flyer + Poster

Please see flyer to get invite.
The cardboard background is a representation of the type of paper we are printing on
Invites are to follow with RSVP + Payment

ps. i need a few sample picture of the place and people holding hands there?anyone has any?

invitation will be uploaded soon.

Possible text for speed dating Flyer without graphics

WARNING

Attending this event could seriously damage your single status!

This is far more than matchmaking for the time and socially challenged; this high-profile event will attract a high calibre of confident, fun-loving ladies and gentlemen in search of a more creative way to meet their match. Whatever your interests, tastes or desires may be, chances are that this person will be in attendance on this day, at this amazing venue.

Tease your senses

Held in a relaxed environment overflowing with a diverse array of singles, you'll get to enjoy the company of many new faces of the opposite sex over a 5 minute journey on theTravelator.This journey is simplicity in itself.

Your entry to this Adventure begins with registration at a table on site with the Patchworks team; you will then be paired with a person of the opposite sex for a journey on the Travelator, during this journey we recommend that you prepare a few questions to ask the person that you are with in order to gain an insight into their personality, also to help you through those nerve wrecking first seconds and to get the conversation flowing and the ice well broken, Being prepared with some questions will not only ensure full enjoyment of the event, you can actually learn a surprising amount about a person from even the most seemingly trivial questions. We recommend t hat you ask fun, non intrusive questions.

Once you have reached the other end of the Travelator it is time to swap your partner and meet a fresh new face for the journey back, you keep travelling up and down the Travelator until you have met everyone at least once.

Later

After all this journeying you will have built up quite an appetite, snacks and refreshments will be provided for all in an informal picnic style atmosphere in Hyde Park.

Much, Much Later

Chances are you might have company for coffee when you get home.

laser cutting + promo vid

All,

Ive contacted amcor (cardboard manufacturer) to scope out the possibilities of getting the candelabras cut out into some cardboard pieces in keeping with the theme of the event and tristans sketches. Ive also asked if they could help out in providing cardboard boxes and i'm waiting to hear back from them.



Mat Manos has been in touch with the UTS laser cutter guys to see what they can do for us and in what time frame as a backup if amcor falls through.



The traveldator promo vid is halfway there and i'm hoping to have it finished by end of play tomorrow ready for circulation. Marketing team, when are you hoping to send out invites/flyers/videos?

Circulation

Ok. I've figured out the circulation.
In terms of the logic. I will explain later as its quiet long.
in the mean time.
Just look at the picture below.

FEEDBACK

Hi All. Nice work on getting the Traveldater event rolling.

I love the representation style in the sketches and how it presents a clear image of what could be happening on the site.

Thank you so much for taking up the start on drawing the programmatic visions of the events! And thank you all for the great comments. Its great to see the blog alive.

In an overall picture: I have been thinking that we need to focus more on the concept of the picnic component, and less so on the production of it.

For example, as architects we can be less involved in creating branded products and more focused on creating larger scale signature experiences. Photographing these and diagramming them brings them into a scale that is architectural. You will not be graded or reviewed by architects for the decisions made around products that support the event, but on the architectural merit of the concept and gesture of the event itself, particularly in relation to architectural concerns such as place, view, experience, program, elevation, diagram, and narrative. Think about transforming the basic assumptions of the programs you are creating through architectural moves.

For example, imagine if we took a simple white roll of fabric and spanned it across one of the larger open spaces in Hyde Park, say 50 or 60 metres. Our 'picnic' event could be a mingling social event that happens loosely along the fabric strip. We could start as a cluster in the middle and see how people move out over time. In addition, the massive scale of the 'picnic rug' could notionally invite other people coming to the park to join us. Perhaps they sit down, close or far. In this way, we can use large simple gestures to create high impact interventions with a lot less fiddly effort. Think elegance rather than over detailed.

In this example by SANAA below, in the early morning they set out a series of small portable BBQs randomly in the park:

By afternoon, the space had become populated with program. People gathered to hold their own events. The BBQ infrastructure allowed the architects to study how behaviour transforms over time according to a particular social code.

 Again, the below example illustrates the role of the human form in instantiating program. How architectural facilitators are designed and situated creates particular affordances of space and human interaction.

 

These are some examples of a 'taxonometrical' approach to analysing space and behaviour as program. I think it is essential that the elegance of approach taken in designing the taxonomy of the travelator component is translated to all of the design decisions made in the project.

I like the food boxes idea, however, I would post the question: could having one's own box could be seen as somewhat antisocial? Typically, cultures that do social eating well, have large plates of food in the middle and everyone helps themselves. This promotes discussion, sharing, interaction... Just a thought.

The picnic in any case is the secondary event for the Trave-Dater project. Its the 'windup party' so to say.

In summary:
It is useful to think about how we justify each design decision made in terms of architecture. From there we need to be clear on why each move is necessary.

I think we can shift our energies from designing the fine details for the picnic and look to what built infrastructure we can design for the major events -- the Colonnade, the Final Review Event. I would still like to see a built 'architecture' of some kind. Thoughts? These events are only 3.5 and 5.5 weeks away.

I hope I have communicated this feedback clearly as I will not be able to attend the site meeting tomorrow. Good luck down there and have fun!

PRIMAL MATTER DIRECTION 1

These are images and references to help build the primal matter for the outcomes of the project.

(http://www.visualcomplexity.com/)

PRIMAL MATTER DIRECTION 0

These uploads show images and references to help build the creative direction for the primal matter of the outcomes of the project.

 We can all upload references of works that we like, be they architecture or otherwise, and use them to help build a collective vision of the language of presentation and style.

Daihei Shibata - Shinkansen ver.2

PATCHWORKS MANIFESTO

“Think of the best conversation you could have
and where it might happen
and how it might change your world…”

Patchworking is space-and-time-designed networking; a form of architecturally directed social serendipity. Through a series of interconnected ‘patch’ events we are detailing new conversations into the city.

“Some discussions shift your thinking.
Others offer ways to have your ideas materialised.”

The aim of Patchworks is to stimulate the cultural capital of the city through feeding its social capital. We believe architecture and conversation drive urban vitality and can bring about new forms of urban enterprise.

At each Patchworks event participants gather and partake in strategically designed Patchworking conversations. The architectural environment combines factors of timing, media and spatiality that construct a vivid social architecture.

Human momentum emerges from these heightened spatial exchanges. The city in its own right is continually reborn.


About us.
Patchworks is an enterprise formed of emerging social architects. Social architects are a breed of design thinkers that make visions happen – in architecture, the city and the home. They design places filled with ideas and serendipitous events. They build new models of architectural interaction and new modes of vibrant consumption are born afresh.
We are:
Joanne Jakovich - Senior Lecturer in Architecture, UTS.
UTS Masters of Architecture students: Vida Asrina, Anastasia Borak, Euckan Chan, Edwin Cheng, Gihyun Nicky Choi, Tristan Davison, Harini De Silva, Jason Lam, Ophelia Leung, Pui Sze Ma, Matthew Manos, Maria Ngoc Bich Nguyen, Michael Prakash, Linette Salbashian, Matthew Sales, Zhining Tan, Sam Zaiter.


Where it all started.
We wanted to test architecture’s capacity to program experiences that build value for the city. In our first event, we aimed to enhance the emotional impact in a first meeting situation. We explored travel and movement as emotion-heightening sensations that shift social perception from opposition to one of shared experience. Using the 200m long travelator under Sydney’s Domain Park we built a taxonomy of interaction between groups of two people in conversation. We discerned factors of timing and spatiality that helped construct a vivid social architecture that is the basis of our blueprint today.


 

PATCHWORKS BROCHURE

CIRCULATION

finally we figured it out with no repetition of seeing the same date.
Please see attached. Theres a few logic behind why we are going back to this simple idea..
if we are making it complication, the gues will find it confusing.
If we have one either side. One sex will find this program very dizzy
therefore we will be going with the option which has three people either side.

Patchworks_T-shirt Design

Here is the first stab at the design from Tristian.

We might have to change it so it works with the T-shirt Style

AFTER PARTY

Hi guys,
A quick question regarding the catering for the afterparty.

Do you think that the after party is only for the 24 travel dater guests?

Or

Should we also be part of the afteparty making the total number of people at the picnic 40?

If we do it as a class- we will all probably also have to chip in for food money as we need to cater for 40 people.

Let me know your thoughts.

Patchworks_T-shirt Style

Hey all this the style of t-shirt we have decided.

Below is the link to the design. Think white is the best colour to put embroidery on

Each shirt is going to cost $20 - $25. Let us know what u think.

I will have samples of these shirts for tomorrow's class.

http://www.aushen.com.au/catalogues.php?cata=1

TravelDator event design

Hi All

I've been working on the design for the 1st Patchworks event 'Traveldator'. I met with Ophelia and Linette yesterday and we came up with some pretty nice ideas on how to keep an interesting theme consistent from invite to tea party. After a long discussion the theme for the event has partially drifted away from the Jetsons theme. Instead we're aiming towards a more industrial/mass production theme (going off Ed's idea of the snack boxes) I felt that doesn't really fit into Jetsons but instead we can treat the travelator like a factory conveyor belt.



So to form consistent branding of the event we've decided to go with a raw cardboard look. Boxes!

The invitations will be printed on raw cardboard/brown paper and we'll stencil the graphics onto the A0 posters to have at the event.



Apologies for my rough sketches of the event. This idea was based on a toy factory... I think the scattered toys may be a bit cutesy so we could go for cans of stuff like soup, vegetables to give the packaging feel.

The name tags will be printed onto the brown card also - The boys will be numbers and the girls letters. We will also print the branding logo underneath.

I feel we need staff members inbetween each couple. The couples will be 40m apart and there will be a staff member 20m from each couple. I think it'll create visual interest if they hold up or carry a laser cut piece of card (a candelabra cut out) which makes it fun and playful. It breaks up the stark-ness of the travelator by adding interest along and it will assist in timing the couples.

the after party will be in the park. We thought of using old packing crates as low tables with picnic blankets in between. We will use the positives from the candelabra signs on the tables and all the food and drinks will be pagaged individually into boxes - like Ed suggested and it fits with the theme.

We will brand the boxes with the logo of the event and when they open it the patchworks logo will become visible under the lid.

they're the ideas so far - feel free to comment

Cheers

WEEKLY DIRECTION MEETINGS

The 'Weekly Direction Meeting' will occur every Tuesday at room 570 from 6.30pm - 8.30pm for the rest of semester.

The aim of the meeting is to decide on the team goals and decisions for the week, based on class discussion and deadlines.

It is compulsory for all team leaders to attend the event. Everybody is welcome to join and contribute to the discussion. The agenda for the meeting will be sent out to everybody prior to the meeting.

FRIDAY CLASS >> TRAVELATOR SITE!

We all are meeting at the TRAVELLATOR site for Friday class (1st Oct).

Be there at 2.30pm. Lets meet at the entrance to the travelator on the Hyde Park Side.

We are going to do a full test run of the speed dating sequence to make sure that it all works 100%- the last attempt on Tuesday did not work.

I am organising people into pairs with a running order and timing- so if anybody can not make it to the Travelator site on Friday please let me know ASAP.

I am also putting people into organisation roles for the event on Saturday 9th. If you can not make the event, please let me know ASAP.

Anybody who has WALKIE TALKIES can you please bring them on Friday to test on site- i think Jason you said you had some?

Design Team > Friday Task

Sup Team Design!!

After our team leaders meeting this evening, we have come to conclusion that we need to finalise a lot of architectural design attributes which will go towards our Travel Dater testing this Friday afternoon at the travelators (Natasha will be sending out an email regarding that).
The reason we need to finalise most of the leg work in 2.5 days’ time, is so we can do a proper test and have plenty of time to iron out the bugs before our first event.
Also we need to have a strong template so we can apply this on our next event, which all of 11517 will be discussing next Tuesday.
To get the ball rolling, we have decided to break the team up into groups of 2-3. A task will be assigned to your team which you will focus on till Friday. Please feel free to contact Tristan, Natasha or myself if you are confused or would like to discuss the task further. I’m keeping the task transparent, so everyone will know who is doing what. This will also be posted on the blog – So no excuses that you haven’t got this email or blog post.

Jason and Matt M

Photography / Rule cards

For the rule cards, we need a set of rules that each couple picks just before boarding the travel dater. The rules should be based on social interaction and how it changes the perception that the travelator is not just for standing on when going from A to B or B to A. Think of it as an instructional guide to speed dating on a travelator- consider moments such as waiting on either end, questions to ask whilst on the travelator with a partner, little treats and things to look out for in the middle, getting your photo taken and the interview.
Jason as discussed this morning I understand we need more than one photographer. How many do we really need and how are they going to take photos on the travelator during those 5 minutes of movement? Do we need to get spare cameras for the other photographer to use?


Sam and Tan

Taxonomy and Post Travel Dater Questionnaire

Could you guys please look at a couple of simple question to ask each guest when they have to wait at the ends of the travelators? This question has to be broad range, so it can be easily answered and tabulated.
Also look at the travelator + speed dating taxonomy. (Tristan will expand on this). If Tristan doesn’t update you in the next couple of hours, start doing some of your own research and do some diagrams.


Euckan and Ophelia

Sequence Combinations

I understand you have spoken to Natasha earlier today. Keep it up !


Edwin

Hypothesis

I will write a well described summary on what 11517 is doing is classified as Architecture – Social Architecture. How does architecture, specific detailed design events, branding affect social behaviour/vitalisation of the city.

Event 1 measure up

Michael and I will do a site measure up of the travelator after 11517 Friday tutorial


Vida and Ceci

One of the programs we haven’t deeply looked at is the “after party” when travel dater is over. The team has decided to have an afternoon picnic at Hyde Park with our entire guest and the design team.

The theme of the picnic is based off the Jetson cartoon (no we are not dressing up) but our food and setting will be based around that, which should create social interaction. Think airport meals- individually packed and ready to go etc

Could you please look at food, food setting, food placement, food types for interaction, logistics (getting the food to the park) and number of people to do the setup? Feel free to forward you ideas to the marketing team to get pricing or other ideas.


Tristan

(Tristan will update this soon)



That’s pretty much it guys. Please post your ideas and findings on the blog and email progress work to us Thursday evening or early Friday morning for discussion. At the end of the day there is no right or wrong answer to any of this but at least it creates 11517 discussions to pan out the flaws or expand on interesting ideas

If you need to discuss, please find our contacts the Ophelia sent ot us last week.

Cheers
ED

Photographer's Model Release

Source: www.artslaw.com.au


"As there are no privacy laws in Australia, there are no specific laws preventing a photographer from taking photographs of people and private property from a vantage point on public property. However, other Australian laws do incidentally restrict the use that can be made of photographs of people and their property.

For this reason, it is recommended that all photographers use a written release when photographing individuals or private property in order to prevent any infringement of the peoples' rights. Such a release needs to be unambiguous and to clearly authorise use of the photographs in the way in which the photographer contemplates." - Arts Law Centre of Australia

Available for purchase/download (AU$55.00): http://www.artslaw.com.au/SampleContracts/GeneralAgreements/PhotoModelRelease.asp

Street Photographers Rights

Source: www.artslaw.com.au


Taking photographs in a public place
It is generally possible to take photographs in a public place without asking permission. This extends to taking photographs of buildings, sites and people. There are, however, some limitations.

Photographing people

There are no publicity or personality rights in Australia, and there is no right to privacy that protects a person’s image. Existing privacy laws are more concerned with storage and management of personal information and are of limited relevance to the present issue.

There is also currently no tort of invasion of privacy in Australia, but in ABC v Lenah Game Meats (2001) the High Court did not exclude the possibility that a tort of unjustified invasion of privacy may be established in the future. Based on this view, the Queensland District Court found in Grosse v Purvis (2003) that a tort of invasion of privacy had been made out on the facts and awarded the plaintiff damages. However, this case concerned a long history of harassment over many years and has limited application. As a result, taking photographs of people in public places is generally permitted.

Photographing people for a commercial purpose

If you are using your shots for a commercial purpose, such as for an advertising campaign, you should obtain a model release form signed by the subjects you are photographing to ensure you have authorisation to use their image to sell a product. See the Arts Law information sheet “Unauthorised Use of Your Image” for further information on defamation, passing off and trade practices law. A sample photographer’s model release form is also available on the Arts Law Centre of Australia website.

Photographing people on private property

There is no restriction on taking photographs of people on private property from public property. According to Victoria Park Racing and Recreation Grounds Co Ltd v Taylor (1937) there is no freedom from view, so people who are photographed on their property from a public location have no legal claim against you if what is captured in the photograph can be seen from the street. The same applies to photographs taken from private land when you have permission to take photographs. You should be careful that you are not being a nuisance and interfering with someone’s right to use and enjoy the land (see the case of Bathurst City Council v Saban (1985)).

Can taking photos be a criminal offence?

The Summary Offences Act 1988 (NSW) outlines a number of circumstances where a person’s privacy must be respected. For example, it is an offence punishable by a fine or imprisonment to photograph a person to provide sexual arousal or gratification if the person is undressed or engaged in a private act in circumstances where a reasonable person would reasonably expect to be afforded privacy, and he or she has not consented to being filmed. A private act includes using the toilet, bathing and engaging in sexual activities not ordinarily done in public. Similarly, the Surveillance Devices Act 1999 (Vic) and Surveillance Devices Act 1998 (WA) make it an offence to photograph a “private activity” without the consent of the subject.

The Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) also makes it an offence punishable with imprisonment to be in or near a building with intent to peep or pry upon another person. It is also an offence to stalk a person with the intention to cause fear of physical or mental harm. In serious cases, this may lead to an application for an apprehended violence order (AVO).

Also be aware that any photography construed as child pornography can result in criminal charges. For example, the Criminal Code 1899 (Qld) makes it an offence to take any “indecent” photograph of a child under the age of 16 without legitimate reason. You could face significant jail time, especially if the child is under 12. Similar provisions apply under the Criminal Code (NT), Criminal Code 1913 (WA), and the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 (SA).

Full Text: http://www.artslaw.com.au/_documents/files/StreetPhotographersRights.pdf

CAD dwg's

Hi all, I've 'obtained' some CAD drawings for the domain carpark, & surrounding sites. Plans & sections that i think will be extremely useful for the architectural documentation/diagram team and perhaps even the guys making the event maps?? If you need them for this, let me know and i'll get them over to you.

EVENT ONE NAME

OK Guys, What should I do in Terms of the branding?

The thing is if we do epo or edition 1 etc of patchworks it gets abit too confusing...But if we brand them each individual ones the individual name will take into effect. Ie this event is then known as the traveldator not patchworks.

I've explained to some of my frds and now they just keep relating this event to speed dating. We aren't so much purely doing only that. so Patchworks is not being ultisie to its full potential...

so Maybe just patchworks, Event one is better i guess? but its good to get a name, maybe another one without the word date??

i don't know What's your thoughts?:s

Patchworks Mission Statement

Patchworks is an enterprise which operates as an architectural implication within the context of the City and how to animate the blind or the forgotten sites through the strategically planned programs.

Circulation

Natasha and i discussed this today after the site visit..
Have a long at it...
Its easy once you get the pattern. I will examine with the formula tonight and re post and explain more about this













Basically, further to Euckan's email it is a similar concept, however, it is a choice for people to have an overall number of even number or Odd:

We figured out that if we have an even male and female, it is impossible to work in a smooth continuous manner (unless swapping, exchanging occurs. And that itself will be too hard and confusing for the participants)

Therefore, it will be an odd number of people: so this is the choice for the design team to decide if people will meet only once or twice(incorporating another program)

If they do it twice, Natasha and I worked out that it will approximately take 70 mins?

Event Space: Roof TOP

An example of an roof top event check out the link + images

http://www.cityofsound.com/blog/postopolis-la/

Also images of the Goulbourn St Carpark.

Possible Event Site: Clarence Street, behind Wynyard Park

Further diagrams for Site 1

DIAGRAMS FROM SAM AND TAN

Site Visit: 27.09.10

Hi there!

I will be visiting the site today and scoping out various photographic opportunities throughout the travelator.

If anyone is nearby and thinking of heading in as well, feel free to give me a buzz on o41o428181.

Jase

Pat Boone - Speedy Gonzales

Cartoon Network: Tom and Speedy Gonzales

Big Bang Theory speed date

Speed Dating

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_dating

Good summary to understand the idea's behind it all.

You know it was developed by a Rabi to connect singles jews.

Marketing Team: Note "SpeedDating" is a registered trademark

logo again

Here are some iterations of the patchworks logo. To be honest I still prefer the 1st option - I think the other ones look like it's trying to do more than it needs to. It's not that clean in the other options. I tried the city skyline but I don't think it works that well because of the cross-stitching pattern.

Facebook/Twitter

hey, 

Im creating a Facebook and Twitter account. in order to do this i will need to also create an email account. is everyone happy with: patchworks.city@gmail.com?

This will then also be our facebook account name and twitter account name?

Thanks :)

Web Domain Name

ATTN: Marketing/Communictions team:

The following URLS are available:
www.patchworks.id.au
www.patchworks-city.com
www.patchworks-city.net
www.patchworks-city.info

Which would you prefer?

Graphic Anatomy by Atelier Bow Wow

Design Team: some ideas for ways to graphically represent the travelator program iterations using analytical drawings from the Atelier Bow Wow book "Graphic Anatomy" (Toto Press, 2007).
Note the use of one-point perspectives to demonstrate how the architecture affords specific kinds of program, i.e. behaviour.