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team Francesco Apuzzo, Jan Liesegang,Frauke Gerstenberg mit Lucia Pasquali typ temporäre Architekturzeit 2010 fotos raumlaborberlin

Am Flutgraben 3 12435 Berlin telefon +49 30 27580882 fax +49 30 2476319 internet www.raumlabor-berlin.de

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The Generator is an experimental building laboratory for instant, par-ticipatory building practice in public space. Construction principles, different

programs for people to meet and inter-act in public, are central issues of this research.

assemblage points, new geom-etries for furniture and lightweight construction buildings, as well as new possible uses and multiple

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The Generator consists of two compo-nents: hardware and software. The hardware is a workstation de-signed to be mobile. A set of several flight cases can be assembled as two workbenches. They contain all the necessary tools for eight people to work on site using simple wood slats

and plywood as building materials.The software is a set of construction plans and instructions for modules, which are developed to be assembled easily. The constrction methods will be constantly tested and improved. The modules can be assembled to chairs, tables, shelves, but also to walls and

shelters. The participants can transform the modules by accident or intentionally. A process of learning by doing. The team will record and reuse all possible mutations of the system and incorpo-rate them in a growing structure.

ACTING IN PUBLIC

MULTIPLICITY

MUTATIONS

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PUBLIC DEMAND

WASTE LAND

ABANDONED SPACES

DERELICT BUILDINGS

PUBLIC REALM

TAKE AWAY

PUBLIC SITE

PARTICIPATION TEAM

FREEWARE ARCHIVE

EXPERIMENTAL BUILDINGLABATORY

EXPERIENCES

INSTANT URBANISM

One of raumlabor’s motivations is to engender alternative practices within the city, fostered through cooperation and self-empowerment. They explore what remains of collective ideals and ways to overcome today’s harsh conditions of economic competition. Establishing temporary communities is one tool to create a surrogate notion of a city beyond the capitalist logic of use-value and profitability.

The Generator is an experimental building laboratory for instant, participatory building practices in public space and consists of two components: hardware and software. The hardware is a workstation designed for mobility. A set of several flight cases can be assembled as two workbenches. They contain all the necessary tools for eight people to work on site using simple wood slats and plywood as building materials.

The software is a set of construction plans and instructions for modules, which are developed for easy assembly. The construction methods will be constantly tested and improved. The modules can be assembled into chairs, tables, and shelves, as well as walls and shelters. The participants can transform the modules accidentally or intentionally. A process of learning by doing.

The Venetian Chair is a remembrance of childhood, when building fortresses, hideouts and our own world with pieces of furniture was our utmost pleasure. A chair is the archetype of furniture, an object that assists us as we work, relax, or gather for a meal or discussion. With the Generator it is endowed with a further function: the “stacking chair” becomes an assembly part to construct spaces. raumlaborberlin

SPECIFICNEEDS

At the BIENNALE DI ARCHITETTURA, VENICE the soft-ware SEDIA VENEZANA was intoduced and tested.

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The Venetian Chair is a reminiscence of childhood, when building fortresses, hideouts and our own world with pieces of furniture was our most pleasure. A chair is the archetype of furniture, an object that assists us to work, to relax, to come together for a meal or a dis-cussion. With the generator it receives a further function: the “stacking chair” becomes an assembly part to build spaces.

team workshop: Andrew Plucinski, Manfred Eccli, Lucas Fink, Armin Fuchs, Paula Hentschel, Paolo Ruaro, Andreas Krauth, Annamaria Piccinini, Francesco Vedovato, Manuel Coletto, Ewa Rudnicka, Roberta Aralla, Camilla Minini, Marella Diamantini, Anna Fran-cesca Triboli