Seure a la Fresca
Seniors is a project made collaboration with the Urban Ecology and Social Rights departments of the City Council of Barcelona to provide temporary quality public space in direct contact with the more than 80 senior homes located in the city centre.
The project was developed in two parts, involving two MEATS year students. The first part included filed studies and the design of a methodology to approach each case, in order to identify potentials and opportunities.
The second part consisted in proposing a material system and developing four different prototypes. One of them was developed to a construction level and is expected to be implemented soon.
The material system proposed is based in prefabricated rammed earth blocks, an innovative material used in permanent construction that has never been used in temporary urban space projects.
Once we assume that tactical interventions are not only an emergency solution but a new powerful tool for fast-track urban transformations, it is time to explore new material solutions that, allow for an harmonic integration in the urban fabric while being fully consistent as temporary and sustainable. Its mechanical and tectonic qualities, together with an immaculately closed life cycle, make rammed earth block an extremely interesting material.
The project was developed in two parts, involving two MEATS year students. The first part included filed studies and the design of a methodology to approach each case, in order to identify potentials and opportunities.
The second part consisted in proposing a material system and developing four different prototypes. One of them was developed to a construction level and is expected to be implemented soon.
The material system proposed is based in prefabricated rammed earth blocks, an innovative material used in permanent construction that has never been used in temporary urban space projects.
Once we assume that tactical interventions are not only an emergency solution but a new powerful tool for fast-track urban transformations, it is time to explore new material solutions that, allow for an harmonic integration in the urban fabric while being fully consistent as temporary and sustainable. Its mechanical and tectonic qualities, together with an immaculately closed life cycle, make rammed earth block an extremely interesting material.
2020-2022
Toni Montes, Roger Paez, Xevi Bayona
Diana Mehrez , Nour Awarki, Sanjana Paramhans, Mar Gené, Sena Kocaoglu, Mana Pinto, Qhosha Vad, Cristina Valarezo, Tiffany Whittaker, Noa Yarkoni, Amber Zhang, Elodie Bodart, Yana Latinovich
Agustina Angelini, Momen Bakry, Dasstan Bissen, Malak Ghemraoui, John Gillen, Liana Kalaitzoglou, Gal·la Knoph, Julia Llorens, Elsa Romero, Chloé Rood, Giulia Tufariello, Irini Vazanellis, Aleksandra Zaitceva
Toni Montes, Roger Paez, Xevi Bayona
Diana Mehrez , Nour Awarki, Sanjana Paramhans, Mar Gené, Sena Kocaoglu, Mana Pinto, Qhosha Vad, Cristina Valarezo, Tiffany Whittaker, Noa Yarkoni, Amber Zhang, Elodie Bodart, Yana Latinovich
Agustina Angelini, Momen Bakry, Dasstan Bissen, Malak Ghemraoui, John Gillen, Liana Kalaitzoglou, Gal·la Knoph, Julia Llorens, Elsa Romero, Chloé Rood, Giulia Tufariello, Irini Vazanellis, Aleksandra Zaitceva
