project15:Thoughts

First thoughts about ProtoTAG

ProtoTAG by Christian Friedrich (http://prototag.hyperbody.nl) seems like an interesting infrastructure. I am unsure how it differs from the Tale of Things (http://www.talesofthings.com/) which I saw a few years ago on UCL's Digital Urban blog: www.digitalurban.org.

ProtoTAG specifically is nice in the way it is capable of storing a lot of metadata on an object with a single tag. Also the fact last-visited date is updated generates possibilities of interaction.

How would it be if someone who controls the building project on a construction site would be able to just put a tag on an object where something is wrong or is prone to go wrong, and the next day construction workers can scan this object, and directly connect to the BIM model on their smartphone to see how it is supposed to be?

overview

Harvest > Connect > Interface is a strategy to discover, explore and connect the relations between users and activities. It considers activities as processes that have in and outputs. Some outputs can be inputs for other activities straight away, others have to be modified and reinterpret through an 'interface'.

Harbour : Combine : Interact is an architectural intervention that harbours several different activities and combines them in a meaningful way through an interactive interface.

harvest > connect > interface

create an overview of all activities and users

research and define the in and outputs of activities

explore the possible relations between different activities

harvesting activities

To create a working ecology different activities have to be investigated for possible connections to establish a meaningful relationship. Currently there is a sort of questionnaire circulating among all MSC1 Hyperbody projects that should gather necesary information to create an overview of all in and outputs.

Currently an ecology of a kindergarten, study spaces, corporate meeting rooms and an artist's residence are being investigated.