Greece at the Architecture Dialogues exhibition. The indoor-outdoor layout and movement in the house is designed to enhance the overall experience of collective living within this breathtaking natural setting.
#architecture #greece #design taken in Andros by @segal_rafi

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taken in Andros Island, Cyclades, Greece by @segal_rafi

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❤️Appreciating this thoughtful review in @artapartofculture by critic/curator @barbara.martusciello in which she compares the HOOPcycle to a few of @krzysztof_wodiczko’s public artworks: both affirm engagement in civic space as a democratic impulse. With the @thehoopcycle, the MesoAmerican basketball court on wheels I created with @segal_rafi, the vehicle activates players to figure how it’s played, its rules, how to play together (or against each other). Wodiczko’s “interrogative designs” (a term he coined) take forms of serious play that invite passersby explore the site in relationship to users in new ways.

But Martusciello picks up this self-same impulse shared by Wodizcko, myself and Rafi, and many others who go to study at MIT — a vested interested in collaboration and civic experimentation. Rafi’s work arrives at the HOOPcycle somewhat directly: he plays bball, is a practicing architect interested in transforming public space, and he teaches at MIT as a professor in architecture + urbanism. For myself, throughout my twenties and thirties, I created a number of vehicles which I saw as kits to explore the unknown. After I learned of Wodiczko’s work, I applied to study at @actmit where he taught. Years later when I myself taught at MIT, Columbia, and now at Parsons, I’ve continued to share Wodiczko’s timeless writing about layered, and imbricated publics that can inhere in a single project. You can read Wodiczko’s essay alongside writings by others (including me) in a recent @mitpress book called @interrogativedesign edited by @@ianwojtowicz.

#interrogativedesign #hoopcycle #artanddemocracy taken in Nomad by @segal_rafi

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The word “re-creation” suggests that play is a regenerative practice. @thehoopcycle invites us to embody — and recreate — the choreography of ancient games in the present.

HOOPcycle Milano is a MesoAmerican + contemporary basketball court on wheels designed for and in Italy. Created by architect @segal_rafi and artist @marisa_jahn, @thehoopcycle Milano will be stewarded by @corvettostreetbasket, an inclusive out-of-school time, inclusive basketball and leadership development non-profit dedicated to youth in Corvetto Milan, a historically underserved neighborhood.

HOOPcycle premiered at Design Week Milano (Salone) in partnership with the City of Milano (@comune_milano) and was fabricated by @ilvespaio.eu @workbikegs

Support from Dole Italia
#basketball #bike #publicart taken in Milan, Italy by @segal_rafi

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Dr. Petr Tej měl vyzvanou přednášku o mostech a urbanismu na Cooper Union v New Yorku. Děkujeme prof. Julian Palacio, prof. Elizabeth O’Donnell, prof. Rafi Segal a prof. Jiří Kolísko.

Dr. Petr Tej was invited to give a lecture on bridges and urban planning at Cooper Union in New York. We would like to thank Prof. Julian Palacio, Prof. Elizabeth O’Donnell, Prof. Rafi Segal, and Prof. Jiří Kolísko. Photo shared by Kloknerův ústav ČVUT on April 30, 2026 tagging @segal_rafi, and @tejpetr. Může jít o obrázek text. taken in New York, New York by @segal_rafi

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HOOPcycle Milano is a MesoAmerican + contemporary basketball court on wheels designed for and in Italy. Created by architect @segal_rafi and artist @marisa_jahn, @thehoopcycle Milano is stewarded by @corvettostreetbasket and fabricated by @ilvespaio.eu @workbikegs

Produced in partnership with the City of Milano (@comune_milano), HOOPcycle’s premiere at Design Week Milano (Salone) included multiple stops at the city’s castle, a secret location, and at Corvetto’s Piazzale Gabrio Rosa!

Photo and video by Marisa Morán Jahn

Support from Dole Italia
#basketball #bike #publicart taken in Milan, Italy by @segal_rafi

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HOOPcycle arriva in Corvetto!#ilvespaio #hoopcycle #basketball #streetbasketball #design taken in Piazza Gabriele Rosa by @segal_rafi

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Milano streetball player @vinnyvince.ig’s sky-high jumps invoke the choreography of MesoAmerica’s 4,000 year old vertical bball hoops!

HOOPcycle Milano is a MesoAmerican + contemporary basketball court on wheels designed for and in Italy. Created by architect @segal_rafi and artist @marisa_jahn, @thehoopcycle Milano was produced in partnership with the City of Milano (@comune_milano) and @corvettostreetbasket with support from Dole Italia.
@thehoopcycle Milano was fabricated by @ilvespaio.eu @workbikegs

Premiering at Design Week Milano (Salone)
Upcoming dates:
April 23 (5-7:30 pm): Secret location!
April 25 (10-12:30 pm): Corvetto, Piazzale Gabrio Rosa

#basketball #bike #publicart taken in Castello Sforzesco di Milano by @segal_rafi

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#hoopcycle #ilvespaio #corvettostreetbasketacademy #designweek #basketball taken in Castello Sforzesco di Milano by @segal_rafi

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Heading to Piazza Castello to set up @thehoopcycle Milano for its debut play sesh from 4-6:30 pm at Milan Design Week!

HOOPcycle Milano is a MesoAmerican + contemporary basketball court on wheels designed for and in Italy. Created by architect @segal_rafi and artist @marisa_jahn, @thehoopcycle Milano was produced in partnership with the City of Milano (@comune_milano) and @corvettostreetbasket with support from Dole Italia.
@thehoopcycle Milano was fabricated by @ilvespaio.eu @workbikegs

Other dates:
April 23 (5-7:30 pm): Secret location!
April 25 (10-12:30 pm): Corvetto, Piazzale Gabrio Rosa
#bike #basketball #hoopcycle taken in Milan, Italy by @segal_rafi

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