WELCOME

introduction
This wiki is dedicated to original research and development of a project called "Site Visit by Situated Visualization."

who we are
Our team of principal researchers come from the fields of urban design, architecture, computer science, planning, interface design, engineering and geography. We are: Petia Morozov, Sean White, and Sarah Williams, all of whom have practices in our respective fields, and all of whom have an affiliation with Columbia University.

why wiki
This format is consistent with the manner in which we choose to carry out this project: open, dynamic and transversal. As such, this wiki will bear the contributions of all three of us, and will likely look different from week to week. You're invited to come back and see how we're doing.

want to know more?
As our consortia of collaborators and contributors builds, so too, will our online activity. To follow the research in greater detail, simply contact one of us for a passcode in order to complete your registration. Have more questions about registering? You can also follow our Twitter flow.

our agendas, as they unfold
_How to visualize hidden or unseen knowledge about a place, or what we call "site"
_How to build socio-cultural mechanisms that transform data into knowledge in the production of agency, citizenry and co-emergence of "site"
_How to invent new practices of design and intent that complement this new manner of visualization
_How to contribute new models of research and practice that engage a wide swath of disciplines toward these activities

processes
_To identify Project Sources and Operations as they relate to our test site of Manhattanville.
_To build methods of transdisciplinary testing and prototyping across our collective research and development interests.

acknowledgements
We cannot begin without a few thank yous right out of the starting gate. First, we gratefully acknowledge the support of our respective departments at Columbia, namely the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and the Computer Science Department, both of which have the progressive goals for interdisciplinary research and reflexive pedagogies.

We extend our deepest gratitude to Boston Society of Architects for their financial support of this project. We are honored to have been awarded BSA's most generous grant to date, and we look forward to establishing new benchmarks of research excellence with our work.

Given what new territory this work is about to take us, we'll steal every opportunity to thank our families, friends and colleagues for their love, support and insight. You know - and we know - who you are.