ARV // successfully connected.

The ARV is a swiss association from Geneve. They're dealing with urban space invasion and reach architecture collectives to write and design their projects.

For the moment, we know connections for the project Kazern with the collective 101 and the collective Quatorze. (That's why I was in Geneve, to speak about the project. Basicaly, we would write a pedagogical program for them, in order to make students enter civil life by working in their scholar studios.)

We'll meet in September one more time to speak about the research.

raumlabor successfully connected

Hi PSIRG,

preparing the phases of data entry,
I successfully gained contact to raumlabor's Andrea Hofmann,
even if it was only a breakfast talk without internet connection.

So I added a translated copy of my writings to the Google Docs.
We covered the early history, some projects as well as possible exit-points for further research.

To be able to enter the next phase, I need some help:

• I'd like to set up a public website on spaceinvaders.org, including the question forms for decentralized data entry. Another question would be if I'm already allowed to send out links to our forms, allowing someone like Jürgen Breiter to already enter data.
  
• Andrea explained me their book "acting in public" which is a collection of interviews, detailed explanations of some projects as well as an index with credits to most of their projects. I think this book could enable me to deeply represent their network and find new knots to further explore the area of "Public Space Invaders" in Berlin and/or Germany.
  

Despite I rejected to talk about money earlier before,
now comes the time I need a little budget here in Berlin
to allow me some expenditures as this book will cost 28€.

Can we agree on a small representative number?

I feel more confident now that I will also be able to contribute valuable data for our Demography as my research goes on.

Excited about the development and next steps,
Jon

Berlin Space Invaders.

Berlin is still going slow on Public Space Invaders.

Still, some small improvements could be finished.

Done.

In the internal online collaboration system the transcript of a phone talk with Jürgen Breiter (urban curator) finally has been translated into english. (link)

Additionally, a collection of edited internal chatlogs has been established and will be developed further on - for clearness and transparency inside the research group. (link)

According to these I added the field Miscellaneous to the question forms, also applied the same format to any question, including spell check. The questions have been roughly categorized and carefully reordered, too.

Maybe some reworkings still need to be done before we publish.

Next steps.

• Public Website for Question Forms and Project Outline

Prior to publication we should implement an additional public blog to keep participants up to date as well as access project details and the question forms.

• Term: Urban or Public Space Invaders?

I suppose we shall define and decide wheather we're talking about "Public" or "Urban" Space Invaders. Any ideas?

• Progress Jürgen Breiter

He is waiting for green light to enter some data.

• Progress raumlabor

raumlabor moved my mail into an inquiry folder and is supposed to offer me a meeting soon. As I think they might have forgotten me, I reminded them again.

Any further suggestions?

Exhibition inToulouse.

L´exposition présente un choix de situations urbaines qui se définissent à la croisée de l´architecture, de l´art et du politique : constructions provisoires et réversibles, installations ou scènes artistiques, dispositifs participatifs, jardins, espaces de jeu, habitats spontanés... qui se construisent ou « s´auto-construisent » suivant des démarches de bricolage, de low-tech et de ready-made.

EXHIBITION - 5/03/2001 > 4/06/2011

Urbanités inantendues // Unexpected urbanities.

Atelier d’Architecture Autogérée, Bruit du Frigo, Coloco, Ctrl + Z, Le Cabanon Vertical, Didattica, Encore Heureux, Exyzt, Muf, Raumlabor, Recetas Urbanas, SYN-atelier d’exploration urbaine

et Urban Repair Squad, J. Graham et T. Jusczyk, J.P. Ganem, Mossop + Michaels architects, G. Lang, Work ac, Office for Unsolicited Architecture (OUA), M. Rakowitz, Playspace Foundation

CONFERENCE - 30/05/2011

Architectes et collectifs aux prises avec l'espace urbain // Architects and collectives dealing with urban space.

Ouverture

• Nicole Roux-Loupiac (Directrice de l’ENSA de Toulouse)

• Philippe Monmayrant (Directeur du CAUE 31)

Présentation de la journée

• Enrico Chapel (LRA-ENSA de Toulouse)

Récits d’actions, postures de projet (1)

Modérateur : Enrico Chapel (LRA-ENSA de Toulouse)

• Dimitri Messu (Exyzt, Paris) : « Les actions construites ou la construction de plateformes d’action »

• Olivier Bedu (Le Cabanon vertical, Marseille) : « Micro-projets et espaces d’investigation »

• Nicolas Bonnenfant et Camille Dandelot (Coloco, Paris) : « Créateurs d’envies »

Coopération, militantisme, participation

Modérateur : Anne Peré (LRA-ENSA de Toulouse)

• Elise Macaire (Didattica - ENSA de Paris La Villette) : « Ecosophes, entre marge et polarité dans le champ de l’architecture »

• Stéphane Gruet (AERA, Toulouse) : « Le paradoxe de la participation »

Récits d’actions, postures de projet (2)

Modérateur: Jean-Loup Marfaing (CAUE 31)

• Caitlin Ester (muf, Londres) : « Préparations pour une vie d’après »

• Gabi Farage (Bruit du frigo, Bordeaux) : « Ville créative et

développement durable. Apprendre et agir en alliance avec les usagers »

• Nicola Delon (Encore heureux, Paris) : « Secrets de fabrication, tactiques

Arts, architecture, espace public

Modérateur : Joël Lecussan (Mix’art Myrys, Toulouse)

• Andrea Urlberger (LRA-ENSA de Toulouse) : « Nous travaillons ensemble »

• Catherine Aventin (LRA-ENSA de Toulouse) : « Pour que les géants puissent encore passer sur les boulevards »

• Giovanna Borasi (Centre canadien d’architecture, Montréal) : « Récolter les problèmes pour créer une nouvelle économie »

Clôture de la journée

• Alain Chatelet (Directeur du LRA-ENSA de Toulouse)