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Lecturers: Roman Kirschner and Anthea Oestreicher


Contents and Objectives

Wie können mit vorhandenen und beschränkten Mitteln temporäre Räume entstehen? Mit welchen Materialien können wir das erreichen? Welche Komponenten sind notwendig, um bestimmte Atmosphären zu entwickeln? Was passiert, wenn wir längst verlassene Räume neu betreten und bespielen, oder Raum in einem anderen Medium als Luft erfahren möchten?

Zu Beginn des Moduls untersuchen wir gemeinsam die lokalen wässrigen Ökosysteme, bzw. deren unsichtbare, ungesehene und flüchtigen Komponenten, die dennoch den Kosmos um das Wasser formen und in Balance halten. Diese Gegeben-, Besonder- und Eigenheiten untersuchen wir als Systeme, aquatische Mikrokosmen und Welten.

Welche Rollen finden wir in der Gruppe um dieses System zu verkörpern und die (Ge)Schichten spielerisch umzusetzen? Mit den gefunden Materialien, Geschichten und Wesen vor Ort erarbeiten wir Konzepte, Prototypen und Ideen für eigene (gläserne) Mikrokosmen, die mit Sensorik und Inter/Intra-aktion das (unsichtbare im) Ökosystem relational und spielerisch praktizieren, erfahrbar machen.

Im Toni bringen wir die gemachten Erfahrungen und Ideen in den räumlichen Kontext der ZHdK zurück und beschäftigen uns damit, wie diese als Repräsentationen und XXX  in Aquarien verorten können. Dies geschieht mittels installativer Umsetzungen, begleitender Reflexionen und adäquater Prozessdokumentationen.

'science informs spectacle; and spectacle is science'

"Ecological microcosms are small ecosystems held in containers. Starting originally as a way to bring beauty and complexity of nature into schoolrooms and living rooms the world over, these small 'worlds' have become a major research tool.[…] In approaching teh subject of ecological microcosms, we were faced with the old ecological problem of boundary definitions. In nature, where does one ecological system begin and the adjacent ecosystem end?"
Introduction to Microcosmology p.3f. Odum Microcosms

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The seminar is an introduction into designing (with) spaces. „Soft Architecture“ differs from the classical idea of architecture in that it does not aim to build permanently habitable spaces. It rather encourages students to experiment with existing spaces, to ask what they offer and how they can be adapted to communicate and afford specific atmospheres, narratives, rules, actions and interactions.

Experimenting with spaces comprises experimentation with structures and materials that give these spaces character. Through trial and error, bodily experiences and discussions, students develop their sensitivity and intuition as designers.

This year we will approach this experimentation with an ecological twist. Since spaces are neither abstract nor clinically pure, we also always have to take microbiological lifeforms and entropy into account. In this year’s issue will deal with microscopic/planktonic life forms, growth processes, environmental conditions, microcosms, and technically mediated connections between micro ecologies in playful settings.



Schedule

Course: 16.09. – 10.10.2024

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday: 9-17


Week 1

Exkursion Wasserwerke, Lake (Zürichhorn),

Mittwoch 18.09:

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18.09.2024, 9.30-11.30 Uhr

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Treffpunkt:  

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Empfang des Dienstgebäudes Hardhof 9, 8064 Zürich

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Programm:

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- Begrüssung

- Einführung in die Wasserversorgung

- Rundgang durch die Anlagen

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Werkführer/in:

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Oliver Köster

Limmat (Ende Altstetten, kleine Insel, Kurve, Brücke https://maps.app.goo.gl/5sgdDNHqkLeVHGfv5 - Nähe Hardhof Wasserwerk),

Schlechtwetterplan: Nexus Spiel von EMBL

Week 2: 24/25: Martina Huber: Ausstellungen und Initiativen, ArtSci Kollaborationen etc

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Input/ offene Fragen/ zu behandelnde Themen:

  • Kontrast Sensorik/Organismen (Wasserwerke) - punktuell/holistischer?
  • Mikrokosmen
  • Lebenserhaltung in abgeschlossenem Bereich

https://algaltek.com/

https://www.zhaw.ch/en/lsfm/institutes-centres/iunr/ecotechnologies-and-energy-systems/

https://www.zhaw.ch/en/lsfm/institutes-centres/iunr/ecotechnologies-and-energy-systems/news/detailed-view-news/event-news/cleaning-microalgae-with-light/

https://www.zhaw.ch/de/lsfm/institute-zentren/iunr/oekotechnologien-energiesysteme/aquakultursysteme/mikroalgen/

Phasen:

  • Einführung
  • Ideenentwicklung (und Teamfindung)
  • Spielentwicklung (Thema/Ziel/Regeln/Umsetzung)
Monday (16.09.)

Tuesday (17.09.)

Wednesday (18.09)

Thursday (19.09)

9:00-11:00 Kickoff (4T31)


(11:00 ??) 1st semester welcome


Anfrage - ZHAW 

outdoor (wetter - flex)


outdoor (wetter - flex)

Visit Grundwasserwerk Hardhof - Tour 9:30

Limmat Spot

Project Development

Individual Mentoring


9:00 Project Group Building

(4T06)
Group discussion/meeting


13-15 irgendwas nicht theoretisches;)

15-17 Einführung Aesthetics of Interaction




Ideation exercises

[Semester Overview with Jürgen (Zoom)]



outdoor (wetter - flex)



Project Development

Individual Mentoring

Week 2

Monday (23.09)

Tuesday (24.09)

Wednesday (25.09)

Thursday (26.09)


09:00 - 10:30 Presentation of idea per subgroup

Discussion 

(5F02 - 9-12)


Project Development

Individual Mentoring 

Project Development

Individual Mentoring

Project Development



13-15


Project Development



Individual Mentoring 

Project Development

15-17 Aesthetics of Interaction

13:00 - 14:30 Presentation Mockups, Experiments and Ideas.

(4T06 13-17)

Martina (Experimental Ecology)

Week 3

Monday (30.09)

Tuesday (1.10.)

Wednesday (2.10)

Thursday (3.10)




Individual Mentoring

Project Development



13-15Project Development


15-17 Aesthetics of Interaction



Week 4

Monday (7.10)

Tuesday (8.10.)

Wednesday (9.10)

Thursday (10.10)


Mentoring Project/
Exhibition Execution Details 


Individual Mentoring - Zurich project

Project Development


Class Feedback

13-15

15-17 Aesthetics of Interaction

Project Development

15.00 Exhibition Vernissage


Documentation &
Taking down Exhibition

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Indoor Studio:

16.09. – 03.10.: Room: RAUM-No. Projektraum Design ZT 4.K22-1  (flexible) (09:00-17:00) + Werkstatt + other rooms for occasional presentations (see schedule above)

7.10. - 10.10. Kunstraum ZT 5.K12

Exhibition Vernissage: 9.10. 3pm15:00



Bring for field day/ working at the site:

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basic construction material by preference (tapes, cable ties, strings, small tools, saw (?), knife (?), textiles (?)), 

Roman & Anthea bring: Underwater Camera, Microscope (in the lab), various sensors(?), 



Field research task:

Develop attention for atmosphere, presence, performances (of spaces, people, materials), fields (of actions, of influences), rhythms of environment (sea, wind, season), different time frames, collaboration with the landscape, interactions between people, materials, and spaces.

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How to recreate or represent the experiences and spaces from the field trip back in Toni?In case of any emergency you can always reach me (Roman) on my mobile phone: +43 699 1133 7036