Outside research and project work we experiment at the edge of our knowledge, tools and methods. This After hours work is often the space in which we develop our techniques further, both in the lab and in the field.
Experimentation
Plugin development, prototyping, electronics, building flying machines, materials and lots of tape.
James having fun at google HQ, Zurich 2017 Ilmar CNC Milling in the back of a Landrover, Basel 2016 Water + snow drone 2016 Unwrapped: concrete terrain texture, unwrapped and flattened, Dreiländereck, Basel CH Prototyping: airframe design + fabrication 2014, Zürich CH .. the finished prototype.
Unused fragments: scans of the Pera district of Istanbul. Not used in our exhibition piece for the Istanbul Design Biennial 2018, Istanbul TR
Exploration

Moving by air, land and water, whether fluid or frozen. Alpine treks, island hopping, on-site tests, tours, cartography and sensing the territory.
Snow droning: office trip, Hoch Ybrig CH 2018 Island Differential GPS, Greece 2017 Landing scape: dreaming Uri, CH Contemporary archeology: testing in the ruins of the recent olympic site in Athens GR First pass: the roots of LANDSKIP, 2013 CH

Roadside scan: a quick stop in Bavona and ground-based scan of the ancient housing typologies, Ticino CH