Cultivation, farming, harvesting, processing, preparation and consumption of tea has a long history in Mainland China, but a short and intense history in Taiwan, especially in Taipeh. By observing, researching and analysing those issues we are looking at unique characteristics, by analysing the... more
From December 6th â 10th 2010, Prof. Sven-Anwar Bibi and Jessica Stihl conduct the project »Cultural Library meets Urban... more
An old man crossing with his walking sticks while red light is on. He did not look around but just walked straight.
Two persons crossing in the middle of a big street, not looking on the sides, slow and with baggage.
Two men crossing a little street beside the zebra path. One going fast, the other slow talking on his phone.
The bikes are locked from both sides to the fence. People took the effort to lift the bike up the wall to secure it.
A cyclist decides to park his bicycle into the existing pattern of bicycles. He originally came from the other direction and walked his bicycle around to have his bike facing the same direction as all of the other ones.
A cyclist notices the change, analyzes the situation and decides to park his bicycle into the row of parked bikes.
Here we can see the result of the rearrangement. A lot of bikes have been removed, others have re-assumed their original location.
The original state of the train station parking situation. The bicycles are arranged against the walls. The rental bikes form their own group.
some people came and were discussing if they can lock their bikes there or not. In the end they went away.
There are 3 "no bike parking" signs next to a bike. Next to the bike are more bikes.
2 people meet each other and blocking the traffic because of the parking in the second row. The other car has to drive over the pavement
Woman is looking for a place to park. She drove 2 times around and was always waching until she decided to park
the girl was crossing while checking her back pack, not paying attention to the light nor the road.
Kiosk next to the bus stop offers the possibility to buy things while waiting
People using the time while waiting to buy food at bakery next to bus stop
A lot of bikes in front of a shop in the city. They are placed parallel to each other. There are more bikes parking than official parking posts.
Parallel to the workshop in Curitiba Prof. Philipp Heidkamp of KISD works with a second team on the same topic in Cologne, Germany:
The project is about understanding complex situations in urban space by finding simple relationships at the streetlevel, according to the topic... more
This one uses the brazilian parking symbol for inicating that it is a parking space
This is how most of the private parking spaces look like. The most importante thing here are the prices: they could be very different according to the areas where they are located.
A woman riding a bike with a grandchild, shoping bags, and bakery goods to sell.
This is the formal place for parking the bike inside the park. It's easy and next to the police station.
Unable to use the parking rack, these users just left their bikes in the corner of the garage.
This parking rack puts all the bikes on a vertical position, thus saving space for the cars.
In curitibian`s tubes, cashiers use a box to elevate their feet from the floor, protection from rain water puddles.
A very well-located bus stop downtown Curitiba where people can exchange from one bus line to another(at a very non-crowded time of the day). Some wait in line while others lean against the resting bar.
This parking reck is on the university campus (UFPR). It is one of the few official parking spaces for bicycles in Curitiba.
With no parking place avaiable around, the owner of this bicycle just locked it in a traffic sign
Most ''tube'' cashiers cover wind cracks with foam and cardboard in order to stop wind from messing with bills and sheets.
This five-day-workshop in Curitiba is led by Jessica Stihl, designer and lecturer of Köln International School of Design (KISD).
The project is about understanding complex situations in urban space by finding simple relationships at the streetlevel, according to the topic »Mobility«. Analyzing... more
Mobility has been a paradigm of innovation since the industrial revolution (cars, trains, vehicles communication including all infrastructure and services) and is one of the reasons for nowadays economical wealth. Mobility is the state of being in motion. Mobility is about making connections in... more
Mobility is one of the crucial issues of the Cultural Library. For the project cooperation between Cologne and Nairobi, Mobility at Nairobi has been the starting point for our common discussionand research for possible topics. Mobility is not limited to physical mobilit or traffic and... more
Prof. Tadanori Nagasawa and Prof. Hiroshi Imaizumi (MAU) came to Cologne for the third time in order to do a street stalls workshop at KISD. more
The KISD students surrounded by Taiwanese students, explaining their complex topic, research aims and concepts.
The exhibition was devided into different parts: In this part the problems were revealed.
Hopefully we do not have to be forced to be social. What happens if one minute of relaxing has to be consumed as a product?
»Mobile Eating« is different then the previous Cultural Library projects: It is the first research by students in another culture than their own. Furthermore it took much longer than the previous research workshops. Svenja Brüggemann, Judith Dörrenbächer, Johannes Schott, Jessica Stihl, Rafael... more
The exhibition space was divided into three different parts: 1. The project results of previous workshops in Taipei. 2. The info wheels giving insights into the current working process and the complex topic of mobility. 3. The huge blogs with big amounts of papers and typewriters to get feeback from the visitos.
Applause to the speakers: Angea Spizig, mayor of Cologne, Prof. Cheng-Neng Kuan (SCID), Prof. Philipp Heidkamp (KISD)
The visitors could leave their feedback and comments to the project groups´ provoking statements concerning mobility issues.
This project was held in cooperation with the Shih-Chien University in Taipei. KISD collaborated with students from Taipei. Based on two workshops in Taipei (by Prof. Cheng-Neng Kuan und Prof. Wan-Ru Chou from Taipei and by Prof. Heidkamp) the students prepared an exhibition about Sustainable... more
In January 2008 the two Japanese professors Prof. Tadanori Nagasawa and Prof. Hiroshi Imaizumi (MAU) did a street stalls workshop in Taipei with students from the Shih-Chien University, Taipei. more
The project »Sustainable Mobility« took place at the Shih-Chien University in Taipei and was held by Prof. Philipp Heidkamp (KISD). more
This street stalls workshop again took place at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London and was led by Prof. Tadanori Nagasawa and Prof. Hiroshi Imaizumi (MAU). more
Street Stalls IV took place in Cologne and was led by the Cultural Library initiators Prof. Tadanori Nagasawa and Prof. Hiroshi Imaizumi from Musashino Art University. It is the second Cultural Library project at KISD. more
The third street stalls workshop, led by Prof. Tadanori Nagasawa and Prof. Hiroshi Imaizumi of the Musashino Art University, Tokyo, took place at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London. more
In October 2006 Prof. Tadanori Nagasawa and Prof. Hiroshi Imaizumi (MAU) led the first street stalls workshop in Cologne, together with Prof. Philipp Heidkamp (KISD).
Street stalls as an interface in between the city life and the city space. There are many different kinds of street stalls in... more
Prof. Hiroshi Imaizumi and Prof. Tadanori Nagasawa of the Musashino Art University, Tokyo initiated the Cultural Library with this first Street Stalls workshop in Tokyo.
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