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Cabuyal, Ecuador
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Other Projects by Al Borde arquitectos
Última Esperanza
Cabuyal, Ecuador
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STATUS
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YEAR
2013
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We started in 2009 designing a school named New Hope for acommunity of fishermen at the coastal village of rural Ecuador. The budget was $200usd. We understand resources are notalways money; resources are materials, hands, brains. The project was very successful, so they commission us an extension in 2011 - Hope 2. We tried to be less necessary and designed a constructive logic that let us take decisions with the people at the construction. In 2013, they called us again, we propose them The Last Hope.
Last Hope project is an educational methodology project, the final stage of a process of quality life improvement in a community. After the past two stages, we visit the community and discover an unexpected influence of our projects in the local architecture. The two projects we design previously had fulfilled the community with proud. Influenced by them, people started to experiment in their own houses. They didnt know what they were looking for; but since they have great constructive skills, they were playing with geometry and form.
As they were interest in the architecture, we propose them instead of design the new requirements (kinder garden, church, etc) to run an architectural school for them. In order to reinforce their abilities and reduce our presence; aiming for their self sufficiency... They accepted.
So we ask ourselves: what is essentially necessary to make architecture? We answer:
1 To be aware of the reality that surrounds you. (Regular architecture students are not, Cabuyal people are.)
2 To analyze and synthesize abstract ideas. (Regular architecture students are familiarized with it, Cabuyal people are not.)
3 To translate those ideas into space. (Once again Cabuyal people are not familiarized with this process.)
4 To know the materials and the construction process. (Regular architecture students dont know much about it, Cabuyal people do.)
So our architecture school will only focus on the subjects 2 and 3. We arrange a 4 days workshop each month. Because we didnt know what will happen, we design one workshop at the time. We have completed 8 workshops by now including conceptual approaches to furniture design. We plan for the students to have an experience with practice first and to learn and understand the theory after. We have 16 students from ages to 14 to 72 and 4 teachers.
The design methodology consists in a process which starts with no preconceived ideas. Then the students make an exhaustive investigation about the variables that are included in the project. We started with the Invited Teacher's House and next the Kindergarten as a real projects exercises, so the students investigate about the topic, then they analyzed and synthesize the data into a concept idea and concept models. Once the objective was clear they translate it in a constructive model using local technology and materials.
Last Hope project is an educational methodology project, the final stage of a process of quality life improvement in a community. After the past two stages, we visit the community and discover an unexpected influence of our projects in the local architecture. The two projects we design previously had fulfilled the community with proud. Influenced by them, people started to experiment in their own houses. They didnt know what they were looking for; but since they have great constructive skills, they were playing with geometry and form.
As they were interest in the architecture, we propose them instead of design the new requirements (kinder garden, church, etc) to run an architectural school for them. In order to reinforce their abilities and reduce our presence; aiming for their self sufficiency... They accepted.
So we ask ourselves: what is essentially necessary to make architecture? We answer:
1 To be aware of the reality that surrounds you. (Regular architecture students are not, Cabuyal people are.)
2 To analyze and synthesize abstract ideas. (Regular architecture students are familiarized with it, Cabuyal people are not.)
3 To translate those ideas into space. (Once again Cabuyal people are not familiarized with this process.)
4 To know the materials and the construction process. (Regular architecture students dont know much about it, Cabuyal people do.)
So our architecture school will only focus on the subjects 2 and 3. We arrange a 4 days workshop each month. Because we didnt know what will happen, we design one workshop at the time. We have completed 8 workshops by now including conceptual approaches to furniture design. We plan for the students to have an experience with practice first and to learn and understand the theory after. We have 16 students from ages to 14 to 72 and 4 teachers.
The design methodology consists in a process which starts with no preconceived ideas. Then the students make an exhaustive investigation about the variables that are included in the project. We started with the Invited Teacher's House and next the Kindergarten as a real projects exercises, so the students investigate about the topic, then they analyzed and synthesize the data into a concept idea and concept models. Once the objective was clear they translate it in a constructive model using local technology and materials.
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