atom06:Concept
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Intervention
Our idea is to create a network that connects in real-time our site with the rest of Delft.
findings (analysis)
- the residents of Delft and the TU are not or barely interacting (creating a division in the unity of the city)
- Currently, the twitter study highlighted the existance of a virtual Network "around" the site: people are trying to connect
- by mapping activities we found similar interests/activities between some of the actors
proposed actions
- use the actor-network theory to help us organize/find the current actors and existing networks (be it people, bats or organizations)
- introduce new actors (intermediators, be it people or objects) to to reconfigure and redistribute those relationships
- merge the physical and the virtual as a plugin like in Avatar
- create (virtual and physical) activities that attract residents and students and lets them interact
future results
- this will create a more coherent Delft where people will know more about each other and interact more, creating a more coherent city
Summary of theory: Actor-Network
The Actor-network theory (ANT), is a sociological theory developed by Bruno Latour, Michel Callon and John Law. This network contains not only people, but also objects and organizations. This network with many different elements combines both social and technical parts in their influence and cohesion.
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Actor <--> Network
According to the actor-network theory, we are now defining the network formed by actors, with their attributes. Then we are looking into how it is possible to redistribute the action of the network towards our site, that is the park.
As part of the Actor-Network-Theory, people like objects are equal parts of the same network, as long as they are connected. For this connection these interfaces are the key.
A large factor in the provided program will be a change of pace from week to weekend/summer when there are no students on the center platform.
network in the week
network in the weekend/summer
How this directly relates to the (program of the) site is of course yet to be determined, but the connection points are direct input into the site, be it delayed as prioritized.
The nature of this network is to create a whole. A Borg-like connectivity network with input and output, all on the same network.
network in the site, option 1, within the building
network in the site, option 2, within and throughout
What this will look like INSIDE the structure, THROUGH the structure, or however it evolves, is yet to be seen. Site / building layout, program, materialization, user groups and their activities will determine the looks of this network, yet also the network will be able to alter the program, user group ratios or even building layout. Be it one flat building, or many slim towers... The object is to facilitate the integral interactive network: the people, objects and their activities... whether that is nothing or a lot.
layered network within the building communicating to the external influences, and influencing the external: a live interactive feed
In practise, our project is divided in two main parts.
1. The center, that is a main public platform that attracts people from different user groups to our site (which is the center between the TU and the city center) where they can interact and communicate
2. The metastasis, which is an interactive interface between the people and the physical location. This is done via internet through a smart phone, computer, or an urban located interactive station that all interactively relate back to the public platform and reverse.
internet is everywhere, but to connect to it is not always possible yet, or harder yet, to get people to connect to our site.
the 'interactive objects' can be installations through which information is sent and received. Where people can have an active part where they are not located. This way the TU and the city are bonded even closer. Especially if the content relates and varies. The 'newness' can wear off, but because of the HYPERstate they are always in, it will never the same...
Work in Progress
To define the strategy we are doing analysis on different topics: map the activities of users to understand what can stimulate interaction and communication; investigate the possible system's spatial ability; analyze the flow of people to determine the attractors place in which to place the metastases.
Analyze spatial ability
Systems' Movements
Spatial Ability
Layers' Program
The diagrams relate to relationships and organizations of space according to F.D.K. Ching
Before actually deciding on who is going where with what purpose, these diagrams show the possibilities of any interaction. With this information we can look at the needs and demands of the various actors in our area. From this we can extrapolate a fitting brief, which we can mold within the possibilities of interaction via the relationships and organizations of the space. The (Inter)action of systems will be the key of our project.
The concept of these diagrams is to form an idea of organizing our users and their uses
Spatial relationships
- space within a space
- interlocking spaces
- adjacent spaces
- space linked by a common space
Spatial organizations
- radial organizations
- clustered organizations
- centered organizations
- linear organizations
- grid organizations
From the center of this network, like in metastasis, things spread from the center to non-adjacent parts; contaminating all the city.
Metastasis means "displacement" in Greek, from μετά, meta, "next", and στάσις, stasis, "placement".
