Initial Site Visit to the are around the UN Compound. Wandering around the area while trying to use our sensory experiences to give us a personal bodily understanding of the site.

More detailed site visit including interviews with people working in the area. Trying to get a sense of all the local actors.

Developing our Research Question

Brainstorming on on the concept that we have and fidning methods that might be used to explore these concepts.

Findings/ Observations. We went round and everybody had to come up with their own findings and observations. What did they learn from the research that they did not know beforehand.

Deciding the Design direction – what metaphor shall we use? Is it complexity or more like a logo?

Final Design Concept: “How to live in Geneva while avoiding the locals” – A map of two parts.

1st a propaganda map of international space

2nd documentation and analysis of our research

Making the map – pulling all the assets together on one computer to design the map

Final Design coming together on the computer

un citoyen international

-comme quelqu’un qui vit sur une petite île, tout seul.

like someone who lives on a small island, alone.

- les genevois d’aujourd’hui = les citoyens internationaux

(les seuls vrais genevois sont arrivés au moment de la réforme.)

-Je vois le citoyen international comme le riz Uncle Ben, lisse, qui ne colle pas, passe-partout, qui n’a pas de goût, sans odeur, comme un de ces immeubles modernes que l’on retrouve partout dans le monde: fonctionnel, interchangeable. Il porte un T-shirt et un jean, on ne peut pas le dessiner parce qu’il est trop banal.

-a guy who has a correct hair style, a correct suit, a correct suitcase, but not very smily.

le genre de personne qui travaille dans une organisation internationale-

-comme ma mère, elle doit porter des vêtements noirs ou gris, avec des chaussures noires, sans boucle d’ oreilles. un style très officiel.

-ce qui peut avoir la paix, l’amour, l’argent.

-ils ont l’air malheureux. Ils sont comme des ballons de football que les pouvoirs politiques utilisent pour leurs compétitions

first, they look very unhappy. second, they are just like a soccer ball, that politics use for their competitions

ce qui se passe aux alentours de l’ONU

-les manifestations pour la paix, injustice, et la police.

manifestations for peace, injustice, and the police.

réaménager la place of nations

-une parc avec une fontaine.

a park with a fountain.

-one tree, two trees, five trees

-cette place sera transformée en une plage.

they have chic french suit but different tastes inside.

1.india curry crepe

2.mexican

3. libanese

» Continue reading “What do the internationals look like?”

The Geneva ‘Internationals’

Context

This Map is the result of a 4.5 day workshop by the artist/designer Christian Nold working with students from HEAD as well as a number external researchers.

Participants

Christian Nold

Hadrien

Bea Ferrari

please list yourself

Aim

The aim of the project was to develop a spatial and social ethnography of the internationals in Geneva.

Who are ‘Internationals’?
at least 3 different groups
1 legal & rich – working for the international organisations (but not only: rich and that’s it; working in TNC)
2 legal & normal – labourers
3 illegal / poor – black market, slaves etc. (more than 7000 people but difficult to count them)

How many of them are they?

In Canton Geneva in 2004:169889 foreigners (38.7%) and 268594 swiss

about 40′000 people working in IO, Diplomatic missions, CERN and their families

How do they use Geneva?

Welcome to International Geneva!

Genève, lieu de rencontre du monde international

La plus petite des grandes capitales. Un monde à part, un monde pour tous.

Plus petite métropole du monde

Capitale de la paix

Genève, capitale de l’horlogerie et de la joaillerie de pointe

Genève est une ville passionnante et passionnée, empreinte d’histoire et de rencontres qui en font l’une des villes les plus internationales du monde mais aussi une ville très LGBT

Depuis ses origines, Genève a été et continue à être une ville ouverte aux hommes, aux idéologies, à l’innovation ainsi qu’à la créativité

A vous de découvrir, pas à pas, quelques unes de ces organisations qui travaillent pour un monde meilleur et qui façonnent l’ « Esprit de Genève », jour après jour !

As the home of more than 200 international institutions, Geneva, Switzerland is the centre of this international cooperation and collaboration. It is also one of Switzerland’s most fascinating cities and has been called the “Protestant Rome.” Join us in Geneva for a weekend of exploring the city (the Jet d’Eau, the old town) and exploring “global citizenship” – we will tour the United Nations and Museum of the International Red Cross, hear from the World Economic Forum, participate in a Model UN simulation, and also have fascinating discussions about the topic of global citizenship.

What does it mean to be a “global citizen”? What role do engineers, scientists, and companies play in improving our world? If you are interested in discussing these challenging questions with other IAESTE trainees and special guests, then this is the weekend for you! We will draw on YOUR knowledge, experiences, and ideas on being a global citizen in Geneva, the world’s most important meeting place.

La Genève internationale, c’est :

160 Etats étrangers représentés par une mission/représentation auprès de l’ONUG, l’OMC ou la CD;

22 organisations internationales avec accord de siège;

Environ 250 ONG avec statut consultatif auprès des Nations Unies;

4,4 milliards de CHF dépensés par les organisations intergouvernementales (en 2006) dont 2, 4 milliards sont injectés dans l’économie suisse;

Plus de 4′500 réunions organisées en 2006 auxquelles plus de 170′000 délégués ont participé.

As the home of more than 200 international institutions, Geneva, Switzerland is the centre of this international cooperation and collaboration. It is also one of Switzerland’s most fascinating cities and has been called the “Protestant Rome.” Join us in Geneva for a weekend of exploring the city (the Jet d’Eau, the old town) and exploring “global citizenship” – we will tour the United Nations and Museum of the International Red Cross, hear from the World Economic Forum, participate in a Model UN simulation, and also have fascinating discussions about the topic of global citizenship.

What does it mean to be a “global citizen”? What role do engineers, scientists, and companies play in improving our world? If you are interested in discussing these challenging questions with other IAESTE trainees and special guests, then this is the weekend for you! We will draw on YOUR knowledge, experiences, and ideas on being a global citizen in Geneva, the world’s most important meeting place.

What Effects & issues:
frontier between france & Switzerland

racism/discrimination

globalisation food etc.

expats secret places

multiculture in switzerland

» Continue reading “super power / super cold”

Here is a blank drawing sheet that we can use as the template. Its a PDF that we can open in Illustrator and change the heading

Some old drawing sheets from a place in the UK to give you a sense of how to use them

There are the Geneva Biopsy “blank drawing” sheet for today :

genevabiopsya1

genevabiopsyb1

genevabiopsyc1

genevabiopsyd1

genevabiopsye2

genevabiopsyf1

genevabiopsyg1

These are kml files for opening in Google Earth

hadrien

mauricio

hydrants