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Lecturers

Roman Kirschner
(RK), Vinzenz Leutenegger (VL)

Collaboration

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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Leverage Points

Mapping

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Week 1

Monday, 21.04.

Tuesday, 22.04.

Wednesday, 23.04.

Thursday, 24.04.

morning9

holiday

09:00 Kick-off & Introduction

ZT 4.K15 Seminarraum

09:30 -12:00
Exercise 1 : Conceptual Speed Dating ZHDKLeverage Points RechercheSpatializeat Labör

09:30 -12:00 Task Working Points
at Labör

afternoon

13:30 Meeting at Labör with Nora Gailer

Task Leverage Points

LABÖR

+ introduction to the space, its values and its environment

13:30 - 17:00 Leverage Points -Conceptual Speed Dating
ZT 4.K15 Seminarraum

13:00 - 17:00 Task Working Points

Week 2

Monday, 28.04.

Tuesday, 29.04. 

Wednesday, 30.04.

Thursday, 01.05.

morning

[start 10:40 after theory]

11:00Task Leverage Point presentation part 1-12:00 Task Working Points -presentation

ZT 4.K16

09:00 - 12:00 Ideation Exercises

Morphological Grid

  • Define Axis

  • Define Categories

Brainstorm

Concept Development

& Brainstorm

ZT 5.G02

Concept Development in groups

holiday

afternoon

13:00Task Leverage Point presentation part 3-14:20 Task Working Points -presentation

14:30 Task AI expert discussion

ZT 4.K16

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 Presentations presentation of concepts

09:00 - 12:00 3 Mentoring slots at ZHdK or Labör (Baustelle)?IAD Projektraum or ZT 5.G02

Concept + Prototype Development

Concept + Prototype Development in groups

[Bits and Atoms until 12:00]

afternoon

16:00 Public Presentations Idea Ort: Presentation of Concepts at Labör

Presentation Requirements

13:00 - 1415:45 2 Mentoring slots00 Mentoring

Concept + Prototype Development

Concept + Prototype Development in groups

Concept + Prototype Development

Cleanup (Open Labör)

Labör optional

12.00 – 13.00 Baustelle Zmittag
13.30 – 17.00 Mit-Bau-Labör

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 3 Mentoring slots at ZHdK or Labör (Baustelle)?

Group work/Production

Group work/Production

afternoon

Concept + Prototype Development

14:00 Prototype Presentation & Steering Meeting (ZT 5.F01 Seminarraum)

13:00 - 1415:45 2 00 Mentoring slots

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 1615:00 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

Groups

  • Noel, Joel, Meagan

  • Nadja, Thinle, Leroy

  • Nico, Elena, Pablo

  • Lola, Tommaso, Guolong

  • Anna, Lorena, Iris

Literature

  1. Georges Perec: , George (1974) Träume von Räumen (Auszug dt.), Espèces d'espace (extrait fr.). (via email)

  2. Meadows, Donella (1999) Leverage Points: Places to intervene in a System.

  3. Boch, Ralph et al. (2021) Paths towards a circular society: The Potential of Social Design for Social Transformation. Social Design Lab.

  4. 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.

  5. Wall Kimmerer, Robin (2013) Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.

  6. Holmgren, David (2002) Permaculture: Principles and Pathways beyond Sustainability.

  7. Bourdieu, Pierre (1989) Sozialer Raum, symbolischer Raum. In: Dünne J., Raumtheorie - Grundlagentexte aus Philosophie und Kulturwissenschaften, Suhrkamp 2006, 354-368. (via email)

  8. AsenbaumReider, Hans Rebecca (2020) Spatial Theory of Democracy. Talk given at Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Webinar 5: “Democracy & Space” [min 06:10-18:08].

  9. 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].

  10. Mendel, Maria (2019) The spatial ways democracy works: On the pedagogy of common places. Why, why now? https://doi.org/10.1177/0034523719839

  11. Sprenger, Ramona (2023) Do not feed the google.

  12. Morozov, Evgeny (2014) PUBLIC SPACE // Shared Spaces with Evgeny Morozov.

  13. Morozov, Evgeny (2014) The rise of data and the death of politics2009) Dreaming the Biosphere: The Theater of All Possibilities.

  14. Nelson, Mark (2018) Pushing Our Limits: Insights from Biosphere 2.

Further Reading

  1. O'Kelly, Morton E. (2014) Spatial Interaction.

  2. Weaver, Duncan (2020) Spatiality and World Politics. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190846626.013.562

  3. Baccini, et. al.(2012) Metabolism of the Anthroposphere: Analysis, Evaluation, Design, MIT Press

  4. González de Molina, Manuel, et al. (2014) The Social Metabolism: A Socio-Ecological Theory of Historical Change, Springer

  5. Massey, Doreen (2009) Concepts of space and power in theory and in political practice, Documents d'anàlisi geogràfica 55, 15-26

  6. 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

  7. Asenbaum, Hans (2020) Spatial Theory of Democracy. Talk given at Participatory and Deliberative Democracy Webinar 5: “Democracy & Space” [min 06:10-18:08].

  8. 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].

  9. Mendel, Maria (2019) The spatial ways democracy works: On the pedagogy of common places. Why, why now? https://doi.org/10.1177/0034523719839

  10. Sprenger, Ramona (2023) Do not feed the google.

  11. Morozov, Evgeny (2014) PUBLIC SPACE // Shared Spaces with Evgeny Morozov.

  12. Morozov, Evgeny (2014) The rise of data and the death of politics.

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.