Softening the City

- in class assignments
On this page you can find all the assignments that we needed to make for/in a class
Assignment 1: Lexicon
Select 3 terms that are central to your project and formulate definitions.
These terms were based on the previous subject, hostile architecture. However, comfort could still be applied to our new subject; masculine/feminine architecture
These are two definitions that fit our current subject.
Assignment 2: Conversation and Role Play
a) choose a displaced matter that interests you (a person, material, object, etc).
b) Individually write a list of 3 questions for a conversation or dialogue with them.
c) research to find answers to those questions as much as possible.
d) imagine and write a conversation collectively among your group members, each embodying the matter/object/person/force they researched.
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Assignment 3: Site Writing
Write a description of a space that is related to the form of displacement you are working on as a group, and accompany this with an image. The image can be a sketch, blueprint, photograph, map, video still, etc. The way the text and image are juxtaposed is up to you.
Assignment 4: Timeline
Create a collage that is linked to your subject.
Imagine laying on this bench in a calm environment. It can become kind of boring after a while, right?
Are you tired of sticking together? Let's switch it up; use these convenient benches to cut yourself up.
Let your body breathe a little. Feel a new form of excitement
Assignment 5: Flash Fiction
Write a flash fiction about your subject.
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