loopcitydiscribing the city based on repeated everyday actions

 

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in his novel L'Innommable Beckett describes a strange world made up from a complex system of repetitive cyclical events. What is described as social architecture - the spatial / temporal organisation of everyday life- is often very similar to this: people do the same things at the same time. They follow the same routes in regular periods. Sometimes when riding the tram, visiting a cafe or going to the supermarket I recognize strangers who seem to live in the same "loops” like I do.

The Project which I propose is a subjective description of the city as a set of repeating actions and events on different scales. A space composed of closed loops, intersecting each other. each loop is a thematic entity, a story: a stroll through the shelves of a local supermarket. Looking for a free place in a parking lot. A tourists guide round through a district. A hotel maid's morning round.

Loop city’s concept of space is topological and relativistic – the lengths of each strand don't have to correspond to its accurate metric length in real space. They can be scaled by its temporal length or by the amount of information contained within.

"Cities are movement economies" B. Hillier

I am interested in your everyday pathes like:

- commuting
- walking the dog
- shopping for your daily essentials
- taking a stroll, hitting the bars
- visiting your grandma
- paths you have to go during work
- your organisation of everyday life ...

 your contributions are highly welcome! please fill out the questionaire or upload image/sound data.

there are two possibilities for sending me the questionaire:

1: use this webform but try it out if it works on your system first - press the submit button - after that it should bring you to a page saying "loopcity-thank you for submitting your route!"

2.if you have problems with the form you can use the excel sheet or write the answers directly in an email
-> download questionaire (.xls) .pdf
then please email it to: didi@iamas.ac.jp

3. you can also upload images or sound data illustrating your route or a repeated action which is part of your daily routine. you can upload the data here:
upload

if you live in ogaki, you can use this map of as a reference
ogaki map

 

 

 

a project by dietmar offenhuber
funded & supported by the japan foundation
IAMAS Institute
translations by james lazo