Andrea Zaccuri, Arianna Smaron, Basel School of Design

In March 2015 the collective VOLUCE was engaged in the problem of abandoned places in Milano, starting the project SPOGLIE. The research was divided into two phases: first, we collected data and pictures of the areas then, designing the book, we acknowledge how to visually represent them.

Thanks to Basil.js we were able to process 330+ places, managing their metadata, drawings and satellite pictures. The code we wrote captured the information from Google Maps and a datasheet organizing them into the book. Due to the complexity of the information, the use of a programming language was a fundamental aspect to visualize and understand the data. The final outcome is a connection between the architectural space and its digital representation.