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Virus 1093XK
Commissioned by Ymere, Dutch housing association, Virus 1093XK is a system that would spread through Dapperbuurt, a dilapidated residential area in the east of Amsterdam, by detecting and highlighting dead spots (maintenance issues / broken elements / neglected areas). Creating visual interest where it is least expected, whilst communicating to the residents that someone is looking after the area. The virus would tap into the existing maintenance routine where two community wardens patrol the area four times a day recording issues which are then logged on a database and put to the attention of the local council. The Virus 1093XK visual marker would be applied to a dead spot once detected and removed once fixed.

Virus 1093XK is the outcome of an in-depth survey of Dapperbuurt, the 'Dead & Good Spot' analysis book, which mapped all of the different elements needing attention along with those that were working well. This initial research was done in collaboration with Francesca Lanzavecchia, Katharina Mischer and Thomas Traxler.