Jakob Kilian
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A relief map with a colorful projection on it.
A relief map with a colorful projection on it.
A relief map with a colorful projection on it. People’s arms can be seen pointing at objects in the installation.
A close up of the projection on the foam.
A closer shot of a relief map with a colorful projection on it. One can read locations like "University", "Ehrenfeld" and others. There is a cube that reads "Move Me!" on it.

Where to Live in Cologne

  • An interactive installation exploring the relationship between rental costs and travel times across Cologne's 84 districts. A physical scale model of the city renders each district's average rent as height — the more expensive the area, the taller it rises. Placing a cube anywhere on the model projects the public transport reach from that point onto the surface in colour-coded intervals of time, allowing visitors to immediately read which parts of the city remain accessible within a given commute. Developed in 2014 as an exercise in data journalism, the project asked how complex, interrelated datasets could be made not only legible but personally useful — turning abstract housing statistics into a tool for a decision most people in the city were actively facing.

Study Project by

Jakob Kilian & Julia Mitchelmore

Exhibited at

Night of the Museums Cologne 2014
  • project
  • areas design
  • tags arduino, data journalism, exhibition, studies

Making of

Exhibition at the Cologne Night of the Museums 2014