Lecturers
Dr. Roman Kirschner , Luke Franzke, Paulina Zybinska
Guest
Timeframe
The module takes place over 6 weeks, from *** to ** from Tuesday to Friday, 9.30-17.00 - see timetable below for detailed hours and classrooms. Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, assignments and independent study blocks. Projects are conducted individually or in a team of three students at most.
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Overview and Objectives
The module 'Spatial Interaction' challenges students to deepen their practical and conceptual knowledge of human interactions in their immediate surroundings. Due to the Covid-19 situation, the seminar can follow different paths. In the best case scenario, the student's output can contribute to an exhibition in Venice during the Biennale of Architecture. In a scenario with restrictive travelling options, the studio takes place in Zurich only. Starting from a location in Zurich where public life and „tamed nature“ overlap, students will develop spatio-technical frameworks for situated interactions. The student projects will connect people and environmental processes with the aim of investigating local impacts of urban (or everyday?) behaviour as well as long-distance effects of individual actions. They will learn how to interface the present mesocosm (collecting environmental data, identifying relationships) and how to anticipate/experiment with advanced techniques like remote sensing or machine vision. Designing in such situations requires the development of strategies for public outreach and communication as well as basic knowledge of intervening in complex systems. Students will work in groups and in a form of self-governed organization developed specifically for this course.
Schedule
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Week 1
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Tuesday, 04.05.
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Wednesday, 05.05.
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Thursday, 06.05.
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Friday, 07.05.
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9:00-11:00 ZOOM
presentation Bis & Atoms IV
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Lecturers
Dr. Roman Kirschner , Luke Franzke, Paulina Zybinska
Guest
Timeframe
The module takes place over 6 weeks, from 3. May to 10. June 2022 from Tuesday to Friday, 9.00-17.00 - see timetable below for detailed hours and classrooms. Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, assignments and independent study blocks. Projects are conducted individually or in a team of three students at most.
Room
Overview and Objectives
The module 'Spatial Interaction' challenges students to deepen their practical and conceptual knowledge of human interactions in their immediate surroundings. Due to the Covid-19 situation, the seminar can follow different paths. In the best case scenario, the student's output can contribute to an exhibition in Venice during the Biennale of Architecture. In a scenario with restrictive travelling options, the studio takes place in Zurich only. Starting from a location in Zurich where public life and „tamed nature“ overlap, students will develop spatio-technical frameworks for situated interactions. The student projects will connect people and environmental processes with the aim of investigating local impacts of urban (or everyday?) behaviour as well as long-distance effects of individual actions. They will learn how to interface the present mesocosm (collecting environmental data, identifying relationships) and how to anticipate/experiment with advanced techniques like remote sensing or machine vision. Designing in such situations requires the development of strategies for public outreach and communication as well as basic knowledge of intervening in complex systems. Students will work in groups and in a form of self-governed organization developed specifically for this course.
Students BA:
- Guan Arobei
- Sandro Beti
- Nicola Bischof
- Eleonora Bonorva
- Micaela Brazerol
- Elena De Carlo
- Dzhuliia Kolodko
- Bin Martig
- Johannes Reck
- Thore Reigber
- Réjane Schrago
- Miguel Seabra
- Janosch Tillich
- Daniel Treystman
- Silvan Weber
- Nadia Westermann
- Fabrizio Willi
Students MA:
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Schedule
Week 1 | Tuesday, 03.05. | Wednesday, 04.05. | Thursday, 05.05. | Friday, 06.05. |
| morning | 9:00 Introduction | 9:00 | 9:00 + alternating exercise "Vegetalize", "Spatialize" | 9:00 |
| afternoon | 13:00-14:00 ZOOM Introduction Leverage points and Organisation read Maedows "Leverage Points" | Workshop Julian Stadionbrache: Location Mapping + alternating exercise "Vegetalize", "Spatialize" | Workshop Julian + alternating exercise "Vegetalize", "Spatialize" | "Leverage Points" |
| Week 2 | Tuesday, |
10.05. (Master Students not attending) | Wednesday, |
| 11.05. | Thursday, |
| 12.05. | Friday, |
| 13.05. | ||
| morning | Individual Work: "Leverage Points" | Individual Work: Task Phase 1 |
AUFFAHRT
Individual work: Task Phase 2 | ||||
| afternoon | 15:30-17:00 ZOOM Intro Task Phase 1: action-effects research in urban ecologies + related art & design projects | 15:30-17:00 ZOOM Presentation + discussion Task Phase 1 Start Task phase 2: concept development | Individual work: Task Phase 2 15:30-17:00 ZOOM Presentation + discussion Task Phase 2 Concepts | |
| Week |
| 3 | Tuesday, |
17.05.(Master Students not attending) | Wednesday, |
| 18.05. (Master Students not attending) | Thursday, |
| 19.05. (Master Students not attending) | Friday, |
| 20.05. (Master Students not attending) | ||||
| morning | Individual work: Task Phase 2 group building + concept preparation | Group work: Concept finalization | Group work: prototype 1 | Group work: prototype 1 |
| afternoon | Group work: Concept finalization | group mentoring ZOOM (round 1 compulsory) Doodle | Group work: prototype 1 | Group work: prototype 1 |
| Week 4 | Tuesday, |
24.05. | Wednesday, |
| 25.05. | Thursday, |
| 26.05. | Friday, |
| 27.05. | ||
| morning | Group work: | Group work: final prototype |
final prototype
| AUFFAHRT | Group work: final prototype | |||
| afternoon | 15:30-17:00 ZOOM milestone presentation | group mentoring ZOOM (round 2 compulsory) | Group work: final prototype |
final prototype
| Week 5 | Tuesday, |
| 31. |
| 05. | Wednesday, |
| 01.06. | Thursday, |
| 02.06. | Friday, |
| 03.06. |
| morning |
final prototype
| Group work: final prototype | Group work: final prototype | Group work: final prototype |
| Group work: final prototype |
| afternoon | Group work: free mentoring | Group work: free mentoring | Group work: free mentoring | Vernissage |
| Week 6 | Tuesday, |
| 07.06. | Wednesday, |
| 08.06. | Thursday, |
| 09.06. | Friday, |
| 10.06. |
| morning |
final prototype
final prototype
| documentation | documentation | 9:00-12 |
| :00 Masters Thesis Development 1: Colloquim | documentation |
| afternoon |
Group work:
final prototype
free mentoring
Group work:
final prototype
free mentoring
13:00 Final Presentation | documentation | documentation | documentation |
Literature
- Donella Meadows: Leverage Points - Places to Intervene in a System.
- Meredith Sattler, Carolina Rodriguez. Translating Ecological Systems Models into Generative, Real-Time, Form-Based Visualizations.
- Georges Perec: Träume von Räumen (Auszug dt.), Espèces d'espace (extrait fr.). (per email)
- Natasha Myers: A Kria for Cultivating your Inner Plant.
- Bourdieu, Pierre (1989) Sozialer Raum, symbolischer Raum. In: Dünne J., Raumtheorie - Grundlagentexte aus Philosophie und Kulturwissenschaften, Suhrkamp 2006, 354-368. (per email)
- Franinovic & Kirschner: Microbiospherians. (per email)
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We will prepare doodles for mentoring with time slots of different length lengths depending on the progress of the overall project. Reserve your slot and try to be on time. Questions can be asked anytime – also via email.
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