My idea is …

The Sketchcity study week in Rotterdam 2023 generated many exciting ideas on how to transform urban spaces to make them more attractive, environmentally friendly and people-friendly.

Friday | Final Assignment Presenting the ideasketches

Our idea is.. Four teams per location developed different ideas as a group to transform the place. Here are some of them – one from each location. My idea is.. Each student then developed and sketched their own idea based on the group idea. Again, everyone focused on their location. Go to the Project Gallery: […]

Thursday | Finalizing the ideasketches

On Thursday, the students met at 10 am in Academieplein.At the beginning Andreas Mädler explained the levies for today: For the final submission everyone has to hand in Afterwards Hans Karssenberg gave a presentation about the topic: City at Eye-level. This is about how people walk through the city and perceive it. Then the students […]

Wednesday | Hands on urbanism

On sunny Wednesday morning, students met at the STC building at 09:30. At the beginning Andreas Mädler explained today’s levies: Afterwards dr. ir. Anne Loes Nillessen gave a presentation about urban water challenges in Rotterdam and other cities. Afterwards Andreas Kohli talked about urban climate questions in Zurich with the topic „Making Zurich a better […]

Tuesday | Getting in Contact with the 10 Locations

Tuesday started at 10:00 a.m. and the first thing the students learned was which group had won the „Contest for Best Cognitive Map“. Andreas Mädler then informed the students about the new daily task, which included: However, before the tasks started, Prof. Gerard Peet gave an interesting presentation about the history and formation of Rotterdam. […]

Monday | Key note and Treasure Hunt

Rotterdam meets Chur On Monday the day started relaxed after a welcome coffee at 10 am in the STC building with a beautiful view over Rotterdam and directly at the waterfront. All students from Switzerland and Rotterdam met for the first time. The students from Switzerland are studying „Multimedia Production“ and the students from Rotterdam […]

Day 1 Kickoff & Intro

Pick up inspiration from the artist Jan Rothuizen. Understand what the week is about. Know what is expected at the end. And then a treasure hunt.

Sketchcity 2023 in Rotterdam

Overview of the sketchcity study week

What are the challenges of the future liveable city?

Ultimate need for actions are on scope. Here some background information. Update 2023

Exhibitions of Ideas | 10th June 2022

The Sketchcity week is almost over. For the last time, all students and lecturers met at the university. All the posters with the ideas are finalised. An exhibition took place where all the innovative and creative ideas were viewed. The best projects were highlighted and discussed. Some very great work has been done! This was celebrated with a final BBQ! Now this wonderful week is over again and everyone is on their way home.

Idea development and lots of sketching | 9th June 2022

This morning the research event – stroll with cognitive map – took place. After the 30 minute walk through Rotterdam, the students met again at the starting point and drew their route from memory.

sketch – sketch – sketch | 8th June 2022

There was also a lot of sketching in the art museum. In the evening we visited the Rotterdam Rooftop walk, which highlights very exciting and important topics.

First Day in Rotterdam | 7th June 2022

First day in Rotterdam. Happy Sketching!

What is the Benefit of sketched visual Storytelling in Social Media by Ideasketches?

It has always been the great trick of devil, to make man believe, he didn’t exist.

Happy sketching in Rotterdam 2022

We are happy to announce the Sketchcity Studyweek in Rotterdam 2022 This year’s study week is again an Erasmus plus project and financed by the EU. It will take place from 6.-10. June 2022 in Rotterdam. This is a presser cooker week with almost 150 Students from Switzerland. The students are joined by Dutch students […]

Sketch&Draw at the Erasmus+ Project Impetus at Coimbra University in Portugal

Sketching Cognitive Maps as a tool for research in climate change

These are the sketched Corona Stories of June 2020

During four days the students sketched their stories around Corona. The sketched reports were written before the end of the first lockdown in Switzerland, i.e. before 8 June 2020. We all spent 12 weeks in self-distancing and lived according to the motto „stay at home“. Have a look at the nearly 100 stories here, which […]

Day 4: the sketched Corona reportage

After almost a week of sketching, the drawn reports are now available. What is the story behind? Find it out here. Silvan K. Viktoria B. Selina S. Alexanda M. Julia K. Angela S. Estella M. Jael F. Jana H. Jonas Geruscha L. Alessia S. Julia B. Laura K. Lea Z. Lisa H. Luana F. […]

Day 3: work on sketches & texts of the individual Corona reportage story

It is the images that recall our memories that are strong. So let us work with this kind of images.

Day 2: Sketch sketch sketch

The challenge is to wrap up the story in sketches and text. So there was a lot to think about.

Day 1: Sketch a storyboard @ home

How to make a story out of the experiences during Corona?

Sketch @ home: Drawn reportage on the subject of Corona!

How do you experience this time with Corona?

„Sketchcity“ is part of the Erasmus+ project „impetus“

„impetus“ is the acronym for Innovative measurement tool towards urban environmental awareness.

Goodbye Rotterdam sketchcity study week 2019 ended – Have a safe trip home

Last Impressions

Presenting the ideasketches

Desktop Exhibition and Video Presentations

Ideas Sketchcity Study Week 2019

Ideas Sketchcity – Results and concepts of the different group themes

Ideasketches in search of sustainable concepts

Skechting ideas in search of sustainable concepts

Day 1: What are the benefits of ideasketching for the city of Rotterdam?

Sketchcity studyweek kick-off at RDM Campus Rotterdam

Day 2: Documentary drawing and art interventions

Dutch earthquakes and its impacts as starting points for documentary drawing and art interventions

Day 3: Sketches project future

Best practices in sketching and documentary drawing

Day 4: Seeing the case

Jakarta and its problems with rising sea level

Day 5: Presenting the ideasketches

Show the best idea you generated during the Sketchcity studyweek

Sketchcity Themen 2019

Futureland: Deine Turnschuhe waren mit grosser Sicherheit schon da! Dein T-Shirt auch!

GROSS, GROSSER, AM GROSSTEN

Sketching projects future

First: We inform us about the triggering climate change and the topic of climate adoption.
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Tenth: We share the experience in social media.

Sketching Reportage

SDG 11: Sketching the future of our city

Reiseführer auf Digezz

Rotterdam ist eine Stadt am Puls der Zeit. Mehr auf Digezz!

Input: Challenges of the Livable Future City

Understanding the Challenges of the Livable Future City. Guest Lecture Prof Dr Gerhard Schmitt, Future City Laboratory ETH Zürich. 17.5.2016 Siemens Auditorium, HIT, ETH Hönggerberg, Zürich.

This is my idea for the resilient liveable city

@ Abstracts Wall The random part of the rich ‚my idea is‘ abstracts of the students study week 2017 projects from the Sketchcity Wall. A documentation of all students projects will be published later. A sample Sketchcity Design Sketchidea Process Here are some good ideas presented as a one-page presentation. Not only the sketches are of great value, […]

Twitter Timeline

Twitter Timeline of the Sketchcity Study Week Project 2016 Amsterdam & Rotterdam

Output: my idea is …

First random part of the rich ‚my ideas is‘ abstracts of the students study week 2016 projects from the Sketchcity Wall (will be updated and completed soon). The complete documentation of all students projects will be published later.

Day 4: What do you want next?

Good Morning Rotterdam Today we are going to the vibrant city Rotterdam and we will see there the THE urbanisation-exhibition that takes place every second year in Rotterdam. Since 2001, the IABR was focussing the exhibitions on the latest tendencies in urbanisation.

Who is teaching?

Tanja Hess the pencil is our mighty tool Jöelle Kost a pen, a brush and 5 minutes of time Andreas Mädler may the force be with you Giada Zacheo show the world what you see in your head Andreas Kohli draw the future Noah Schär drawing is the study and understanding of things

Heritage & culture students‘ research

Rotterdam is home to the largest seaport in Europe and is the most important trading location for oil in Europe. During the Second World War, the city center was almost completely destroyed …

Urban water students‘ research

Urban water encompasses the management of a sufficient supply of clean drinking water and the disposal of wastewater.

Urban, agglomeration & hinterland students‘ research

The number of challenges: dirty air, heavy traffic, and high rents. The boundaries between city and hinterland have dissolved.

Urban green students‘ research

Urban Green explores the ways in which future cities can help people feel good and stay healthy – both physically and psychologically.

Hands-on art interventions students‘ research

Shared communities organize themselves, pop-ups emerge and art projects are implemented.

Generation project students‘ research

What will the future of housing and co-living look like? The „generation project“ addresses questions like this.

Urban gardening students‘ research

Bringing color, life, and farming traditions back to urban cities: That’s the main goal of Urban Gardening.

Sketchcity 2019 6. – 10.5.2019

Get ready for the challenge: sketch your idea for the future liveable city!

Good Morning

Dear students, professors, volunteers, I welcome you to this special week, to the sketchcity week. The topic of this week is resilience, I believe, resilience as a core concept of our future. Resilience is the capacity of a system to recover from perturbations, von Störungen. Maybe you are not aware, in our Federal Constitution of […]

Day 5: I have a dream – and I sketched it here for you

Bring your idea to a certain shape.

Day 4: Resiliency means to bounce back after being hit

Speaking about resiliency means to know that we will be hit by the changes. The issue is about being prepared.