Category: Pilot 2

Pilot 2 was held during the first semester of the academic year 2021-22.
Students and lecturers from all 5 cities participated and the research process and training materials were fully established and improved.
In this section, you can find content about the Paris and Vienna neighborhoods – La Defense and St. Marx, that were not yet present in pilot 1.
PILOT 2 IN BRIEF
Pilot 2 – Fall 2021 – all five cities
Students – 46 total
Amsterdam 5, Barcelona 6 , Lisbon 9, Paris 8, Vienna 18
Pilot 2 – 4 – intercity groups (improvement on pilot 1 – intercity groups worked together during all phases)
Teaching staff – 13
Amsterdam – 3 – Nuria Arbones, Simeona Petkova, Jeroen Keip
Barcelona – 1 – Enric Ordeix Rigo
Lisbon – 3- Ana Raposo, Ana Pacheco, Mafalda Eiro
Paris – 2 – Damien deGuise, Mohamed Mehadji
Vienna – 4 – Christian Steinreiber, Axel Zugschwert, Michael Deutsch, Kai Erenli

Evaluation
Developing the tools.
Pilot 2 improved with the Student Information Hub started in which assignments and other information was shared centrally.
Further evaluation with students showed that a point to improve was that information should be available earlier in the Student Hub. That would give them more time to process.
Solution: Point to improve in pilot 3

La Défense de Paris

Marcos Polo

The La Défense business district lies to the west of Paris. And like Paris, and many large European cities, it has witnessed important transformations in recent years. One of the most noteable changes has been the increase in social vulnerability and the weakening of community relations concentrated in some neighbourhoods. So maybe there’s some truth in the line that “If we wish we to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighbourhoods” (Harvey Milk) Named after a famous statue, La Défense de Paris, which was commissioned to commemorate the French…

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Marx Halle: digital boost with 10,000 Mbit

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Marx Halle: digital boost with 10,000 Mbit From imperial cattle market in the days of the monarchy to “Austria’s fastest event hall”, the Marx Halle in Vienna has been investing heavily in IT infrastructure and now offers technological resources for meetings of all kinds. Built by Viennese architect Rudolf Frey in 1881 as a hall for cattle auctions at the St. Marx central livestock market, 140 years later the Marx Halle is at the heart of the Neu Marx urban development zone. With a footprint of 20,000 square meters arranged…

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Streets, safety and spray paint

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Streets, safety and spray paint Linking Amsterdam Zuidoost’s tunnels via a safe street art route     As one enters Amsterdam Zuidoost via Gooiseweg, elevated roads and underpass converge at the point where Amsterdam, Diemen and Duivendrecht meet. This spot has been popular through the years for fishing and swimming and has always had  its charm with unfinished elements. However, now it’s hard to miss that you’re entering Zuidoost with the big bright street painting — Tropisch Vogelbos along the columns. Like many of the peripheral neighbourhoods in the IMAGE…

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