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PLACE—
MAKING—
PLACE
New approaches to the city.
What is the significance of a place for the people who use it? What
motivates people to live in a place, to appropriate it, to get involved, to
care for it?
The term placemaking covers various theories and approaches to the planning, design and management of public spaces. The aim is to create public spaces that improve urban coexistence and promote the health, happiness and well-being of its inhabitants. Special attention is paid to the potential and inspiration of a local community. Unused space is (re) used to change the human experience of a place, ultimately a city, and thus shape new behaviors (1).
Using the example of the THWS Sanderheinrichsleitenweg (SHL) campus as a (semi-)public space, the potential of the courtyard for our community, our togetherness and our SHL microcosm was explored in concrete terms. Prototypes were used to deliberately test aspects of production, usability and lifecycles of products, as well as the narratives and visions surrounding places.
The term placemaking covers various theories and approaches to the planning, design and management of public spaces. The aim is to create public spaces that improve urban coexistence and promote the health, happiness and well-being of its inhabitants. Special attention is paid to the potential and inspiration of a local community. Unused space is (re) used to change the human experience of a place, ultimately a city, and thus shape new behaviors (1).
Using the example of the THWS Sanderheinrichsleitenweg (SHL) campus as a (semi-)public space, the potential of the courtyard for our community, our togetherness and our SHL microcosm was explored in concrete terms. Prototypes were used to deliberately test aspects of production, usability and lifecycles of products, as well as the narratives and visions surrounding places.
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A three-part series of workshops ↗ with the artist Katharina Lüdicke ↗ took place as part of the course. Urban space was explored using ad doc interventions.
Supervision Prof. Judith Glaser
Winter Term 2024/25
A three-part series of workshops ↗ with the artist Katharina Lüdicke ↗ took place as part of the course. Urban space was explored using ad doc interventions.
Supervision Prof. Judith Glaser
Winter Term 2024/25
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project title
Katie Binz , Lena Breidenbach, Kheyarra Johnson
What comes after death poses so many questions to humanity, as it isn’t something that can be experienced or a story that can be told. Life is the only existence that humans know, whereas death is often viewed as the polar opposite, a state of not consciously existing any longer. With this, many cultures, groups, religions, and individuals have different beliefs when it comes to the afterlife, some posing the question as to whether or not there even is one. The transition between life and death is a complex topic, which truly raises more questions and room for contemplation than it does in providing any one answer.
Each project uses visual imagery such as specifically chosen colors, symbols, forms, and text existing within planes of space that deliver their own separate narratives surrounding the same concept. Despite all of our projects being centered around death and the afterlife, the results of our craft goes to show how differently each person’s interpretation may be and what particular motifs and concepts are significant to the individual.
