Volume 1: Anja Humljan and The Urban Yoga Project #flykly #journey
Anja Humljan, the author of The Urban Yoga project, travels every day. Forms, places and states. She explores the space around her and interacts with objects, streets, cities, embracing super structures and smart transitions. And wherever she goes, she journeys with the ease of mind.
1st photo set: road/ Composites.-
Anja Humljan, the author of the Urban Yoga project and FlyKly, with its first pedal assist wheel for bicycles, have something in common. They both share the very same passion for exploring urban spaces, pioneering their fields.
2nd photo set: stairs/ Extensions.-
The role of an architect is not only to create buildings, but to build bridges between structures and citizens who use them on daily basis. So, Anja went off the yoga mat and out of the architectural office to change the way we feel and think about architectural space and urban environment.
3rd photo set: garage/ Foundations.-
She would take a look around and think - How can I position my body within space, intertwine myself, and mimic the surroundings? The Urban Yoga is an architectural experiment, changing the way we experience every day situations in the city if we focus on our body and senses: re-examining how bodies inhabit urban places, breathing new human-oriented life into the efficient and industrial world of urban architecture and design.
4th photo set: market/ Overgrounds.-
The project is challenging architects to design spaces that are not only visually and technologically stunning, but are designed with humans in mind. Yoga techniques do an effective job of putting both conscious and subconscious experience of the world into practice.
5th photo set: a moment: Structures.-
Just like in yoga, where your body becomes your special space, every urban environment designed with humans in mind can become a source of positive energy, a place of self-reflection and self-realization.
6th photo set: road: Intersections.-
A place that sparks our imagination, conjures memories, tells stories, and nests our dreams. Environment that brings us back to the world and towards our own sense of being.
7th photo set: upside down: Undertones.-
About Urban Yoga.-
The role of an architect is not only to create buildings, but also to build bridges between our respected field and the citizens who use our structures on a daily basis. So, I went off the yoga mat and out of the architectural office to change the way we feel, breath and think about architectural space and urban environment. The Urban Yoga is not yoga as such, but an architectural experiment, a movement, changing the way we experience every day situations in the city if we focus on our body and senses. It is exploring the magic of space that centres on human experience, inspiring others to look at the world around them in a more meaningful way: re-examining how their bodies inhabit urban places, breathing new human-oriented life into the efficient and industrial world of urban architecture and design.
The Urban Yoga advocates for a new school of architectural design that centres on the human experience. It is inviting citizens to smell, touch, taste, see and hear in order to experience, how does their city feel. Moreover, it is challenging architects to design spaces that are not only visually and technologically stunning, but are designed with humans in mind. Yoga techniques do an effective job of putting both conscious and subconscious experience of the world into practice. Just like in yoga, where your body becomes your special space, every urban environment designed with humans in mind can become a source of positive energy, a place of self-reflection and self-realization. This is not only a space in which we march like ants from point A to point B, or a space where we lay our bones after a long day, but a place that sparks our imagination, conjures up memories, tells stories, and nests our dreams. A place that brings us back to the world and towards our own sense of being.
About FlyKly.-
FlyKly, Inc. designs and manufactures 21st century smart bikes, parts and accessories that marry sophisticated technology with pedal power to deliver biking experiences that will change the urban transportation landscape. Flagship product is the patented FlyKly Smart Wheel, manufactured in Italy, which turns ordinary bicycles into smart bikes that offer the benefits of both electric and human-powered cycling. The company was founded in 2010 by Niko Klansek and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.
CREDITS.-
Creative direction.- Jure Požun.
Photograph.- Primož Korošec.
Sponsor by #flykly #smartwheel.
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