Sensing in the Wild

Patil, M. S. (Contributor)
Turtle, G. L. (Contributor)
Bendor, R. (Contributor)
Seda Özçetin (Contributor)
Carlos Guerrero Millan (Contributor)
Chris Speed (Contributor)

Activity: Other

Description

Have you ever considered yourself to be a part of a sensing system? In this workshop, participants will engage with performative Real Game Play (RGP) and auto – ethnographic modes of design inquiry that can be used to stretch imaginaries into the unknown. By embodying different human and non – human roles, participants will tune into the vibrations of urban sensing systems.

The workshop invites up to 16 participants to a speculative, textured, embodied analysis of urban sensing systems. We expect to incite awareness of the possibilities and consequences that open, distributed and decentralised systems could provide for future urban design practices. The workshop is motivated by the following questions:

- What if urban sensing systems, deployed in cities, moved from control – based, closed and centralised modes of sensing to more commons – based, open and distributed modes of sensing?
-How then might urban sensing systems celebrate the diversity, layered history and rich cultural tapestry of place in their design and use?

Period	27 Jan 2022
Event title	DRS 2022
Event type	Conference
Location	Bilbao, Spain
Degree of Recognition	International

Keywords

Sensing systems
URBAN DESIGN
open data ecosystem

Documents & Links

A new initiative for DRS2022 is the “DRS Labs”. With this initiative – piloted for the first time this year – the DRS encourages design researchers to engage with local organisations in a defined project that brings direct benefits to the local region, engages conference participants and wider publics, and demonstrates the potential that design research can bring to diverse industries, institutions, and communities. The city of Bilbao identified four challenges or issues that are particularly relevant to the hosting city and the surrounding region: Urban Habitat, Digital Ecosystems, Cultural Heritage and Creative industries and public space. Five international LAB proposals have been selected to tackle the challenges, of which DCODE hosted a workshop.