Urban Detectives

CSI.Lagos Application period for students started

Jasper Moelker — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 09:56:05 +0000

The on-site workshop in Lagos (10th – 25th April 2010) is open for students from TU Delft (Delft, Netherlands), UNIGE (Geneva, Switzerland), UCL (London, United Kingdom) and UNILAG (Lagos, Nigeria). You can read workshop concept, setup, program and costs in the presentation (pdf) of the info meeting of 24 November.

If you want to participate please send a visual motivation (1MB max) to info@urbandetectives.com .

For TU Delft students we also offer the mEYEsite*Lagos course, a Multimedia & Presentation Techniques program organized in collaboration with the Media Department (Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft):
Mapping and capturing spaces and activities is crucial during the CSI.Lagos. The mEYEsite*Lagos will help you to understand how best to use different Multimedia & Presentation Techniques. During the Pre Lagos (1st half of the semester) you will learn how to use these techniques. The on-site workshop In Lagos will act as a case study for the mEYEsite course. During the Post Lagos (2nd half of the semester) you will edit your research and turn it into an exhibition and small publication with assistance of the Media staff.

The mEYEsite*Lagos course is optional for participating TU Delft students. Students will receive 6 ECTS after successfully completing this course. Students can now enroll for this course via the TU Delft studyguide: studyguide.tudelft.nl . (note: the AR0230 course name in the studyguide is ‘mEYEsite*Delft’ but is also meant for mEYEsite*Lagos and will be 6 ECTS rather than the 5 ECTS still indicated).

CSI.Lagos recruitment started

Jasper Moelker — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:49:59 +0000

The recruitment of students for CSI.Lagos has officially been started! Today posters have been distributed around TU Delft. Get additional info by subscribing for the email list on csi-lagos.urbandetectives.com. An info meeting will be held at the Faculty of Architecture, TU Delft at November 24th at 13:00 in lecture hall B. Urban Detectives organizes this years CSI.Lagos in collaboration with the BK Media Department and Bukka. For questions about the CSI.Lagos program mail to: info@urbandetectives.com.

Collaboration Talks with Bukka

Anthony Fuchs — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:11:58 +0000

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.

Urban Detectives @ I Bridge You

Jaap Klaarenbeek — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:24:34 +0000

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!

mEYEsite*Lagos

Jasper Moelker — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:26:20 +0000

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.

Invitation: V2C São Paulo workshop 2010

Jasper Moelker — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:56:55 +0000

Urban Detectives kindly invites design and planning professionals for the ‘Visions-to-Concepts São Paulo‘ (V2C.SP) international workshop, taking place from 6 to 13 March 2010 in São Paulo (Brazil).

Revolving around the theme ‘open city’, V2C.SP focuses on four project sites in which theory coalesces with the polemics of practice.Together with local architects, urban planners, anthropologists and other experts in related fields Dutch participants will diverse impressions and useful information during several site visits, excursions, lectures and discussion moments. The ultimate goal is to create a better understanding of the forces shaping our spatial environment and create design or planning concepts stimulating further discussions. Accordingly the V2C.SP on-site workshop is concluded by a public presentation followed by a seminar in São Paulo. Results will be later compiled into a publication and we hope that some workshop solutions can be carried further and beyond the horizon of the V2C event.

Though departure is still relatively far ahead of us, we ask interested practitioners to sign-up for our mailing list so we can keep you informed and evaluate if there exists a critical mass of interest.