2021
RENACER COMO MEMORIA
PROVIDENCIA
(REBORN AS A MEMORY)
Universidad de los Andes Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño Estudio 6: Producto industrial 2021 - 1 Daniela Bernal Padilla Isabella Castilla Martínez Valentina Pérez Gallego Aletia Sánchez Moreno
DESCRIPTION PROJECT DESCRIPTION
At the end of 2020, the island of Providence was hit by Hurricane Iota and 98% of the infrastructure was destroyed, leaving the people without their belongings and elements that build their home. Taking this into account, the project Renacer como memoria has the purpose to fix and construct furniture that captures the culture and essence of the island, while enhancing the memories from the tradition and heritage of the islanders, by using the waste generated by the hurricane Iota. The traditional furniture, such as china closets, tables, chairs and rocking chairs, are essential pieces in the rebuilding of homes for the islanders. These intend to represent each family's heritage while maintaining its historic and sentimental value, at the same time as combining an antique and contemporary style. Furthermore, for this project to take place, it is necessary the joint work of the islanders, artisans, recycling collection centers and experts in design, in order to capture the true essence of the island, take advantage of the waste generated and create or fix furniture filled with value and memories. ONE SENTENCE PROJECT DESCRIPTION
To fix and construct furniture with processed waste for the islanders, that will enhance and capture their essence and memories.
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SELECTION CRITERIA IMPACT
With this initiative we pretend to recover the memories of the islanders regarding the hurricane Iota by reconstructing their traditional furniture via a collaborative learning between the artisans and designers. The native sociocultural practices and the technical knowledge from the material experts regarding the use and transformation of these, will be taken into consideration. In addition, we are trying to change the perspective of natural disasters and improve people’s environmental awareness. CREATIVITY AND DESIGN
Reconstruct traditional furniture into contemporary pieces inspired from the memories and legacy of the natives and embody the essence of the island, all with the joint work of designers and artisans, in order to adapt the furniture to a contemporary context. FEASIBLE “Renacer como Memoria” is a viable project due to the fact that waste is founded in our daily lives and it can be considered as raw material that can be processed and transformed into other elements that can be functional for humans. SCALABLE This initiative can be adaptable in the sense that at first, Providencia is not the only place that has experienced a natural disaster in such magnitud, and most importantly, the use of waste is a worldwide matter since it is present in every context and it can be reused a significant number of times.
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