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the social knots group
CityScapes and LandForms, tu berlin / kth stockholm 02/2006

It is a mark of success in a park, public lobby or a porch, when people can come there and fall asleep. Christopher Alexander et al: A Pattern Language, Pattern #94: Sleeping in Public.

Knots - Social Space: In Stockholm's Slussen salt and water meet, the city's plateaus are connected through an urban elevator, tram lines intersect, major roads converge, all in a singular point - a type of a knot. The Social Knots group identified knots of social nature, spaces of encounter, exchange and event. Celsing, Varhelyi, Markelius, Lewerentz - Cultural Centres, Churches, Collective Housing Units, Cemeteries...

The social knots group was part of a workshop collaboration KTH Stockholm / TU Berlin in February 2006: CityScapes and LandForms - Archipelago, Folds, Artificial Landscapes, Social Knots, Darkness - Jens Casper w/ Marianne Mueller, Nathalie Bredella, Antje Buchholz, Sven Pfeiffer, Guest: Christoph Hadrys; Julie Baumann, Sören Hanft, Jan Muellender, Philipp Keiß; Students from Berlin and Stockholm. Many thanks to Erik Stenberg, Erik Wingquist, Ingela Blomberg, Jakob Lind and all the others from KTH...

The workshop was part of the 1st and 2nd year architectural design class, Entwurfsprojekt Baukonstruktion und Entwerfen, TU Berlin, Tim Heide & Marianne Mueller 2004-06 (additional credit: to clarify, add detail).

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