How can architects relate to digital media?
The Mobile City keynote at the ‘Day of the Young Architect’: outcomes and further thoughts
written by Michiel de Lange & Martijn de Waal
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
URBAN COMPUTING AND LOCATIVE MEDIA
Anne Galloway, of Purse Lip Square Jaw, has published her PhD.
“The dissertation builds on available sociological approaches to understanding everyday life in the networked city to show that emergent technologies reshape our experiences of spatiality, temporality and embodiment. It contributes to methodological innovation through the use of data bricolage and research blogging, which are presented through experimental and recombinant textual strategies; and it contributes to the field of science and technology studies by bringing together actor-network theory with the sociology of expectations in order to empirically evaluate an area of cutting-edge design.”
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Bio Mapping / Emotion Mapping
2004 - ongoing
Bio Mapping is revolutionary methodology and tool for visualising people's reactions to the external world.
Over the last five years, over 2000 people have taken part in community mapping projects in over 25 cities across the globe. In structured workshops, participants re-explore their local area with the use of a unique device invented by Christian Nold which records the wearer's Galvanic Skin Response (GSR), which is a simple indicator of emotional arousal in conjunction with their geographical location. On their return, a map is created which visualises points of high and low arousal.
The unique methodology of this project involves working with groups of people to interpret and analyse the data and adding annotating onto these individual emotion tracks. Through this process communal Emotion Maps of lots of people's emotion data are constructed which are packed full of personal observations and highlight the issues that people feel strongly about.
Over the last years Christian Nold has used this unique methodology and tool in many diverse contexts from art, community development, science research, architectural planning and large scale political consultations. Please get in touch if you would like to set a similar project in your area.
When we become aware of our own and each others unique body reactions to the environment we can create a better world!
Some examples:
Swords > Ploughshares > Swords
Unfortunately, in recent years there have been so many people, companies and institutions who have tried to copy or imitate the Bio Mapping device and use it for banal, exploitative or anti-social purposes.
For this reason I would like to make it clear that the Bio Mapping device and Emotion Mapping concept are Copyrighted and Trademarked!
For other work and more information please look at:
christian at softhook dot com
Friday, December 18, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Sensing Space (Architecture Positioning) (Paperback)
The incorporation of new technology into architecture continues to define our everyday lives, whether it be tiny sensors woven almost invisibly into materials, buildings which communicate with their surroundings via the facades, or "intelligent" houses that adapt to fit their inhabitants. Sensing Space investigates the potential of interactive technologies as an integral component of contemporary architecture.
The Proposal Writing Guide: How to Write a Winning Thesis Proposal
Excepts from an article about how to write a thesis proposal — written by Dr. Wendy Carter for FinishLine, the free monthly newsletter of TA-DA!™, which provides tips, tools, and techniques for completing a thesis or dissertation
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