!!!   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!

Overview and Objectives

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Schedule

Week 1

Tuesday, 19.02.Wednesday, 20.02Thursday, 21.02.Friday, 22.02.
morning

Kick-Off
Input: Introduction into Basic Concepts

10:45 Tour Masoala-Rainforest Zoo ZurichIndividual Preparation for Exercise 1Exercise 2 (Spatial Analysis)
afternoonToni-Tour and Input by K. König

Input: Biosphere 2

Input: Technology 1 ?

Exercise 1 (Conceptual Speed Dating)individual work
Week 2

Tuesday, 26.02.

Wednesday, 27.02.Thursday, 28.02.Friday, 01.03.
morning

Exercise 3 ()

Mentoring
individual work		Mentoring
individual work		project work
afternoon

individual work
Gathering

Mentoring
individual work

project workproject work
Week 3

Tuesday, 05.03.

Wednesday, 06.03.Thursday, 07.03.Friday, 08.03.
morningproject workMentoring VZ ?
project work		Mentoring VZ ?
project work		project work
afternoonproject workMentoring VZ ?
project work		Mentoring VZ ?
project work		project work
Week 4

Tuesday, 12.03.

Wednesday, 13.03.Thursday, 14.03.Friday, 15.03.
morningproject workproject workproject workproject work
afternoonproject workproject workproject workproject work
Week 5

Tuesday, 19.03.

Wednesday, 20.03.Thursday, 21.03.Friday, 22.03.
morningproject workproject workfinal presentationsdocumentation
afternoonGathering
project work		project work

feedback session
exhibition

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

Inputs

Conceptual

  1. Introduction
    1. Approaches: Network/Flow vs. Metabolism
    2. Space of everything?
    3. ...
  2. Biosphere 2 and its meshwork of diverse performances
    1. ...

Technology

  1. Image & Video Processing (Blob Tracking): 1/2 Tag
  2. Computer Vision (Open CV & Open Pose): 1/2 Tag
  3. Communication Protocols (OSC, MIDI, MQTT) ???
  4. Sensor Networks (Data Aggregation) 1/2 Tag

Exercises

  1. Extended Conceptual Speed-Dating
  2. Spatial Analysis
  3. 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