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!!!   IN PREPARATION   !!!

Lecturers

Dr. Roman Kirschner
, Verena Ziegler and 
Joël Gähwiler

Guest

Kaspar König

Timeframe

The module takes place over 5 weeks, from 19.02.18 to 22.03.18, 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.

Room

ZT 4.K15. The room is only ours every tuesday until friday. There will be theory classes in this seminar room every monday, so leave the space in perfect condition on friday evening!

Overview and Objectives

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Schedule

Week 1

Tuesday, 19.02.Wednesday, 20.02Thursday, 21.02.Friday, 22.02.
morning

Kick-Off
Input: Introduction into Basic Concepts

10:45 Tour Masoala-Rainforest Zoo ZurichIndividual Preparation for Exercise 1Exercise 2 (Spatial Analysis)
afternoonToni-Tour and Input by K. König

Input: Biosphere 2

Input: Technology 1 ?

Exercise 1 (Conceptual Speed Dating)individual work
Week 2

Tuesday, 26.02.

Wednesday, 27.02.Thursday, 28.02.Friday, 01.03.
morning

Exercise 3 ()

Mentoring
individual work
Mentoring
individual work
project work
afternoon

individual work
Gathering

Mentoring
individual work

project workproject work
Week 3

Tuesday, 05.03.

Wednesday, 06.03.Thursday, 07.03.Friday, 08.03.
morningproject workMentoring VZ ?
project work
Mentoring VZ ?
project work
project work
afternoonproject workMentoring VZ ?
project work
Mentoring VZ ?
project work
project work
Week 4

Tuesday, 12.03.

Wednesday, 13.03.Thursday, 14.03.Friday, 15.03.
morningproject workproject workproject workproject work
afternoonproject workproject workproject workproject work
Week 5

Tuesday, 19.03.

Wednesday, 20.03.Thursday, 21.03.Friday, 22.03.
morningproject workproject workfinal presentationsdocumentation
afternoonGathering
project work
project work

feedback session
exhibition

documentation

project work​

Phase 0: Kick-off, Inputs

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Phase 4: Feedback, Analysis, Documentation

Kick-Off

  • Presentation of the topic
  • Examples
  • Explanation of the structure of the course (how are practical, conceptual and technical layers interwoven?)
  • Discussion of the challenges ahead

Inputs

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Conceptual

  1. Introduction
    1. Approaches: Network/Flow vs. Metabolism
    2. Space of everything?
    3. ...
  2. Biosphere 2 and its meshwork of diverse performances
    1. ...

Technology

  1. Image & Video Processing (Blob Tracking): 1/2 Tag
  2. Computer Vision (Open CV & Open Pose): 1/2 Tag
  3. Communication Protocols (OSC, MIDI, MQTT) ???
  4. Sensor Networks Communication Protocols(Data Aggregation) 1/2 Tag

Exercises

  1. Extended Conceptual Speed-Dating
  2. Spatial Analysis
  3. Space-Activity-Matrix

Mentoring

We will prepare doodles for the indicated mentoring days with time slots of different length 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.

Presentations

  • First Concept (everybody)
  • Second Stage
  • Final