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Entre Escalas
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s/n, Rua Coronel Dulcídio, Bigorrilho, Curitiba, Brazil
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Entre Escalas
s/n, Rua Coronel Dulcídio, Bigorrilho, Curitiba, Brazil
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2011
The Installation is the final product of “Entre Escalas”
Workshop, which engaged subjects of parametric design, digital
fabrication and the issue of scale on the creation of urban furniture to
be implemented at the Spanish Square (Praça da Espanha) in the
neighborhood of Batel, in Curitiba – Brazil. The name “Entre Escalas (In
Between Scales)” was suggestive as the furniture had to serve the
children as a playground, at the same time as bleachers for jazz shows
happening in the square.
To get from concept to fabrication and assembly in a
very short span of time using parametric tools and relating that to
specific architectonic needs were the themes intended to be grasped by
the students . There were series of lectures related to the subject, as
well as specialized computational classes, followed by an intense design
competition. The architects and tutors present were Gustavo Ultrabo,
Juliano Monteiro, Pedro Duschenes, Ernesto Bueno, Lucas Kodama, Thiago
Mundim and the structural engineer Ricardo Dias.
After the workshop, the students were invited by Atelier UM+D to
develop a synthesis of the previously proposed designs inside the
office. In this phase problems of structure, materials ,fabrication,
assembly logic and health and safety were addressed.
The final design derives from a labyrinth, and aims to
awake in the children feelings of estrangement and the curiosity of not
knowing what comes next. Externally, the 4m x 4m x 1.5m box form, made
with the cheapest construction plywood available, contrasts with the
fluid internal paths. The inner radial geometry generates a degree of
visual transparency that allows the parents to follow their children
through the tunnels that lead to the sphere shaped central space. It
also enables fascinating multi-framed views to the surrounding
environment.
In August 2011 the installation was exposed at the
Spanish Square (Praça da Espanha), so that all could observe the
reaction, from both adults and children faced with something unusual
built in a common public place. The children, under close supervision
from their parents, could explore a new spatial experience, as well as
establish a singular form of playing, yet related to regular activities
such as climbing, crawling and hiding, through the contact with the
“parametric playground”.
“Entre Escalas” Workshop was a partnership between Atelier UM+D , Thiago Mundim (www.thiagomundim.net) and CenEGAU with support from the Architecture and Urbanism Course at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR) and coordination by João Victor Monteiro.
Special Thanks to:
Bruna Hobi, Maria Eduarda Camilotti, Mariana Bittencourt,Renate Louise Pierotto, João Victor Monteiro.
And all the students that participated in the Workshop “Entre Escalas”
Workshop, which engaged subjects of parametric design, digital
fabrication and the issue of scale on the creation of urban furniture to
be implemented at the Spanish Square (Praça da Espanha) in the
neighborhood of Batel, in Curitiba – Brazil. The name “Entre Escalas (In
Between Scales)” was suggestive as the furniture had to serve the
children as a playground, at the same time as bleachers for jazz shows
happening in the square.
To get from concept to fabrication and assembly in a
very short span of time using parametric tools and relating that to
specific architectonic needs were the themes intended to be grasped by
the students . There were series of lectures related to the subject, as
well as specialized computational classes, followed by an intense design
competition. The architects and tutors present were Gustavo Ultrabo,
Juliano Monteiro, Pedro Duschenes, Ernesto Bueno, Lucas Kodama, Thiago
Mundim and the structural engineer Ricardo Dias.
After the workshop, the students were invited by Atelier UM+D to
develop a synthesis of the previously proposed designs inside the
office. In this phase problems of structure, materials ,fabrication,
assembly logic and health and safety were addressed.
The final design derives from a labyrinth, and aims to
awake in the children feelings of estrangement and the curiosity of not
knowing what comes next. Externally, the 4m x 4m x 1.5m box form, made
with the cheapest construction plywood available, contrasts with the
fluid internal paths. The inner radial geometry generates a degree of
visual transparency that allows the parents to follow their children
through the tunnels that lead to the sphere shaped central space. It
also enables fascinating multi-framed views to the surrounding
environment.
In August 2011 the installation was exposed at the
Spanish Square (Praça da Espanha), so that all could observe the
reaction, from both adults and children faced with something unusual
built in a common public place. The children, under close supervision
from their parents, could explore a new spatial experience, as well as
establish a singular form of playing, yet related to regular activities
such as climbing, crawling and hiding, through the contact with the
“parametric playground”.
“Entre Escalas” Workshop was a partnership between Atelier UM+D , Thiago Mundim (www.thiagomundim.net) and CenEGAU with support from the Architecture and Urbanism Course at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUC-PR) and coordination by João Victor Monteiro.
Special Thanks to:
Bruna Hobi, Maria Eduarda Camilotti, Mariana Bittencourt,Renate Louise Pierotto, João Victor Monteiro.
And all the students that participated in the Workshop “Entre Escalas”
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