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Models exist in various forms and sizes: Objects such as houses or artworks are one variety, but we also find models of engagement, models of perception and reflection. In my artistic practice I work both with analogue and digital models, models of thought and other experiments that add up to a model of a situation. Every model shows a different degree of representation, but all are real. We need to acknowledge that all spaces are steeped in political and individual intentions, power relations, and desires that function as models of engagement with the world. No space is model-free. This condition does not represent a loss, as many people might think, deploring the elimination of unmediated presence. On the contrary, the idea that the world consists of a conglomeration of models carries a liberating potential as it makes the renegotiation of our surroundings possible. This, in turn, opens the potential for recognition of the differences between individuals. What we have in common is that we are different. The conception of space as static and clearly definable thus becomes untenable and undesirable. As agents in the ceaseless modelling and remodelling of our surroundings and the ways in which we interact, we may advocate the idea of a spatial multiplicity and co-production.

Olafur Eliasson: Models are real

CVA Seminarieserie 2013: MODELS ARE REAL

MODELS ARE REAL II: 15 april,13-17.15, Rum 2206 13-15 Peter Frst & Johanna Eriksson : Design Dialogues - For healthcare, planning issues are often
extremely complex: space, organization, technology, care processes, treatment methods, patients perspectives, staff considerations, and other factors must be weighed together as a whole. By using design methodology it is possible for care professionals and other stakeholders, unskilled in spatial design, to effectively interpret and handle a very complex spatial situation while they at the same time review and discuss their own way of working. This facilitates innovation in the planning process. The researched based methodology of Design Dialoguesbuilds on interactive and participatory dialogue processes involving multi-disciplinary teams of professionals. Design Dialogues was developed to serve as a tool for architects seeking to involve users and their knowledge in the design process in a more strategic way. The framework consists of a structure of workshops, methodologies and tools and includes active collaboration between clients, users, other stakeholders, and architects. The basic concept is to use design methodology and model-making to be able to handle complex commissions by an iterative work with identification of needs and development of solutions. While working together as a cross-disciplinary group the participants use design artefacts to explore spatial relationships and new design concepts simultaneously. The method was developed in a research context at the Interactive Institute and Chalmers. Since 2004 it has been implemented in a series of architectural projectsranging from offices andhealthcare planning to large scale facilities and urban design.

15.15 -16.15 Ass.Prof. Julie Bernhardt, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience & Mental Health - Julie is Director of the AVERT Early Intervention Research Program. The main aim of this program is to develop

new, evidence-based rehabilitation interventions that may reduce the significant burden of stroke related disability. AVERT, the largest acute stroke rehabilitation trial, which will include over 2000 stroke patients, is at the core of this program. Understanding how early, exercise-based interventions after stroke may work to alter bone, muscle and brain is the focus of a number of substudies.

16.15-17.15 Prof Roger Ulrich, Centre for Healthcare Architecture - Dr. Ulrich is Professor of

Architecture at the Centre for Healthcare Architecture at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, and is adjunct professor of architecture at Aalborg University in Denmark. His work has directly impacted the design of hospital construction, and improved the health outcomes and safety of patients around the world. His recent work has dealt with subjects as varied as the effects of single versus multi-bed patient rooms on infection transmission, the negative impacts of hospital noise on patients and nurses, and how nature, gardens, and art can lessen pain, stress, and healthcare costs.

Notera 3 juni, 9 sept och 21 okt fr kommande seminarier!

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