Simon & Tancredi

From XPUB & Lens-Based wiki

Tour of WdKA (Wijnhaven & Blaak buildings) & observations

Security

  • key safes outside rooms in Master's area
  • steel constructions around elevators
  • open access to equipment in stations
  • map of the floor and path to escape

Key.jpg Steel.jpg InteractionStation.jpg MapFloor.jpg

Open space/Closed space

  • architecture and materials of Wijnhaven building mix together elements of inside/outside space
  • traces of former building are visible in Blaak
  • seems to be a space in flux, which can be adapted as one needs (signage in Business station invites users to write on partitions, also room numbers are written on a printed schematic of the floor)
  • stations are organised by function, but not exclusive to those who may want to work there, but not use those facilities necessarily (e.g. you might use a space because you want to work within that atmosphere)

Wijnhaven vs Blaak buildings

  • Wijnhaven is a more modern building, very modular in both architecture and also furniture
  • Blaak has more traces of the former building (a bank), seems easier to "get lost" within
  • more possibility for private (exclusive) spaces in Blaak

Learning in public vs learning in private

  • pianos in Blaak & Wijnhaven (play and performance - can be related to the style of learning engendered by spaces in WdKA)
  • works in development and on display in stations/vitrines
  • learning in public is linked to collaboration/more social styles of learning
  • learning in private allows one to develop ideas without having to perform them at the same time
  • relation with open/closed space

Paths and Way finding

  • lines on ground indicating direction or inviting exploration?
  • signage that points to "open area"
  • exit information and some signs (e.g. smokefree Hogeschool) in Dutch
  • some signage is made by students? (e.g. Leisure Management on 3rd floor)