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The workshops are aimed at students and professionals coming from the fields of architecture, urbanism, design and engineering. Each participant in the workshops will develop technological skills and get a deep understanding of parametric and sustainable design, new smart and sustainable materials for construction and the potentials of different hardware and software applications in public space. Additionally, participants will get a deep understanding of citizen participation in the design, programming and time-occupation of public space. By the end of the workshop participants will have a global comprehension of the design and development of Active Public Space and Smart City Projects based in real-life environments. They will learn how to make projects that integrate the design of active public space, citizen interaction and participation and the technologies of information, developing technical, social and economic skills.

Prague Workshop – Outcomes

December 16, 2016 / admin_iaac / 0 Comments

The Dathaton workshop occurred in Prague between the 11th and the 13th of November 2016 at Carge premises. 50 students attended the workshop.

The central theme was the activation of Prague public space.

The students were provided with a set of data, that have been analysed in order to improve city or governmental policies as well as concrete spaces. All data used by the students has been divided in 916 microdistricts. They could be combined to neghborhoods and these added up to municipalities.

How can data help to actively shape cities? How can we activate public space by data usage? How can citizens collect data and actively shape their city? Those are some of the questions on which the students were focusing during the three intensive days, exploring new solutions.

(Prague Workshop Programme)

Prague Workshop – Open call for applications

October 10, 2016 / admin_iaac / 0 Comments

Data-driven Changemakers crunch numbers and deliver impact. Would you like to try? Join our Datathon event from Friday 11 to Sunday 13 November 2016. The theme of Datathon will be “Active public space”. The participants will analyse Prague city data (which will be given) to conceptualize practical solutions for:

-Urban Movement
-Diverse City
-Bottom-up Impact

Venue: CERGE-EI, Politických v?z?? 7, Prague 1

Date and Time: Friday 11 November from 13:00 to 19:00, Saturday 12 November from 9:30 to 18:00 and Sunday 13 November from 9:00 to 15:00. Continue reading

Barcelona Workshop – Outcomes

September 8, 2016 / admin_iaac / 0 Comments

BCN SUPERILLA workshop was held at IAAC between the 5th and the 7th of September.

16 students, responding to our call for papers, learned about Basics of Computation Design, Web Data sourcing, Data Visualization, Augmented reality, Robotic Data Visualizations, Grasshopper and Environmental Data&NDVI analysis, Emergenct Design and Advanced Behaviours thanks to IAAC, CCEA, UAAV and Noumena teachers (BCN workshop program).

The following lectures have been given:

> Activating Public Space

Areti Markopoulou

> Participation in Public Space

Yvette Vasourkova

> Design Competitions for Public Space

Karin Grohmannova

> Environmental Principles for Public Space Design

Bernhard Sommer

> Fab City

Tomas Diez

The following tutorials have been given:

Basics of Computation Design
Web Data sourcing
Data Visualization
Augmented reality
Robotic Data Visualizations
Smart Citizen kit to Grasshopper
Environmental Data&NDVI analysis
Emergenct Design
Agents and basic behaviours
Advanced Behaviours

During the workshop the students developed the BCN installation POBLEJOC.

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Barcelona Workshop – Call for applications: deadline extended!

August 25, 2016 / admin_iaac / 0 Comments

We still have some places for participating to IAAC Workshop on Active Public Space! Don’t miss the opportunity to join us!
The call is open till the 29th of August 2016.
In order to apply please send your cv to info@activepublicspace.org providing the following information: Name / Age / Nationality / Education / Work experience / Experience in public projects & activities. Please write in the e-mail subject: BCN workshop application.

For more info:

BCN call for applications

Barcelona Workshop – Open call for applications

August 1, 2016 / admin_iaac / 0 Comments

Call for applications to participate to Barcelona workshop is now open!

The workshop (September, 5^th– 7^th 2016) will focus on the principles, implications and applications of ICTs for urban space and will include the following modules:

parametric design based on environmental conditions and selected data
real time data visualization
digital interfaces for the design and participatory management of public space
urban monitoring devices
smart advanced materials and applications in the built and public space
lectures by IAAC experts on technologies developed for smart energy management

The call is open till the 18th of August 2016.

In order to apply please send your cv to [email protected] providing the following information: Name / Age / Nationality / Education / Work experience / Experience in public projects & activities. Please write in the e-mail subject: BCN workshop application.

For further information:

BCN call for applications

Vienna Workshop – Outcomes

July 17, 2016 / admin_iaac / 0 Comments

The VIE workshop took place in Vienna between the 8th and the 10th of June 2016 at UAAV premises. 11 students attended the workshop.

The aim of the workshop was to provide participants, through lessons and practical exercises, with the necessary knowledge to design Active Public Space.

Each participant in the workshops developed technological skills and get understanding of parametric and sustainable design, new smart and sustainable materials for construction, the potentials of different hardware and software applications in public space and methodologies for citizen participation, thanks to lectures and tutorials (VIE Workshop_Program).

The workshop the following lectures have been given:

on Energy Design & Workshop Task

Bernhard Sommer and Galo Moncayo, University of Applied Arts in Vienna

Arguments on Public Space in Vienna

Beatrice Stude

Citizen Participation

Igor Kovacevic

on Micro-Climate in Urban Public Spaces

Matthias Ratheiser

Visualization & Interpretation of Data

Alexandre Dubor

On Interactive Systems

Saman Saffarian

Moreover the following tutorials have been given by Galo Moncayo

Arduino
Digital Mapping of Real Space Using Sensors
3d Modeling of Interactive Geometry

The students developed projects of interactive prototypes for the public space.

During the last workshop day the students presented the work developed in front of a jury composed by: Andrea Börner (UAAV), Chiara Farinea (IAAC), Anna Gulinska (UAAV), Yvette Vašourková (CCEA), Bernhard Sommer (UAAV), Beatrice Stude, Reiner Zettl (UAAV)

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Vienna Workshop – Open call for applications

May 19, 2016 / admin_iaac / 0 Comments

Call for applications to participate to Vienna workshop is now open!

The workshop will focus on energy design, and climate related aspects of the public space and will include:

Teaching and practice of monitoring climate data from weather stations
Visualization and interpretation of data
Teaching and practice for parametric design based methodologies on environmental conditions
Lectures by UAAV Experts on Energy Design
Production and testing of interactive mock-ups (arduino)
Documentation of discussion, and user behavior
Final public presentation of realized work and closing discussion

The call is open till the 25th of May 2016.

In order to apply please send your cv to [email protected] providing the following information: Name / Age / Nationality / Instruction / Work experience / Experience in public projects & activities. Please write in the e-mail subject: VIE workshop application.

For further information: APS-Workshop-UAAV

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