Experiments in “Schoolscapes”

In Autumn 2022, Other Internet and Leave Room for Thoughts, two young learning institutes, came together to cultivate a new fellowship program named Campus Complex. It was a month-long educational experiment that unfolded across the City of New York. The program turned a disconnected group of private offices and studios into a traversable network of learning environments for three builders, artists, and researchers—or what they call a schoolscape.

Other Internet joins us to showcase this work, unveil the concept of schoolscapes, and share their design toolkit with others building local networked neighborhoods.

We define schoolscape as an association of local organizations that augment their spaces with educational infrastructure, and encourage learners to explore freely across their network. We designed a variety of artifacts and tools to foster an encouraging culture across this network, from physical passport “learner cards” to a compass application for geographical wayfinding.

About Other Internet

Other Internet (@otherinternet__ )is a non-profit applied research organization. Our mission is to investigate the psychological, political, and economic effects of digitalization, and to advance pro-social applications of new media technologies.