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Fences and borders

What is it? Project about fences and bordesr in poublic space.

It will be an instalations which would be a result of a field research, analysing functionality of forms encountered in public space with a focus on delineating territories and borders in urban space.

Accompanying publication with a reserach process, that has the same shape as imstalation.


Why make it? In Poland, gated communities were a promise of paradise. Some people still want to separate themselves, but there are also different expectations towards the city, the need for a more public space than a privatized one.


Workflow

First trimester, research and writing Secon trimestre prototyping, testing, ( by this time writing fonished) 3 trimester - building



Rapid prototypes

Paper prototype

Previous practice Reference to previous spetial projects, research will include organising walks woith people and collecective drawings.


Relation to a wider context - The context of determining areas and boundaries in urban space and housing complexes. - Interest in the phenomenon of residential architecture ,for instance the wave-shaped block (Pol. falowiec) in Gdańsk. - common spaces, communication, functionality. - What role is imposed on users by such architecture?

- equal access to public space


Choices made

Interaction between people from both sides. In order to engage with the instalation you need someone from the other side.