A space for socialization with the environment. Spherifications by Conjuntos Empáticos
09/07/2022.
[Altea] Spain
metalocus, DIEGO DOMÍNGUEZ GONZÁLEZ
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Madrid-based architecture studio Conjuntos Empáticos has presented one of its latest realizations called «Esferificaciones» in the Plaza de Carmelita in the small coastal town of Altea, located in Alicante, on the Mediterranean coast, on July 4, 2022.
The project is an experimental architecture that was presented by Conjuntos Empáticos on the occasion of the Nit de l'Art, a cultural initiative of the city council developed to encourage experimentation and artistic expression.
The project is an experimental architecture that was presented by Conjuntos Empáticos on the occasion of the Nit de l'Art, a cultural initiative of the city council developed to encourage experimentation and artistic expression.
Spherifications by Conjuntos Empáticos. Photography by Conjuntos Empáticos.
Spherifications by Conjuntos Empáticos. Photography by Conjuntos Empáticos.
Spherifications by Conjuntos Empáticos. Photography by Conjuntos Empáticos.
Spherifications by Conjuntos Empáticos. Photography by Conjuntos Empáticos.
Spherifications by Conjuntos Empáticos. Photography by Conjuntos Empáticos.
Spherifications by Conjuntos Empáticos. Photography by Conjuntos Empáticos.
Spherifications by Conjuntos Empáticos. Photography by Conjuntos Empáticos.
Spherifications by Conjuntos Empáticos. Photography by Conjuntos Empáticos.
Spherifications by Conjuntos Empáticos. Photography by Conjuntos Empáticos.
Spherifications by Conjuntos Empáticos. Photography by Conjuntos Empáticos.
Conjuntos Empáticos developed this idea called «Esferificaciones» as the creation of a place where people could have a different way of relating to the environment. The aim of these architectural prototypes was also to encourage new forms of socialization and urban interaction, a way to activate the idea of play in a safe way.
«Esferificaciones» achieve this effect in their organic forms thanks to their reflective bands, gold on the outer sides and silver on the inside. At the top and bottom is a transparent plastic to connect the interior with the environment in which it is located.
Spherifications by Conjuntos Empáticos. Photography by Conjuntos Empáticos
Description of project by Conjuntos Empáticos
We propose these prototypes of urban spherifications as a spatial technique that uses contemporaneity to generate and foster dynamics of socialization that interact with the environment in which they are located. The delimitation of space through reflective textures allows us to create new ephemeral relationships between static and fluctuating reality, allowing us a deeper and more complex urban understanding.
A space to sit; look without being seen; or play safely. An architecture of conciliation is capable of generating friendlier situations and allowing the interaction of different species. This architecture is developed with different materials of a reduced gauge, the membrane being blown by industrial fans. Its clover-shaped configuration encourages traffic dynamics, allowing for greater enjoyment of the urban space.
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Architects
Conjuntos Empáticos. Architects.- Sálvora Feliz y Marta Benito.
Project team
Lucía Boo Gómez, Almudena GJ, Javier Gonzalez Granados, Raquel Gutiérrez Arnal, Adrián Meunier Gómez, Claro Novo, Cristina Pardo and Anna Vicho.
Client
Altea City Council.
Dates
04/06/2022.
Location
Carmelita Square, Altea, Alicante, Spain.
Photography
Sálvora Feliz, Marta Benito, Noemí Díaz. Conjuntos Empáticos
Conjuntos Empáticos is a non-profit association that was founded in 2012 with various purposes such as disseminating works developed in the fields of architecture, art or pedagogy; stimulate the development of these areas of knowledge; encourage citizens in participation processes related to architecture at different scales, both the most domestic and the most infrastructural; execute facilities, refurbishment actions, reform processes or educational dynamisations; promote the revitalization of areas of conflict; encourage research processes; spread knowledge of architecture, art, education or new technologies; and disseminate good practices in these fields.
This structure formed mainly by young architects and architecture students, generates processes of human development through reflection, participation and collective construction of knowledge from the subjects and actors of society, with the ability to promote different initiatives in the world of architecture. and culture, as well as the direct implication of research results developed in these fields and tested in the daily actions of the day to day, carrying out a close and participatory work.
For the development of these purposes, activities such as traveling exhibitions, courses, workshops, participation in congresses, participatory dynamics, discussion groups, facilities or citizen cooperation projects, among others, are generated. These activities have been implemented in schools, festivals and collective meetings such as Eme3, La Playa-220, Arquitecturas Colectivas or MediaLab Prado.
His work has been exhibited in the Spanish Pavilion of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 and 2018; selected in the International Design Awards 2019 and in the Emporia Awards 2018; nominated for the Simon Architecture Prize 2019 and 2021; and cataloged in the Bienal Arquia Próxima 2018-19, among others.
Founders in 2012: Sálvora Feliz, Jose A. Corno, Guillermo González Requeijo, Rodrigo González, Eva Alcalde and Fabiola Marroyo.
This structure formed mainly by young architects and architecture students, generates processes of human development through reflection, participation and collective construction of knowledge from the subjects and actors of society, with the ability to promote different initiatives in the world of architecture. and culture, as well as the direct implication of research results developed in these fields and tested in the daily actions of the day to day, carrying out a close and participatory work.
For the development of these purposes, activities such as traveling exhibitions, courses, workshops, participation in congresses, participatory dynamics, discussion groups, facilities or citizen cooperation projects, among others, are generated. These activities have been implemented in schools, festivals and collective meetings such as Eme3, La Playa-220, Arquitecturas Colectivas or MediaLab Prado.
His work has been exhibited in the Spanish Pavilion of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016 and 2018; selected in the International Design Awards 2019 and in the Emporia Awards 2018; nominated for the Simon Architecture Prize 2019 and 2021; and cataloged in the Bienal Arquia Próxima 2018-19, among others.
Founders in 2012: Sálvora Feliz, Jose A. Corno, Guillermo González Requeijo, Rodrigo González, Eva Alcalde and Fabiola Marroyo.
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