NS Station Process Book

MAAK UW MERK GATHERING DATA FROM THE PASSENGERS OF NS STATION EINDHOVEN

CHARLES BOURRIER & MONICA ALISSE NS EINDHOVEN STATION PROJECT CATALOGTREE DESIGN ACADEMY EINDHOVEN MIDTERMS MAY 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Proposal

3 Questions

5 Inspiration

7 Process

9 Final Location

13 Results for First Question 15 Analysis

17 Data Set 19

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PROPOSAL

Our main focus is to gather data from the passengers of NS Eindhoven station.

These questions stress the culture of The Netherlands based on travel.

Once the first question is asked, we can then determine the next questions based on our analysis of the responses. There will be a total of six questions.

The data is a collection of simple questions that are not known or gathered already from NS. These are based entirely on the point of view of the passengers.

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QUESTIONS

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The results of the first question will help us find a story for further analysis and bring us to the next possible question for the passengers.

4 Which is the most conservative city in The Netherlands?

Which is the most diverse city in The Netherlands??

3 Where do you find peace and tranquility in The Netherlands??

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Where do you not feel safe in The ?

Netherlands?

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Where is your loved one?

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Palacio de Congreso Facade in Madrid by Joan Miró

INSPIRATIONS

In 1980, the ceramist artist and friend of Miró, Josep Llorens i Artigas (1982-1980), created the mural after the original design of Joan Miró (1893-1983).

The congress building itself has been constructed in 1970 by an Spanish architect Pablo Pintado y Riba (cf.

Spanish wikipedia entry).

Street Art intervention at São Paolo for Festival Baixo Centro 2012

Grid Structures

by Piet Mondrian “For 10 days, more than 120 actions occurred in the city center of São Paulo, on behalf of the resumption of the streets for people - and not by car, by real estate, gray.

Eric Fischer’s map of San Fransisco Blue points on showing tourists and locals’ activity the map are pictures taken by locals (people who have taken pictures in this city dated over a range of a month or more).

Red points are pictures taken by tourists (people who seem to be a local of a different city and who took pictures in this city for less than a month).

Yellow points are pictures where it can’t be determined whether or not the photographer was a tourist (because they haven’t taken pictures anywhere for over a month).

They are probably tourists but might just not post many pictures at all.

The opening of the Festival # baixocentro was on March 23, 2012, with 200 liters of water soluble ink.

The action occurred during the morning. At night, the city had already removed the paint (washable, which would leave the first rain). “

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PROCESS

We first began finding a grid within the station itself and did chalk sketches at our first site of interest: the outdoor platforms. These chalk sketches responded to the space in various ways -- some sketches were about drawing shadows, building up perception and recognition of things. There was also a play with perspective.

This exploration was linked to the street art intervention concept, along with works from Joan Miró and Piet Mondrian.

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PROCESS (cont.)

Our sencond spot of interest was the escalators and stairs leading to the rails and platforms. We continued playing with the grid by inserting stickers to the wall. We realized this would bring an appealing addition to the spot, but information and gathering data was important, making the blank canvas become too obsolete.

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FINAL LOCATION

Location Frontal view from where we are sitting

Table with question

Location from passenger’s view

Which is the most conservative city in The Netherlands?

Based on a set of protocol and restrictions, our location has changed to the main entrance in NS station. We plan on setting up a table next to the Information kiosk that has the content as shown above.

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*RESULTS FOR FIRST QUESTION: Which is the most conservative city in The Netherlands?

Amsterdam 21% Eindhoven 15% Maastricht 6% Utrecht 6% Volendam 8% Staphorst 9%

* The ones shown are the top six mentioned

ANALYSIS

Questions from the passengers

What do you mean by conservative?

I guess the most touristic area, so maybe Amsterdam?

I live in Eindhoven, so maybe Eindhoven is the most conservative...

The media usually says Staphorst...

Questions drawn by us

Do the Dutch share a mutual opinion?

Do the Dutch think outside of the box?

Is everyone conservative in The Netherlands?

Is tradition important to the people of The Netherlands?

Does the term ‘conservative’ exist in The Netherlands?

If you are religious does that make you conservative?

What makes a rural individual different from an urban individual in The Netherlands?

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DATA SET

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