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BENCH – Winning Competition Proposal – Project Space 2012 – Amsterdam, NL BENCH is a series of public places entirely build out of scrap. noun
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The proposed project is an experimental building practice, and a direct responds to the current debate about space and ownership, lifestyle and interdependencies. BENCH is a portable and flexible urban furniture that can take on various functions: a cinema, a meeting point, an urban kitchen table,.. It can be build within a short period of time and it is adaptable to alternative functions and sites.
What is proposed is a series of public places built from left over materials like wood slats, old pallets, empty paint buckets, a broken guitar, bottle boxes, etc. that will infiltrate and activate the area, offering a platform for interaction: collective cooking, open air screening, open workshops, performances,.. BENCH acts as catalysts, re-animating the public realm through the particular strategy of engagement and empowerment. It will shape and transform the public space into a place to meet, a place that takes on meaning, a place of personal identification – most crucially, a place of constant growths and change. BENCH is part our Urban Islands Project |
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