Location – Bauman Lyons Architects Ltd, Leeds
Number of Participants – 7
Workshop Length – 5 hours

Introducing architects to the potential of GPS, and specifically Landlines, for assessing and documenting a sense of place.

• Artists talk about Landlines projects.
• Group discussion of techniques used by architects to assess a sense of place.
• Introduction to GPS technologies and what Landlines can do.
• Walk 1: Short walk in neighbourhood to experience being tracked.
• View and discuss routes in the customised GoogleMaps interface.
• Discussion of graphical representation of routes.
• Walk 2: Taking photographs with Landlines.
• View and discuss routes and how Landlines might be useful to architects.

• May be useful for showing actual patterns of behaviour.
• Additional ways to add other kinds of data to routes would be useful. e.g. emotion, memory, thoughts, feelings.
• Landlines could be useful as a diary for a designer exploring a space.
• Landlines makes hidden feelings visible in a way that an interview couldn't.
• Useful to see the personal experience.

"It informs us of the 'spirit of place' from another perspective. It would quantify the ephemeral nature of how space/place is used. Gives a visual/ physical interpretation/record of something relatively intangible."

"It gives information about how people feel in different environments, like choosing certain routes, which helps designers work according to the instincts and needs of people. To design cities and spaces for people to feel comfortable and safe."

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