!!! 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!
Additionally, we have "sub" reservation of the Modellbauwerkstatt from the 7.3 until the 29.3. Those who have access can work there at a small capacity.
Overview and Objectives
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Schedule
Week 1 | Tuesday, 19.02. | Wednesday, 20.02 | Thursday, 21.02. | Friday, 22.02. |
| morning | Kick-Off | 9:15! Input: Biosphere 2 10:45 Tour Masoala-Rainforest Zoo Zurich | Individual Preparation for Exercise 1 | Exercise 2 (Spatial Analysis) |
| afternoon | Toni-Tour and Input by K. König | Input: Technology 1 | Exercise 1 (Conceptual Speed Dating) | Exercise 3 (Space-Activity-Matrix) |
| Week 2 | Tuesday, 26.02. | Wednesday, 27.02. | Thursday, 28.02. | Friday, 01.03. |
| morning | individual work | Mentoring individual work | Mentoring individual work | project work |
| afternoon | 14:00 Presentation First Concepts | Mentoring | project work | project work |
| Week 3 | Tuesday, 05.03. | Wednesday, 06.03. | Thursday, 07.03. | Friday, 08.03. |
| morning | project work | Mentoring VZ ? project work | Mentoring VZ ? project work | project work |
| afternoon | project work | Mentoring VZ ? project work | Mentoring VZ ? project work | project work |
| Week 4 | Tuesday, 12.03. | Wednesday, 13.03. | Thursday, 14.03. | Friday, 15.03. |
| morning | project work | project work | project work | project work |
| afternoon | project work | project work | project work | project work |
| Week 5 | Tuesday, 19.03. | Wednesday, 20.03. | Thursday, 21.03. | Friday, 22.03. |
| morning | project work | project work | final presentations | documentation |
| afternoon | Gathering project work | project work | feedback session | documentation |
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
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
Conceptual Inputs
- Introduction
- Approaches: Network/Flow vs. Metabolism
- Space of everything?
- ...
- Biosphere 2 and its meshwork of diverse performances
- ...
Technological Inputs
- Image & Video Processing (Blob Tracking): 1/2 Tag
- Computer Vision (Open CV & Open Pose): 1/2 Tag
- Communication Protocols (OSC, MIDI, MQTT) ???
- Sensor Networks (Data Aggregation) 1/2 Tag
Exercises
- Extended Conceptual Speed-Dating
- Spatial Analysis
- 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