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Fig. 6.4.
'Contrasts' between 'ways' and dwelling. Collage from empirical basis; generated overview.
Copyright Sergej Stoetzer.
that - metaphorically - replaces the links
between the photos with a virtual physical
spring (Kamada-Kawai algorithm
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). During the
initial state, the linkage information is inter-
preted as linear, which means that each photo is
added to the existing spatial model without con-
sidering the arrangement so far - resulting in
different (virtual) spring tensions between the
linked pictures. Iterating the algorithm, the over-
laps are reduced and the tension in each spring
is minimized until the spatial model stagnates.
Starting with the fi rst collage (Fig. 6.4), two
major walks with two important additions can be
found that are linking the different poles of dwell-
ing, architecture, leisure and tourism-centred
activities within a very limited area of the city's
surface:
The way to the Mathildenhöhe (bottom
between the pictures (left side of the static
overview), the way leads through an exclusive
residential district of Darmstadt - old fabric and
big front gardens symbolizing exclusive power
over space. The villas are inhabited by widows
of famous artists or by student leagues. These
student dwelling societies offer luxurious accom-
modations with everything one needs to begin a
university study in Darmstadt: a furnished room
with IT infrastructure and TV, a community to
affi liate oneself with in an environment that no
student alone can afford, a villa with garden
and rooms for assembly in one of the best resi-
dential areas the town has to offer.
Darmstadt has a very high rent index in
Germany, so winter-term students beginning
their study in Darmstadt have the problem of
fi nding proper accommodation. This has become
so bad that the university was thinking about a
container settlement for the worst cases.
The student duelling societies therefore
offer a generous living potential - the price for
this is paid by subordination to mostly rightwing
ideology, obeying the group's orders and dis-
cussions held at the residence about politics in
general and their own effi ciency in studying.
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part of the circular path);
Addition I: 'whereabouts Mathildenhöhe';
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The way back (top part of the circular path);
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Addition II: serial dwelling.
The starting point is located at the bottom of the
overall perspective, showing the view outside
the inhabitant's courtyard. Following the links
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Kamada and Kawai (1989).
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