Elena Porqueddu, Marie Davidová, Hanane Behnam and María Claudia Valverde
Exploring synergies between different mapping approaches
The report discusses two workshops focused on the integration of two mapping tools: the multi-scale atlas and gigamapping. The aim of both workshops was to identify the most appropriate design interventions that could leverage specific urban ecosystems. The first workshop was performed in relation to COLife and Enacting Gregory Bateson’s Ecological Aesthetics projects, within the biotope of the city centre of Stuttgart. The second was held during the RSD13 symposium in Oslo and explored the potential to extend the biodiversity of Kuba Park into the adjacent built-up area of Vulkan, which lies in the biocorridor stretching from Maridalsvannet lake to Oslo’s bay, along the Akerselva river. In both contexts, the workshops focused on a more-than-human perspective within central urban environments: participants explored the potential for more-than-human interventions in edible and habitable landscapes. The first part of the workshop was dedicated to an embodied exploration of the site, based on the Multi-Scale Atlas methodology. During this phase, participants walked through the area and individually collected heterogeneous types of experiential data using various techniques such as sketching, photography, and sound recording. In the second part of the workshop, these materials were placed on a site map, along with physical marking objects, and presented by each participant to the whole team.
This was followed by a gigamapping session, in which the group searched for synergies among different perspectives. The workshops concluded with collective presentations. The teams consisted of transdisciplinary experts related to the creative industry and ecology.
KEYWORDS: architectural space, more-than-human, urban space, gigamapping, urban mapping
RSD TOPIC(S): Arch&Plan, Cases, MethMeth, Soc&Cult, SoEco, SoTech