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Lecturers

Dr. Roman Kirschner
 (RK), Luke Franzke (LF), Paulina Zybinska (PZ), Anthea Oestreicher (AO)

Guest

Andrea Zaccuri & Lorenzo Fassi: lecture in the framework of Interfacing Ecologies and our seminar about Terrapreta, Milano (IT).

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The module takes place over 6 weeks, from 2. May to 9. June 2023 from Tuesday to Friday, 9.00-17.00 - 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 four students at most.

Room

The seminar starts in 5.K10. The rest of the week we are in Viaduktraum (2.A05), yet, we will spend a lot of time at Stadionbrache and on excursion. During the whole seminar we can also use the Praxis Poolraum in the Werkstatt Modellbau Projekte ZT 2.E20-UU.

Excursion

On ****, we will visit the Grüezi Garte of IAD Alumni Doris Greenway-Brunschweiler in Allenwinden next to Zug. Meeting point at 10:10 in Unterstock, 6319 Allenwinden or in the train from Zürich (departure 9:10 from HB) to Zug (IR70) or the bus from Zug to Allenwinden (No.1 departure 9:40). End of excursion in Allenwinden around 16:00.

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, students 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?) behaviour 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 anticipate/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 of intervening in complex systems. Students will work in groups and in a form of self-governed organization.

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  1. Cheredeeva Victoria, Praxmarer Luis, Muniz Gomes Wägli Lyvia, Bischoff Lea Sutherland Matilda, Cowley Sonja

  2. Galliker Manami, PJ NanthatchapornMuniz Gomes Wägli Lyvia, Good Carina, Kemper Lito

  3. Linares Burbat Claudio, Eggstein Benjamin, Lohmann Audrey-Meret

  4. Orfanou Antonia, Ascic Lukman, Hommel Loïc, Cowley SonjaBischoff Lea

  5. Vita Francesca, Sutherland MatildaPJ Nanthatchaporn, Naegeli Matthias, Walther Elena

Schedule

Old dates that are unconfirmed at in teal.

New dates for 2023 in black.

Week 1

Tuesday, 02.05.

Wednesday, 03.05.

Thursday, 04.05.

Friday, 05.05.

morning

9:00 Kick-off & Introduction

11:00 Presentation MA 

11:30 Presentation BA 
(Physical Computing)

9:00 Sensor Exercise 1 (LF, PZ) (Viaduktraum ZT 2.A05 )

Exercise Vegetalize

10:00 - 13:00 Visit athttps://stapferhaus.ch/natur10 Stapferhaus

“Natur und wir?”

09:00 Presentation Exercise Results

11:00 - 12:00 Visit at Stadtgärtnerei (Luke Checking)30 (Meeting point Quartierpark Schütze-Areal) “Cool down Zurich” guided tour.

afternoon

13:30 (Main Entrance) Stadionbrache visit and tour with Markus K. Meier (flora & fauna consultant)

Exercise Vegetalize

13:00 Sensor Exercise 2 (LF, PZ) (Viaduktraum ZT 2.A05 )

Exercise Spatialize

1617:00 - 18:30 Terrapreta presentation (Hörsaal 6.T47)

Exercise Leverage Points (System-Flow-Analysis/Mapping

Leverage Points

15:00 Presentation Exercise Results

BA )

BA +MA Research task introduction

Week 2

Tuesday, 9.05. 

Wednesday, 10.05.

Thursday, 11.05.

Friday, 12.05.

morning

RK ZRH

Research (BA only)

(MA students in Z-tech)

Research (BA only)

(MA students in Z-tech)

9:00 Presentation of research findings from BA students. (RK online, LF, PZ)

Group work: Concept

Group work:  experimentation

afternoon

Research (BA only)

(MA students in Z-tech)

Research (BA only)

(MA students in Z-tech)

Group work: Concept

Group work:  experimentation

Week 3 

Tuesday, 16.05.

Wednesday, 17.05.

Thursday, 18.05. 

Friday, 19.05. 

morning

RK ZRH

Group work:  experimentation

Group work:  prototype 1

Ascension

Group work

afternoon

1315:00 30 Steering Meeting MA + BA (RK, LF, PZ)

13:00 Mentoring (RK online, LF, PZ)

Ascension

Group work

Week 4

Tuesday, 23.05.

Wednesday, 24.05.

Thursday, 25.05.

Friday, 26.05.

morning

09:00 Steering Meeting MA + BA (LF?+PZ?+Anthea+RKonline?? good or ohne?) Anthea , PZ, AO, RK online)

AO Focus week

Anthea AO Focus weekAnthea

AO Focus week

afternoon

Anthea AO Focus weekAnthea

AO Focus week

Anthea AO Focus week

1316:00 (Stadionbrache) presentations of focus week

18:00 (tbc) Pizza Round (check with Anajuan)

Week 5

Tuesday, 30.05.

Wednesday, 31.0605.

Thursday, 01.06.

Friday, 02.06.

morning

Group work: final prototype

(BA Thesis Kolloquium11:00 Steering Meeting MA + BA (5.T09)

Group work: final prototype

Group work: final prototype

optional mentoring

Group work: final prototype

afternoon

13:00 Steering MA + BA

optional mentoring15:30 Mentoring (RK , LF, PZ)

Group work: final prototype

optional mentoring

Group work: final prototype

optional mentoring

Group work: final prototypeoptional mentoring

Week 6

Tuesday, 06.06.

Wednesday, 07.06.

Thursday, 08.06.

Friday, 09.06.

morning

Group work: final prototype

optional mentoring

Vernissage / Final Presentation

documentation / reflection

documentation

afternoon

Group work: final prototype

optional mentoring

Vernissage / Final Presentation

documentation / reflection

documentation

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  1. Morton E. O'Kelly: Spatial Interaction.

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

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

  4. Gillian Barker et al.: Entangled Life. Organism and Environment in the Biological and Social Sciences. (2014)

  5. Jakob von Uexüll: Streifzüge durch die Umwelten von Tieren und Menschen. Ein Bilderbuch unsichtbarer Welten. (1956)

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

  7. 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

  8. Nelson, Mark (2018) Pushing our limits: Insights from Biosphere 2, University of Arizona PressPres

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namestadionflora_v1.pdf

Technical Inputs

Please have a look at the special page about Computer Vision from Bits & Atoms IV.

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  1. Exercise Results (Spatialize, Vegetalize, Leverage Points) (65.5.)

  2. Concept (1116.5.)

  3. Milestone presentation prototype 1 (2026.5.)

  4. Vernissage (3.6.)Final internal presentation (97.6.)