Week 7 - Alternate Mapping Method

Going back to the site and re-analysing it by using the concept parameters as the drive behind the new observations.The aim is to ignore the stereotypical information such as such sun diagrams, pedestrian/traffic flow or access, however to observe and identify information based on parameters. The name to this exercise is psychogeography.

 "Sign Map" Atlas of Boylan Heights

Psychogeography is ...

- the mapping of people's emotions, experiences and observations.
- diverse activities that raise awareness of the natural and cultural enviornment around you.
- attentive to senses and emotions as they relate to place and environment.
- aimless, random drifting through a place, guided by whim and an awareness of how different spaces draw you in or repel you.

Greenwich Emotional Mapping (2005-2006)

 

Derive: A mode of experimental behaviour linked to the condition of urban society: a technique of transient pasage through varied ambiances. Situationists used "ambiance" to refer to the feeling or mood associated with a place, to its character, tone, or to the effect or appeal it might have; but they also refer to the place itself - small neighbourhood-sized chunks or parts o the city with an especially powerful urban atmosphere. Lynch, Debord.

"Guide Psychogeographique de Paris" by Guy Debord (MWS, 2009).

My attempt at psycho-georaphic mapping