Within the preparation of the last City Space Investigations workshop for Lagos we have started a very fruitful discussion with Bukka, a think tank that has essential experience with working in Lagos and shares very similar views on research, reality and involvement. Current exchange aims to find a collaborative model that brings in Bukka’s expertise for the CSI and fine tune the CSI set-up to inform a summer school taking place in October. We hope to soon announce positive news and definite plans for the year 2010 and beyond.

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October 29, 30, and 31, Urban Detectives in cooperation with YourCity organizes a three-day workshop at ‘I Bridge You’. The workshop takes place in the context of the Rotterdam European Youth Capital 2009 and is organized in a temporary bridge located over the pedestrian bridge between shopping mall Rotterdam Zuidplein and Charlois.
The aim is to get insights in what for Rotterdam Souths youth are the area’s best valued public places. How do they use them?  What are the qualities of these places? How would they improve these? By ways of activities of different scale, depth and playfulness these questions are approached. Improvisation is the keyword during these three days, enthusiasm the driving force.
Results of the workshop will be analyzed, published and offered to the Rotterdam Municipality. November 27^th results of the workshop will be presented at the NAi during the Rotterdam Architectural Biennale (IABR). You are more than welcome to participate in any of the occasions!

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This year Urban Detectives will collaborate with the Media department, Faculty of Architecture (Bouwkunde), TU Delft to organize a Multimedia & Presentation Techniques course for students (and professionals) as part of the mEYEsite program and integrated with the City Space Investigations – Lagos (CSI.Lagos) workshop scheduled for April 2010.
The mEYEsite*Lagos course will be available for all students participating in the CSI.Lagos. During the ‘Pre Lagos’ (preparation phase) the participants will gain experience and learn new skills using different media techniques, equipping them for the ‘In Lagos’ (on-site workshop), which acts as a case study for this course. During the ‘Post SP’ (post-production phase) the participants will be assisted by the Media department in creating a multimedia exposition with their material.

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