Lecturers
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This year’s edition of Spatial Interaction takes place in collaboration with the organization of Labör. Labör is an experimental meeting space in a former coppersmith's workshop near Oerlikon station. It is located on the MFO site, a former machine factory whose conversion and further development is currently being promoted by the city of Zurich. In this development Labör puts an emphasis on circularity.
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Week 1 | Monday, 21.04. | Tuesday, 22.04. | Wednesday, 23.04. | Thursday, 24.04. |
morning | holiday | 09:00 Kick-off & Introduction | 09:00 - 12:00 Exercise: Conceptual Speed Dating | 09:00 -12:00 Task Leverage Points - Recherche |
afternoon | 13:30 Meeting at Labör with Nora Gailer | 13:30 - 17:00 Task Leverage Points | 13:00 - 17:00 Task Leverage Points - Mapping & Speculation | |
Week 2 | Monday, 28.04. | Tuesday, 29.04. | Wednesday, 30.04. | Thursday, 01.05. |
morning | [start 10:40 after theory] 11:00-12:00 Task Leverage Points -presentation | 09:00 - 12:00 Ideation Exercises Morphological Grid & Brainstorm | Concept Development in groups | holiday |
afternoon | 13:00-14:20 Task Leverage Point -presentation 14:30 Task AI expert discussion | Define Groups, Q&A Concept Development | Concept Development in groups | |
Week 3 | Monday, 05.05. | Tuesday, 06.05. | Wednesday, 07.05. | Thursday, 08.05. |
morning | [start 10:40 after theory] Finalize presentation of concepts | 09:00 - 12:00 Mentoring ZHdK ZT 5.G02 or Labör (Baustelle)? Concept + Prototype Development | Concept + Prototype Development in groups | [Bits and Atoms until 12:00] |
afternoon | 16:00 Public Presentation of Concepts at Labör | 13:00 - 14:45 Mentoring Concept + Prototype Development | Concept + Prototype Development in groups | Concept + Prototype Development Cleanup (Open Labör) |
Labör optional | 12.00 – 13.00 Baustelle Zmittag | 16.00-19.00 Open Labör | ||
Week 4 | Monday, 12.05. | Tuesday, 13.05. | Wednesday, 14.05. | Thursday, 15.05. |
morning | [start 10:40 after theory] | [09-12:00 painting for BA Finals] Concept + Prototype Development | 09:00 - 12:00 Mentoring at ZHdK or Labör (Baustelle)? Group work/Production | Group work/Production |
afternoon | Concept + Prototype Development | 14:00 Prototype Presentation & Steering Meeting ZT 5.F01 | 13:00 - 14:45 Mentoring Group work/Production | [Bits and Atoms at 14:15] |
Week 5 | Monday, 19.05. | Tuesday, 20.05. | Wednesday, 21.05. | Thursday, 22.05. |
morning | [start 10:40 after theory] | Group work/ Production | Group work/ Production | documentation/reflection |
afternoon | Group work/ Production | 12:30 Mentoring (Atelier) | Public Final Presentation 12:00 - 13:30 place and mode to be defined by class Feedback 15:30 - 17:00 | documentation/reflection |
Phase 0: Kick-off, Inputs
Phase 1: Research, Idea Finding, First-tests, Group Building
Phase 2: Prototyping, Construction, Real-World-Application/Interventions, Iterations for Improvement
Phase 3: Preparation of the final presentation/Exhibition
Phase 4: Feedback, Analysis, Documentation
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Perec, George (1974) Träume von Räumen (Auszug dt.), Espèces d'espace (extrait fr.). (via email)
Meadows, Donella (1999) Leverage Points: Places to intervene in a System.
Boch, Ralph et al. (2021) Paths towards a circular society: The Potential of Social Design for Social Transformation. Social Design Lab.
Suurenbroek, Frank et al. (2019) Responsive public spaces: Exploring the use of interactive technology in the design of public spaces. Hogeschool van Amsterdam, Urban Technology.
Holmgren, David (2002) Permaculture: Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability.
Bourdieu, Pierre (1989) Sozialer Raum, symbolischer Raum. In: Dünne J., Raumtheorie - Grundlagentexte aus Philosophie und Kulturwissenschaften, Suhrkamp 2006, 354-368. (via email)
Further Reading
O'Kelly, Morton E. (2014) Spatial Interaction.
Weaver, Duncan (2020) Spatiality and World Politics. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.562
Baccini, et. al.(2012) Metabolism of the Anthroposphere: Analysis, Evaluation, Design, MIT Press
González de Molina, Manuel, et al. (2014) The Social Metabolism: A Socio-Ecological Theory of Historical Change, Springer
Massey, Doreen (2009) Concepts of space and power in theory and in political practice, Documents d'anàlisi geogràfica 55, 15-26
Mol, Arthur P. J., et al. (2018) Zur Umweltsoziologie der Netzwerke und Flows. In: Groß M. (ed) Handbuch Umweltsoziologie. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 140–153
Asenbaum, Hans (2020) Spatial Theory of Democracy. Talk given at Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Webinar 5: “Democracy & Space” [min 06:10-18:08].
Voss, Jan Peter (2020) The McDonaldization of Democracy: Translocal Space-making by innovating “deliberative mini-publics”. Talk given at Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Webinar 5: “Democracy & Space” [min 18:45-35:33].
Mendel, Maria (2019) The spatial ways democracy works: On the pedagogy of common places. Why, why now? https://doi.org/10.1177/0034523719839
Sprenger, Ramona (2023) Do not feed the google.
Morozov, Evgeny (2014) PUBLIC SPACE // Shared Spaces with Evgeny Morozov.
Morozov, Evgeny (2014) The rise of data and the death of politics.
Further Reading
O'Kelly, Morton E. (2014) Spatial Interaction.
Weaver, Duncan (2020) Spatiality and World Politics. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.562
Baccini, et. al.(2012) Metabolism of the Anthroposphere: Analysis, Evaluation, Design, MIT Press
González de Molina, Manuel, et al. (2014) The Social Metabolism: A Socio-Ecological Theory of Historical Change, Springer
Massey, Doreen (2009) Concepts of space and power in theory and in political practice, Documents d'anàlisi geogràfica 55, 15-26
Mol, Arthur P. J., et al. (2018) Zur Umweltsoziologie der Netzwerke und Flows. In: Groß M. (ed) Handbuch Umweltsoziologie. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, 140–153
Mentoring
We will prepare doodles for mentoring with time slots of different 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.