Lecturers
Dr. Roman Kirschner , Florian Brugisser, Kaspar König
Guest
Theun Karelse
Timeframe
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ZT 4.K16. (on some few days: 5.K07). Additionally, we have a reservation of Modellbau Projekte ZT 2.E20-UU.
Overview and Objectives
The module 'Spatial Interaction' challenges students to deepen their practical and conceptual knowledge of human interactions in their immediate surroundings. Starting from a location in Zurich where public life and „tamed nature“ overlap, they 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?) behavior 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 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 about intervening in complex systems. In addition, students learn how to connect spatial and conceptual complexities and structure their approach in relation to their project goals while iteratively adapting their methods. Students will work in groups and in a form of self-governed organization developed specifically for this course.
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Week 1 | Tuesday, 17.03. | Wednesday, 18.03. | Thursday, 19.03. | Friday, 20.03. |
| morning | Kick-Off | Workshop Theun Karelse | Workshop Karelse (outdoor) | Input: Technology 1 |
| afternoon | Input: Biosphere 2 (& Microorganisms) Exercise in preparation for Th. Karelse | Workshop Karelse (outdoor) | Workshop Karelse (outdoor) | Input: Technology 2 Computer Vision (YOLO & Pose Estimation) |
| Week 2 | Tuesday, 24.03. | Wednesday, 25.03. | Thursday, 26.03. | Friday, 27.03. |
| morning | Input: Technology 3 IoT and Communication Protocols (OSC, MIDI, MQTT) | BA intermediate presentations | phase 1: action- effects research + related art & design projects (in groups of 2) | 09:00 2 groups present: what, where and how (basic outline of plan) 10:00 - 12:00 intense mentoring → concrete plan |
| afternoon | Input: Kaspar König: Ecoacoustics | presentation (leadership jobs connected. to topic) group building via interests. | presentation of phase 1 phase 2: concept development: think of how to make these effects directly experienceable (visualisation as exception) in 2 groups | Input: Technology 4 Data Analysis / Sensor Networks (Data Aggregation) |
| Week 3 | Tuesday, 31.03. | Wednesday, 01.04. | Thursday, 02.04. | Friday, 03.04. |
| morning | (DESIGN-HACK-ATHON) | – | ||
| afternoon | – | – | ||
| Week 4 | Tuesday, 07.04. | Wednesday, 08.04. | Thursday, 09.04. | Friday, 10.04. |
| morning | KARFREITAG | |||
| afternoon | – | |||
| Week 5 | Tuesday, 14.04. | Wednesday, 15.04. | Thursday, 16.04. | Friday, 17.04. |
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| Week 6 | Tuesday, 21.04. | Wednesday, 22.04. | Thursday, 23.04. | Friday, 24.04. |
| morning | 11:00-13:00 final presentations | documentation | ||
| afternoon | 14:00 feedback session | documentation |
Phase 0: Kick-off, Inputs, Workshop Th. Karelse
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- Extended Conceptual Speed-Dating (Flusser vs. Massey)
- Spatial Analysis (Taking Perec on a tour)
- Space-Intervention-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. Attention: One block of mentoring (March 12-13) is mandatory! On these two days each group or individual has to come to at least one mentoring session.
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