Rural Resources
Deep mapping workshop

Deep Mapping was a part of a framework of the Rural Resources seminar and workshop in Gerswalde (05.05.24 - 09.05.24) organised by Prof. Niklas Fanelsa of Atelier Fanelsa for students of Architecture AND Design at the Technische Universität München and students of Product Design at the Stettin Academy of Art. 

The format focused on Rural Resources that create desirable ways of living, working, and producing. On site, students had the opportunity to build a prototype of community characterised by a deep awareness of the interconnectedness of the environment and social networks. Together with Christian Gäth and Micha Kretschmann from Bauhaus Earth we produced local clay bricks and with prof. Fanelsa, Felix Joensson and Lea John we built a wooden structure.

Framework by:
Prof. Niklas Fanelsa
Chrstian Gäth, Bauhaus Earth
Agnieszka Polkowska, Stettin Academy of Art

Students of Stettin Academy of Art: Oliwia Dobrzyńska, Oskar Kobiałka, Marta Wilczewska

Using the Deep Mapping workshop format, we engaged with the environment in order to connect with it - in contrast to the way we usually consume landscape. We used cartographic methods borrowed from ethnographers to create a "thick" description of local aesthetic, material and ecological qualitites - dense in context, which helped us to become familiar with local spirit. Students explored the rural site and produced a physical and symbolic map using soil and plant chromatography - techniques informed by advocates of organix and biodynamic farming.

Students lived and worked together towards a common goal, gaining site-specific knowledge and skills and exploring the rural cultural landscape. Group was involved in non-hierarchical pedagogy that emphasized the role of making.

photos 1,3,4: Felix Joensson
photos 2,5-11: Blanka Jaworska

Rural Resources
Deep mapping workshop

Deep Mapping was a part of a framework of the Rural Resources seminar and workshop in Gerswalde (05.05.24 - 09.05.24) organised by Prof. Niklas Fanelsa of Atelier Fanelsa for students of Architecture AND Design at the Technische Universität München and students of Product Design at the Stettin Academy of Art. 

The format focused on Rural Resources that create desirable ways of living, working, and producing. On site, students had the opportunity to build a prototype of community characterised by a deep awareness of the interconnectedness of the environment and social networks. Together with Christian Gäth and Micha Kretschmann from Bauhaus Earth we produced local clay bricks and with prof. Fanelsa, Felix Joensson and Lea John we built a wooden structure.

Framework by:
Prof. Niklas Fanelsa
Chrstian Gäth, Bauhaus Earth
Agnieszka Polkowska, Stettin Academy of Art

Students of Stettin Academy of Art: Oliwia Dobrzyńska, Oskar Kobiałka, Marta Wilczewska

Using the Deep Mapping workshop format, we engaged with the environment in order to connect with it - in contrast to the way we usually consume landscape. We used cartographic methods borrowed from ethnographers to create a "thick" description of local aesthetic, material and ecological qualitites - dense in context, which helped us to become familiar with local spirit. Students explored the rural site and produced a physical and symbolic map using soil and plant chromatography - techniques informed by advocates of organix and biodynamic farming.

Students lived and worked together towards a common goal, gaining site-specific knowledge and skills and exploring the rural cultural landscape. Group was involved in non-hierarchical pedagogy that emphasized the role of making.

photos 1,3,4: Felix Joensson
photos 2,5-9: Blanka Jaworska