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Lecturers: Roman Kirschner and Anthea Oestreicher

Contents and Objectives

Wie können mit vorhandenen und beschränkten Mitteln temporäre Räume entstehen? Mit welchen Materialien können wir das erreichen? Welche Komponenten sind notwendig, um bestimmte Atmosphären zu entwickeln? Was passiert, wenn wir längst verlassene Räume neu betreten und bespielen, oder Raum in einem anderen Medium als Luft erfahren möchten?

Zu Beginn des Moduls unternehmen wir eine Expedition nach Pula, Kroatien, und untersuchen dort gemeinsam Bauwerke (militärische Befestigungsanlagen, ehemalige Sperrgebiete und Verwaltungsgebäude), die uns in unterschiedlichen Zuständen des Verlassenseins und der temporären Wiederverwendung offen stehen. Für diese Orte spielte ihre Lage am Wasser eine bedeutende Rolle, die wir als räumliche Entdeckungssphäre besonders untersuchen werden.
In Gruppen und individuell erarbeiten wir Konzepte und Prototypen für temporäre Räume, die mit dem vorhandenen Materialangebot vor Ort umgesetzt werden können. Dabei liegt ein Augenmerk auf unterschiedlichen Zeitspannen, der Zusammenarbeit mit der Landschaft und den Interaktionen zwischen Menschen, Materialien und Räumen.
Die zweite Phase des Moduls nach der Expedition dient dazu die gemachten Erfahrungen in möglichst konkreter Form in den räumlichen Kontext der ZHdK zurück zu übertragen. Dies geschieht mittels installativer Umsetzungen, begleitender Reflexionen und adäquater Prozessdokumentationen.Guest: Martina Huber, curator "Experimental Ecology"

Contents and Objectives

The seminar is an introduction into designing (with) spaces. „Soft Architecture“ differs from the classical idea of architecture in that it does not aim to build permanently habitable spaces. It rather encourages students to experiment with existing spaces, to ask what they offer and how they can be adapted to communicate and afford specific atmospheres, narratives, rules, actions and interactions.

Experimenting with spaces comprises experimentation with structures and materials that give these spaces character. Through trial and error, bodily experiences and discussions, students develop their sensitivity and intuition as designers.

This year we will approach this experimentation with an ecological twist. Since spaces are neither abstract nor clinically pure, we also always have to take microbiological lifeforms and entropy into account. In this year’s issue will deal with microscopic/planktonic life forms, growth processes, environmental conditions, microcosms, and technically mediated connections between micro ecologies in playful settings.

Schedule

Course: 16.09. 2023– – 10.10.2023

Mondays 9-15

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays 2024, Monday – Thursday: 9-17

Week 1

Exkursion Wasserwerke, Lake (Zürichhorn), Limmat (Ende Altstetten, kleine Insel, Kurve, Brücke https://maps.app.goo.gl/5sgdDNHqkLeVHGfv5 - Nähe Hardhof Wasserwerk), Martina Huber einladen, um über ihre Ausstellungen und Initiativen zu sprechen?

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Inputs

offene Fragen/ zu behandelnde Themen:
-Kontrast Sensorik/Organismen (Wasserwerke) - punktuell/holisitscher?
-(Introduction, Excursions, Ideation and Team Building)

Week 2

Week 2
(Concept development (Topic/Goal/Spatiality), Prototyping, Game Development (Rules/Realisation))

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Week 3
(Final Project Development + Exhibition Preparation)

Week 4

Locations

Outdoor Studio: 18.09. – 23.09.

Fortifications, military buildings, sea and coastline of Pula 

Indoor Studio:

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Locations

Indoor:

16.09. – 0603.10.: RAUM-No. (flexible) (09:00-17:00) + Werkstatt3: Room: Projektraum 4.K22-1 + Werkstatt
other rooms for occasional presentations (see schedule above)
7.10. - 710.10. Galerie 1 & 2 (with overlapping talk on lower floor on oct 4, 4-7pm)

Exhibition Vernissage: 5.10. 4pm

Field research task:

Develop attention for atmosphere, presence, performances (of spaces, people, materials), fields (of actions, of influences), rhythms of environment (sea, wind, season), different time frames, collaboration with the landscape, interactions between people, materials, and spaces.

Design task:

Develop a temporary piece of architecture or spatial intervention in any of available locations (underwater, coast, abandoned military architectures). We demand a strong conceptual involvement but it is most of all about concrete experiences and tests!

Subtask:

How to recreate or represent the experiences and spaces from the field trip back in Toni?

Bring:

Tools for documentation, basic construction material by preference (tapes, cable ties, strings, small tools, saw (?), knife (?), textiles (?)), water equipment that might be needed (swim suit, neoprene (?), diving mask (?), etc.), good shoes for walking on the rocky shore line, clothes to protect you in eventual bad weather conditions (strong wind, rain)

In case of any emergency in Croatia or during your travel you can always reach me (Roman) on my mobile phone: +43 699 1133 7036. Kunstraum ZT 5.K12

Outdoor:

Limmat and Zurich Lake.

Exhibition Vernissage

9.10., 15:00, Kunstraum ZT 5.K12

Things to bring for field days or working on site

Tools for documentation, water equipment that might be needed (swim suit, rubber boots), 
basic construction material by preference (tapes, cable ties, strings, small tools, saw (?), knife (?), textiles (?)), 

Mentoring

We will prepare doodles for mentoring with time slots of different lengths depending on the progress of the overall project. Reserve your slot, be prepared and be on time. Questions can be asked anytime – also via email.

Mentoring on 25/26: 

25.09
11:00 Arya, Lea, Iris
11:30 Elena, Meagan, Nadja
1:00 Anna, Pablo, Lorena

26.09
10:00 Lola, Tommaso, Jonny
10:30 Noel, Nico, Joel
11:15  Leroy, Thinle, Kiara

Design Task

Deliverables and Documentation

1. Final Prototype or Intervention

2. Final Presentation

3. Standard IAD Documentation (see handbook on wiki):

• Text file including the project title, names of students and mentors, a short description (250 - 400 characters ), and a long description (>1000 characters ), in a file to be labelled “Texts”
• At least 10 representative images of the project (to be stored in a file labelled “Images”)
• One longer video (< 5 minutes) of the project (to be stored in a file labelled “Video”). Mp4 full HD, see wiki for more details on format.
• One to two short social media teaser videos (20-30 seconds) in portrait format.
• A PDF documentation (to be stored in a file labelled “Documentation”)
• Additional raw data, e.g., presentation, prototypes, or codes (to be stored in the respective file).
• Upload your documentation files to: smb://fileredu.ad.zhdk.ch/DDE/BDE_VIAD/01_ABGABEN/24_HS/Sem3_Soft_Architecture/Group

4. Documentation of Exercises:

• Upload your scans to: smb://fileredu.ad.zhdk.ch/DDE/BDE_VIAD/01_ABGABEN/24_HS/Sem3_Soft_Architecture/Individual

Inputs:

Video about Scales:  https://youtu.be/0fKBhvDjuy0

"Mother of the Aquarium": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5l9ed6r1hRA

Diel Vertical Migration: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/145941/satellite-observes-massive-ocean-migration , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ1gRfXTIIg, https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2021/up-downs-great-vertical-migration

The start of bringing plankton towards art/design: https://planktonchronicles.org/en/ (you can lend the book from Anthea)