STUDIO WORK II
Neuronal Topographies
2008


neuro1_Web Case Study Surface I - Overlay of stages of the learning process



neuro2_Web Case Study Surface I - Iterations aligned horizontally



neuro3_Web_Web Case Study Surface I - Videoclip which generated the surface projected back onto it



neuro4_Web Case Study Surface I - Videostill



neuro5_Web Case Study Surface II - Videostill



neuro6_Web Case Study Surface II - Iteration



neuro7_Web Case Study Surface II - Iteration








The projects ambition is to investigate the possibility of deliberate implementation of basic principles of operation of the human neuronal system into urban topographies. The intrinsic analogy which was formulated is between pedestrian movement and transmission of neuronal signals. The human brain is able to constantly reconfigure its connections, to learn new ones and to get rid of outdated paths of transmission. Cities learn and forget connections in a similar fashion - it only takes longer. The idea was to investigate a interface which enables topography to instantaneously react to movement and reconfigure itself accordingly.