“Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?” This question formulated by Buckminster Fuller last century is especially relevant in our current Climate Change scenario. Some of the utopic and radical architects of the second half of the 20th Century were very much focused on imagining desirable futures for the planet, the cities, or the architecture with an incipient ecological consciousness and a concern for efficiency. The aim of this year’s Fall Pavilion workshop has been to revisit Bucky Fuller, Frei Otto, and Yona Friedman and build a pavilion following some of their principles.
The Elisava Pavilion has been designed and built by more than 30 people. Its non-hierarchical constructive system allows an organic way of growing in different places of the volume, thanks to the simultaneous intervention of a multiplicity of minds and hands coming from very diverse backgrounds.
A set of 30mm*60mm and 30*30 wooden sticks are assembled through irregular angles with the only requirement of a drill and the aim of acquiring structural stability. The fact of avoiding right angles facilitates the job for non-experts and allows a bottom-up design that takes place on the construction site. A tensile fabric covers the volume mediated by a set of glasses in order to complete the pavilion."
Ephemeral Architecture, Public Space Installation
Location:
ELISAVA, Barcelona School of Design and Engineering
Date:
02/09/2023
Architects
TAKK, Mireia Luzárraga + Alejandro Muiño
Collaborators
Roger Monfort, Berta Ribaudí, MEATS (Master's in Ephemeral Architecture & Temporary Spaces) Students.
Photo:
José Hevia