SCOPE / OBJECTIVES
Many European cities are looking to redesign their public spaces. FURNISH (Fast Urban Responses for New Inclusive Spaces and Habitat) aims to merge the challenge of having more public spaces through ‘tactical urbanism’, which can reconfigure and co-create a street expanding the space for pedestrians and leisure, with local manufacturing, through the quick and effective deployment of urban elements in a neighbourhood.
FURNISH is transforming our public space!
STATEMENT
The furnish Kids program aims to improve public space through design interventions of tactical architecture. This year’s edition, hosted in the creative hubs of Barcelona and Milan, and co-funded by the European Union, concentrated on the ever-changing area of Plaça de Les Glòries Catalanes. Once the densest car interchange in the city, the Glòries is transforming to become the symbol of Barcelona’s future – green, diverse, and citizen-centered.
The design has been further developed to utilize natural materials such as Pine logs unused for previous Valldaura Labs projects and offcuts from wooden plan production. The materials have been cataloged, measured, and scanned for improved digital modeling. A specialized grasshopper script has been used to further optimize the shape of the vertical structure. Scaled and real-size models have been used to test and choose the appropriate dimensions for the seating, methods of module connections, and the material’s esthetic impression.
For production, Fab Lab’s mechanical tools have been used, supported by specialized jigs and laser-cut guideline forms. All the elements of the finalized structure have been transported on-site and assembled with the use of a crane. Schoolchildren have been invited to participate in the assembling process. Children, inspired by the shape of the seatings nicknamed the project ‘El Cargol’ (The Snail). The structure is open to the public, and as a temporal intervention, is foreseen to be eventually dismantled and disposed of with no harm to the natural environment.
THE STARTING STEP
the materials at our disposal. We, therefore, made an inventory of all the trunks, boards, and sticks that
had been stored for several years in the Valldaura Lab courtyard. A set of trunks of sufficient length and
width allowed us to make the base of the bench and the connecting pieces. The future barrier would
be made with the sticks still containing the bark.
PROTOTYPING
– the shape of the bench
– fixing groove
– manufacture and dimensions of the sticks
– fixing the sticks
SITE CONFIGURATION
The site chosen for IAAC’s Valldaura Lab students presented a compelling challenge of urban regeneration.
Through a series of workshops with kids from nearby schools “Escola Poblenou” , it has become clear that
the site would benefit from a space where a whole class could enjoy outdoor, educational activities
an enclosed and protected space allowing the children to meet and practice their activities with a certain amount of privacy.
TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
IMPLEMENTATION
INSTALLATION
FINAL PROJECT
BOOKLET
If you want more information and drawing please click on the link below
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1a4OaIKammeqRXL-TLLAL-FDXYVpxhUSk/view?usp=share_link
