052-0715-24L Topology
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2024 |
| Lecturers | P. Urech, M. Vollmer |
| Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
| Language of instruction | English |
Courses
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| 052-0715-24 K | Topology
 Keine Lehrveranstaltung am 24.10.2024 (Seminarwoche) sowie in den beiden letzten Semesterwochen (vor Schlussabgaben). Kursorte: Siehe jeweilige Raumangaben! Unterrichtssprachen: Deutsch und Englisch / Teaching languages: German and English. | 2 hrs |
| P. Urech, M. Vollmer |
Catalogue data
| Abstract | The Elective Course series “Topology” delves into the multifaceted nature of places. During the Autumn Semester 2024, we will explore the fallow site Hardturm in Zurich West. The participating students from D-ARCH and D-BAUG will be tasked with observing how communities shape urban spaces and with juxtaposing digital environments to investigate potentials. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | This elective course gives architecture students the opportunity to further develop their perception of space through a site-specific approach in the field of landscape architecture. The students will learn to use 3D point cloud technology and other spatial sensing technologies in order to analyze complex urban landscape and develop new ways of editing and representing these intertwined spaces. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | Students will document and analyze a case-study site to reveal its topological potentials and sensory qualities. This understanding will be gained through point cloud modeling and audiovisual composition. In particular, we will develop a new, comprehensive sectional model of a topologically interesting site situation. Students will become acquainted to working with digital models produced with laser-scanning and combined with sound. Through a series of steps, they will learn how a laser-scanning survey is conducted, how the raw data is processed, how point cloud models are assembled, what qualities these models can provide to analyze, explore and represent space as an audiovisual experience. Collected samples from the field will be assembled and built into an interactive application in the «Landscape Visualization and Modelling Lab». The software taught is open-source and can be installed on private laptops, facilitating applicability beyond the course. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecture notes | Literature will be provided during the course. Poster: https://lvml.ethz.ch/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/topology_2024HS_poster.pdf 3D model: https://lvml.ethz.ch/model/ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | ENROLLMENT: - The course is limited to 20 students (based on available computer stations). - Registration priority is given according to the date of enrollment and is balanced between the departments D-ARCH and D-BAUG. ORGANIZATION: - It is mandatory to have a Personal Liability Insurance to handle the laser scanner. - Participation to the Workshop is necessary to collect the data used for the rest of the course. - Workshop times: individual scanning of 3h between 26.9 and 28.9 + registration on 29.9 14-17h. COURSE: - Students will work in teams of 2. - The lectures will be held in English, assistance in English and German. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Performance assessment
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Performance assessment as a semester course | |
| ECTS credits | 2 credits |
| Examiners | P. Urech, M. Vollmer |
| Type | ungraded semester performance |
| Language of examination | German |
| Repetition | Repetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit. |
Learning materials
| Main link | Information |
| Only public learning materials are listed. | |
Groups
| No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
| General |  : Special students and auditors need a special permission from the lecturers |