ATTENTION: THIS INITIATIVE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE PROGRAM “NEIGHBORHOOD LIGHTS 2016” FROM THE “URBAN HABITAT, CULTURE AND TOURISM AREA OF THE SEVILLE CITY COUNCIL”, COMMISSIONED BY NOMAD GARDEN, TOLD BY SURNAMES AND PRODUCED BY THE MANDATE. ITS REALIZATION HAS BEEN POSSIBLE THANKS TO THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN CTRL+Z WITH SCENOTEKNIAB, THE PMAR OF IES JOAQUÍN ROMERO MURUBE AND THE GREENS ASSOCIATION OF THE SOUTH.
Entering the IES courtyard for the first time Joaquin Romero Murube In the Murillo neighborhood of the Polígono Sur in Seville, we find two gardens. The first is configured as a teaching tool through which different programs are developed. PMAR (Learning and Performance Improvement Program) from the school. The second corresponds to a productive initiative of food sovereignty and self-sufficiency of the Association Verdes del Sur, which also takes care of a greenhouse for the development of a research project on the use of aquaponics with a social focus.
Today, a four-meter diameter louvered geodesic structure and the equipment are added. wooden “Sorbole” of almost eight, covered in canvas, housing an improved inertia floor and a twenty-one meter bench of superarobe.
They were carried out within the framework of the Luces de Barrio 2016 programme, in which we were invited to participate. The initiative, which is celebrating its second edition this year, aims to “illuminate exemplary urban places, cared for and cultivated by civic groups”. The curators combined Ctrl+Z with the Murillo neighbourhood garden and that is how we began to get to know the neighbourhood and the social agents that surround it.
He was then contacted scenotekniaB to establish a collaboration that would allow us to expand the team's resources, especially in view of the inauguration and the lighting aspects that it required. Their contributions, however, were not limited to the specifics of their training, but became an important driving force for the realization of the 360º project, also providing energy and enthusiasm. Diversofoto covered the assembly and actively joined in some phases of construction.
They were carried out within the framework of the Luces de Barrio 2016 programme, in which we were invited to participate. The initiative, which is celebrating its second edition this year, aims to “illuminate exemplary urban places, cared for and cultivated by civic groups”. The curators combined Ctrl+Z with the Murillo neighbourhood garden and that is how we began to get to know the neighbourhood and the social agents that surround it.
He was then contacted scenotekniaB to establish a collaboration that would allow us to expand the team's resources, especially in view of the inauguration and the lighting aspects that it required. Their contributions, however, were not limited to the specifics of their training, but became an important driving force for the realization of the 360º project, also providing energy and enthusiasm. Diversofoto covered the assembly and actively joined in some phases of construction.
Entering the IES courtyard for the first time Joaquin Romero Murube In the Murillo neighborhood of the Polígono Sur in Seville, we find two gardens. The first is configured as a teaching tool through which different programs are developed. PMAR (Learning and Performance Improvement Program) from the school. The second corresponds to a productive initiative of food sovereignty and self-sufficiency of the Association Verdes del Sur, which also takes care of a greenhouse for the development of a research project on the use of aquaponics with a social focus.
Today, a four-meter diameter louvered geodesic structure and the equipment are added. wooden “Sorbole” of almost eight, covered in canvas, housing an improved inertia floor and a twenty-one meter bench of superarobe.
They were carried out within the framework of the Luces de Barrio 2016 programme in which we were invited to participate. The initiative, which is celebrating its second edition this year, aims to “illuminate exemplary urban places, cared for and cultivated by civic groups”. The commissioners combined Ctrl+Z with the Murillo neighborhood garden and that's how we began to get to know the neighborhood and the social agents that surround it.
He was then contacted scenotekniaB to establish a collaboration that would allow us to expand the team's resources, especially in view of the inauguration and the lighting aspects that it required. Their contributions, however, were not limited to the specifics of their training, but became an important driving force for the realization of the 360º project, also providing energy and enthusiasm. Diversofoto covered the assembly and actively joined in some phases of construction.
Less than 5 km separate the “Polígono Sur” from the Plaza Nueva, the main square and seat of the City Hall of Seville. It is popularly known by nicknames such as “las tres mil vivienda” or “las vegas”, nicknames loaded with social exclusion in the collective imagination. They are immediately associated with the sale and use of drugs, marginalization, illegality and create deep social barriers that separate this neighborhood from the city much more than the physical distance that divides them. It is almost another city, a remote and forgotten city that most Sevillians have never visited and have no intention of doing so.
Polígono Sur is made up of 6 neighbourhoods, each built at different times and in different ways, from cooperative schemes to social housing.
Our initiative was located in one of them, the “Barriada Murillo” named in honor of the Sevillian painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo whose favorite colors are reflected in the facades of the different parts that make it up, giving it its name: “Los Marrones”, “Los Amarillos”, etc…
From the first visit we were confronted with a reality very different from that portrayed by the media. We came into contact with local projects on food sovereignty, research linked to the university and self-employment, and special and specific education.
With its promoters we structure and develop the proposal.
Despite the dynamic nature of the garden, which has only recently been established, it suffers from a certain lack of infrastructure. There were very different ideas, but finally the conversations led us to focus on the initiative of building a shaded, meeting and rest area for both the Association and the Institute within which it is located.
The garden and the community assigned to it have their own particularities and idiosyncrasies. The garden of the IES Murube is not a space for leisure, but for self-consumption, and the community does not seek subsidies and welfare but rather self-sufficiency and empowerment.
Their attitudes were perfectly suited to the work, training, empowerment and construction schemes that we like to use. Our intervention was structured around these axes, with a training programme for the self-construction of some of the equipment that they demanded for their activities as a pretext to empower local agents in low-tech construction techniques, based on materials found locally, which would be useful to them to continue with this and other projects in the future. All training activities would be completely free for participants.
The initiative focused mainly on two techniques, geodesic structures and the superabe, and was developed on two training channels: one for young students from PMAR and the other for adults, mainly from Verdes del Sur. These channels were not carried out independently but were organized as communicating vessels, providing feedback and establishing synergies.
In the case of geodesics, adults have accompanied us in the workshops for young people, thus coming into contact with the knowledge necessary to create a more complex structure, which in turn is an example for students of what can be achieved with the knowledge acquired.
In the case of the superarobe, the process has been reversed; the adults have been trained in the technique and will accompany us as trainers in the activity for PMAR students, the objective of which will be to build the base of the greenhouse or a small bench or flowerbed.
The first stage of the programme was the organisation of a workshop on geodesic geometry aimed at PMAR students. This was possible thanks to the availability and collaboration of the teachers in charge of the programme, with whom the content was agreed upon in order to calibrate it correctly to the level of the students.
This workshop has been fundamental to start getting to know and working together with the teachers of the Institute and the Greens of the South, in view of the construction of a larger structure in the next workshop for the construction of the wooden structure of “Sorbole”.
For some time now, we have been researching systems that allow for simplification in the construction of habitable geodesic structures. Previous construction experiences had suggested to us that the complications and pathologies experienced with this type of construction are introduced by conceptual errors in their conception and design as well as by a lack of care in the planning of their construction.
Once again, we are committed to using lightweight, easy-to-transport elements whose preparation requires simple and repetitive operations and which do not require the use of auxiliary means or specific tools, particular skills or physical strength.
Based on these assumptions, we arrived at the design of the “Sorbole” urban gardening equipment, composed of the homonymous geodesic structure and a bench in superarobe. The structure, which uses the geometry of the “rotegrity”, is far from being based on aesthetic considerations, but is based on the search for a construction system that is easy to prepare and assemble.
This does not go to the detriment of the aesthetics or the quality of the spaces that are being created, which, apart from being charged with the energies of the neighbourhood, create very striking environments and geometries. Using pieces of wood the size of pallet boards, a span of almost eight metres is covered.
The first stage of the programme was the organisation of a workshop on geodesic geometry aimed at PMAR students. This was possible thanks to the availability and collaboration of the teachers in charge of the programme, with whom the content was agreed upon in order to calibrate it correctly to the level of the students.
This workshop has been fundamental to start getting to know and working together with the teachers of the Institute and the Greens of the South, in view of the construction of a larger structure in the next workshop for the construction of the wooden structure of “Sorbole”.
For some time now, we have been researching systems that allow for simplification in the construction of habitable geodesic structures. Previous construction experiences had suggested to us that the complications and pathologies experienced with this type of construction are introduced by conceptual errors in their conception and design as well as by a lack of care in the planning of their construction.
Once again, we are committed to using lightweight, easy-to-transport elements whose preparation requires simple and repetitive operations and which do not require the use of auxiliary means or specific tools, particular skills or physical strength.
Based on these assumptions, we arrived at the design of the “Sorbole” urban gardening equipment, composed of the homonymous geodesic structure and a bench in superarobe. The structure, which uses the geometry of the “rotegrity”, is far from being based on aesthetic considerations, but is based on the search for a construction system that is easy to prepare and assemble.
This does not go to the detriment of the aesthetics or the quality of the spaces that are being created, which, apart from being charged with the energies of the neighbourhood, create very striking environments and geometries. Using pieces of wood the size of pallet boards, a span of almost eight metres is covered.
To build a similar space with beams and pillars, a crane and specialized labor would be needed, which would turn the neighbors into spectators of an uninteresting and no longer educational spectacle. At the same time, this would invalidate the reproducibility of the proposal, which would no longer be appropriated by the community. We do not only aspire to create a space “for” the citizens of the neighborhood, but also to transmit knowledge and technology that will allow them to generate “for” themselves.
The assembly was carried out in two days without incident, demonstrating that good planning allows people without prior training to participate as protagonists in the construction of apparently very complicated structures. The success of this assembly validates the technology transfer protocols that Ctrl+Z has been developing on these construction systems in recent years.
The structure has been covered with fireproof canvas, the design of the canvas has been drawn with the intention of protecting the interior from the midday and afternoon summer sun by leaving it open to the morning sun to the east and thus allowing its interior to always be visible from the school and thus avoiding security issues. The polygons have been left uncovered thus creating a pattern that promotes air circulation and interior comfort.
The commitment and enthusiasm of the participants, their desire to learn, were fundamental in some project choices, allowing them to take on tasks that were not initially going to be undertaken. There was a list of possibilities from which to choose.
In the end, thanks to them, we were “forced” to do almost all of them. You could say that with their energy they made us work harder than expected.
One of these activities in doubt was the superadobe course for the construction of the bank. After the dome was positioned on the foundation, the possibility of not carrying out this course and opting for alternative solutions was considered.
At Ctrl+Z we were strongly convinced of the importance of training in this earth construction technique for the future development of the community. Knowing the superarobe will allow in the future to colonize the Guadaira park, whose plots will continue to be assigned throughout 2017, with the construction of functional elements and landscaping, such as planters and small equipment, as a main technique or as a support for others.
Just when fatigue was setting in, the local and extended community supported the initiative. Verdes del Sur and scenotekniaB took a decisive step forward, committing to providing their strength. The PMAR teachers found the concrete mixer, a key piece that was taking an alarmingly long time to appear, and brought it to the Institute by their own means. In addition, the Mechanical Pelícano prepared the compactors and various people linked to self-construction and urban gardens showed interest in learning about the technique and quickly signed up to our call…
All these contributions have allowed us to carry out the introductory course to the technique with the construction of the “South Bench”, the “S” shaped bench that runs through the interior and exterior space of the facility and that will allow you to sit in the sun or in the shade depending on the seasons.
All these contributions have allowed us to carry out the introductory course to the technique with the construction of the “South Bench”, the “S” shaped bench that runs through the interior and exterior space of the facility and that will allow you to sit in the sun or in the shade depending on the seasons.
The design of the bench includes a space between it and the dome.
This, on the one hand, means that it does not receive direct sunlight during the summer, which would mean accumulating a large amount of heat, and on the other, allows the planting of plants in the created space that will help regulate the interior temperature thanks to evaporation. For the moment, peas have been planted to open up the ground and prepare it for other crops in spring.
The ground has been raised above the surrounding level to avoid flooding, which has been used to bury nearly 600 glass bottles filled with water.
These have been placed so that they are not in the areas of the pavement that receive solar radiation in summer.
Water has a much higher specific heat than the ground, so it experiences slower and gentler temperature changes. Its thermal mass helps limit temperature changes, contributing to thermal comfort.
We were asked to do an artistic intervention for the Christmas lighting of the neighbourhood and in our vision this became a programme to empower both adults and children in different low-tech construction techniques by building together with them some equipment necessary for their own activities and at the same time to provide them with tools and materials to use these techniques independently in the future.
We always like to work in support of initiatives already active in a territory, to support people who are already working and fighting for an objective, in this way resilient initiatives are created with a perspective of continuity. In this case, the community, which rejected welfare and demanded opportunities, has demonstrated with actions, and not only in words, that it can successfully assume a leading role in the construction of its environment.
Once again we decided to focus less on volumes and materials and much more on people. Their involvement shows that people are interested in architecture when architecture is interested in people, and that encourages us to continue producing architectures for and with people in the future. architecture upcycling urban gardens
From the beginning, the facilities were conceived as a tool for training and empowerment to be built by and for the social agents involved. That is why, naturally and in keeping with its work philosophy, its way of understanding the city and the participatory processes, Ctrl+Z will cede them for shared use to the Murube Institute and the Verdes del Sur Association. The transfer is understood as the delivery of the fruits of the work of the local agents involved and of resources that, in our view, make more sense in their hands than in ours. We trust that they will continue to fill them with life and that they will enjoy them for the benefit of the community.
The architectures we produce have meaning when they are full of life, and life is given to them by the people who give these spaces meaning. Nothing is sustainable if it is not used, and underused equipment degrades rapidly.
In the wooden dome, the order and organization of each piece of wood allows its construction and gives the whole a strength much greater than that of its constituent elements. The assembly of each of the pieces is simple, almost irrelevant.
Similar processes occur with neighbors in the construction of neighborhoods, it is all a matter of balance, energy and organization. Neighborhoods are built day by day by neighbors with small daily jobs. With almost anonymous work. Their sum, their order and their organization, however, contribute to the creation of a strong community and a better neighborhood.
Little by little, board by board, cube by cube, thanks to the organization of the work and the neighbors, the sum of these daily, simple and everyday actions have built realities and groups that far exceed the sum of the individual actions and the potential of the elements that constitute them.
The residents will continue to write a new narrative for their reality, a narrative that they have been writing for a long time, tilapia by tilapia, seedling by seedling. We hope that our contribution will help them to spread their work and receive the deserved recognition at all levels.
The techniques and materials used, as well as the actions undertaken, may seem at first glance to be very different. participatory architecture upcycling ctrl+z250 blinds, 290 pallet boards, 600 glass bottles, 8,000 kilos of earth… at first glance they seem to have nothing in common.
But despite their differences, they actually follow the same pattern and allow for the same working philosophy. They all allow for the use of inclusive construction systems and the participation of the entire community. To make this possible, all the construction processes were designed to be very simple and not require excessive physical strength.
The entire construction process was designed to be carried out with very simple constructions, so anyone who wanted to participate could do so perfectly, since the learning process took less than five minutes. This was the philosophy of the project, our goal, that everyone could participate.
We consider neighbors to be necessary and essential collaborators, the only ones capable of providing our proposal with more dimensions and the necessary resilience to give it continuity. once the Alumbra Sevilla program is completed.
The entire construction process was designed to be carried out with very simple constructions, so anyone who wanted to participate could do so perfectly, since the learning process took less than five minutes. This was the philosophy of the project, our goal, that everyone could participate.
We consider neighbors to be necessary and essential collaborators, the only ones capable of providing our proposal with more dimensions and the necessary resilience to give it continuity.
Once the Alumbra Sevilla program is finished
We were asked to do an artistic intervention for the Christmas lighting of the neighbourhood and in our vision this became a programme to empower both adults and children in different low-tech construction techniques by building together with them some equipment necessary for their own activities and at the same time to provide them with tools and materials to use these techniques independently in the future.
We always like to work in support of initiatives already active in a territory, to support people who are already working and fighting for an objective, in this way resilient initiatives are created with a perspective of continuity. In this case, the community, which rejected welfare and demanded opportunities, has demonstrated with actions, and not only in words, that it can successfully assume a leading role in the construction of its environment.
Once again we decided to focus less on volumes and materials and much more on people. Their involvement shows that people are interested in architecture when architecture is interested in people, and that encourages us to continue producing architectures for and with people in the future. architecture upcycling urban gardens
From the beginning, the facilities were conceived as a tool for training and empowerment to be built by and for the social agents involved. That is why, naturally and in keeping with its work philosophy, its way of understanding the city and the participatory processes, Ctrl+Z will cede them for shared use to the Murube Institute and the Verdes del Sur Association. The transfer is understood as the delivery of the fruits of the work of the local agents involved and of resources that, in our view, make more sense in their hands than in ours. We trust that they will continue to fill them with life and that they will enjoy them for the benefit of the community.
The architectures we produce have meaning when they are full of life, and life is given to them by the people who give these spaces meaning. Nothing is sustainable if it is not used, and underused equipment degrades rapidly.
In the wooden dome, the order and organization of each piece of wood allows its construction and gives the whole a strength much greater than that of its constituent elements. The assembly of each of the pieces is simple, almost irrelevant.
Similar processes occur with neighbors in the construction of neighborhoods, it is all a matter of balance, energy and organization. Neighborhoods are built day by day by neighbors with small daily jobs. With almost anonymous work. Their sum, their order and their organization, however, contribute to the creation of a strong community and a better neighborhood.
Little by little, board by board, cube by cube, thanks to the organization of the work and the neighbors, the sum of these daily, simple and everyday actions have built realities and groups that far exceed the sum of the individual actions and the potential of the elements that constitute them.
The residents will continue to write a new narrative for their reality, a narrative that they have been writing for a long time, tilapia by tilapia, seedling by seedling. We hope that our contribution will help them to spread their work and receive the deserved recognition at all levels.
The techniques and materials used, as well as the actions undertaken, may seem at first glance to be very different. participatory architecture upcycling ctrl+z250 blinds, 290 pallet boards, 600 glass bottles, 8,000 kilos of earth… at first glance they seem to have nothing in common.
But despite their differences, they actually follow the same pattern and allow for the same working philosophy. They all allow for the use of inclusive construction systems and the participation of the entire community. To make this possible, all the construction processes were designed to be very simple and not require excessive physical strength.
The entire construction process was designed to be carried out with very simple constructions, so anyone who wanted to participate could do so perfectly, since the learning process took less than five minutes. This was the philosophy of the project, our goal, that everyone could participate.
We consider neighbors to be necessary and essential collaborators, the only ones capable of providing our proposal with more dimensions and the necessary resilience to give it continuity.
Once the Alumbra Sevilla program is finished
From the beginning we knew that not all the objectives and vocations could be achieved within the framework of the Luces de Barrio 2016 calendar and programme.
Our way of working is not focused on the constructed architectural object, but on its capacity to meet the objectives and programs that made it necessary.
For us, therefore, inaugurations do not mean the completion of projects, but rather their beginning. This case is no exception.
We will continue working on a second phase, which will be developed independently and completely outside the initial project. Its objective will be to complete some of the structures that have already been built, and to convert lighting elements from the inauguration to make them functional for the social agents involved.
This process will serve to continue training the local community on low-tech construction, while promoting more efficient use of the public resources involved.
In the Murillo neighbourhood, new narratives are being created every day that not only talk about farming but also about self-employment and business creation. Work such as that of the Verdes del Sur and the IES Murube make them possible and demonstrate that the creation of these narratives is possible. We invite you to come and learn first-hand about these realities of the Murillo neighbourhood in Polígono Sur.
We would like to thank the commissioners and the residents for the opportunity and trust they have given us.
A project by Ctrl+Z (Gianluca Stasi) and ScenoteckniaB (Begoña Almenar Benavent) in the Murillo neighbourhood of Polígono Sur for the Alumbra Sevilla 2016 programme, of the “Urban Habitat, Culture and Tourism Area of the Seville City Council”. Curators: Nomad Garden. Speakers: Surnames. Production: El Mandaito.
In collaboration with:
Southern Greens Association
(Pepe Lobillo Eguibar, Juan Manuel Blanco Cabrera, Daniel Francisco Gutierrez Cabrera, Alejandro Ponce Nieto, Angela de la Cruz Blanco Cabrera, Antonio Grande Rojo, Francisca de Asis Blanco Cabrera, Josefina Blanco Cabrera, Concha Pacheco Sanchez, Julian Trenado Gomez, Manolo Vallejo Molina, Mercedes Silva Montes, Pedro Garcia Polo, Rosa Garcia Alvarez, Eusebio Bereginal Casas, Purification Cabrera, Sergio Rosado Camacho, Jennifer Montalbán Coca, Francisco Isidro Ledesma)
Joaquin Romero Murube High School
With the participation of 2nd and 3rd year students from PMAR and their teachers
(Gloria Rodriguez Cano, Juan Antonio Gonzalez Caballero, Jorge Herrero Merino, Jerome Bracho Aleman, Belen Caracena Marquez, Fco. Javier Gonzalez Sanchez)
Help and support for the project:
The Cast of the Year Award-winning film ...
Acknowledgements:
Slow Food Restaurant Container
The Rinconcillo Tavern – Restaurant
Two Moons Theater
Guest artists at the opening:
Raúl Cantizano, The Mechanical Pelican (Ignacio Rodríguez Llinares), The Flamenco Machine Company, Ernesto Ojeda.
We also present some photos by Fernando Alda.
For more information we invite you to visit their website .
Copyright © 2024 ctrlz.net Made with love by dSumeki
