Wicker Metamorphosis /Low Cost Work Station

Chimbarongo, Chile

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Wicker Metamorphosis / Low Cost Work Station

Wicker Metamorphosis /Low Cost Work Station

Chimbarongo, Chile

Firm

NORMAL

Type

Government + Health › Community Center
Industrial › Factory Research Facility Farm

STATUS

Built

YEAR

2013

SIZE

0 sqft - 1000 sqft

BUDGET

$0 - 10K

Photos

Pablo Casals Aguirre (2)

Architects: Normal Architecture Studio / Domingo Arancibia
Location: Chimbarongo, Chimbarongo, O’Higgins Region, Chile
Architect In Charge: Domingo Arancibia
Project Team: María José Araya, Juan Basch, Alexis Quinteros, Stephan Puschel.
Area: 79.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Pablo Casals Aguirre

0.- Unknown origins of Wicker
Wicker is a natural fiber that has been used since the earliest civilizations: there are mentions of use of more than 5,000 years. Today, wicker is recognized primarily by artisanal products such as baskets, furniture and lamps, however, much of the population does not know its origins and the process for producing this noble raw material.

In Chile, wicker has historically been concentrated in the town of Chimbarongo, taking its production peak in the mid-twentieth century. Today, as a result of the conversion of agricultural land to more profitable crops, the ignorance of the population of the art for production, lack of innovation materials and absence of fair trade, to name a few factors, determines a scenario that is leading to the eventual disappearance of this productive activity in the locality.

1. Productive device as a development tool
We propose to deliver to the local population, a working mode inexpensive, able to transform into a development tool for artisans and producers wicker.

An effective system of production of the raw material is provided, by concentrating in one place the various stages associated with the process. Thus, it seeks to reduce the movements of their different stages of production, providing greater functionality to the production.