This project is the result of a
two-year collaboration with the British Council that began with an open call of
UK-based designers, a student workshop in Caracas and a design collaboration
with architect Will Sandy to create a small prefabricated structure to occupy
public spaces in informal settlements. Its purpose is to create a framework for
cultural activities, classes, children workshops, informal meetings,
exhibitions and sport in places where such infrastructure is lacking,
preventing these community events from occurring, with all that is potentially
lost along the way. As a catalyst, its objective is to increase the opportunities
for interaction, exchange and development in a given environment, hoping these
activities gather enough momentum so as to continue when the piece moves to its
next location.
The cube is a steel structure with
metal and wood components, easily assembled and operated, both resistant and
inviting, designed so as to attract attention to itself and be not only used
but appropriated by one community for a period of three months. It was designed
so as to be specific yet flexible, providing a clear framework while leaving
enough tolerance so as to allow unforeseen uses and appropriations to emerge.
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