Ephemeral intervention for Gau Zuria. 34 days by Martillo Neumático
06/11/2021.
Festival Noche Blanca/Gau Zuria 2021 [BIL] Spain
metalocus, JAVIER ARIAS
metalocus, JAVIER ARIAS
On the occasion of the Noche Blanca / Gau Zuria 2021 festival (which commemorates the founding of the city of Bilbao), "34 days" was installed, an ephemeral performance installed under the bridge of the Bilbao city hall, carried out by the group of young architects Martillo Neumático, a proposal that reflects on consumer habits.
The Martillo Neumático collective is an alliance of young architects interested in generating spaces for reflection through design. On this occasion, the Pneumatic Hammer team are: Jerome Lorente, Iñigo Barrón, Román Sost, Mon Cano, Alvaro Regatero, Javier Gutiérrez and Inés Miño.
The Martillo Neumático collective is an alliance of young architects interested in generating spaces for reflection through design. On this occasion, the Pneumatic Hammer team are: Jerome Lorente, Iñigo Barrón, Román Sost, Mon Cano, Alvaro Regatero, Javier Gutiérrez and Inés Miño.
34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Photograph by Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático Neumático. Fotografía por Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Photograph by Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumáticoático. Fotografía por Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Photograph by Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Photograph by Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Photograph by Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
34 DAYS per Martillo Neu34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Photograph by Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumáticoático. Fotografía por Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Photograph by Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumáticotico. Fotografía por Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumáticomático. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Photograph by Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumáticoico. Fotografía por Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Photograph by Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Photograph by Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumáticoo. Fotografía por Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumáticomático. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Photograph by Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
34 DAYS by Martillo Neumático. Photograph by Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumáticomático. Fotografía por Daniel Vazquez. Image courtesy of Martillo Neumático
The performance by Martillo Neumático proposes two walls built of 233 inflatable bags that simulate the cargo bags of the freight ships that used to ply the city's estuary from the well-known Ripa dock. A commercial traffic that currently has moved out of the city to port areas.
In the space delimited by the cargo-bag walls and the bridge wall, twelve spotlights were installed projecting a green light to highlight the unusual within the routine.
"At this moment, tens of thousands of merchant ships are plying the oceans. They transport everything: metals, compressed gas, toys, fresh fruit or your smartphone. The whole world depends on transport times. There appear the sacks." Jerome Lorente, from Martillo Neumático.
"34 days is the time that a person would take to consume the air transported in the bags of our intervention. We wanted to bring to Bilbao an experience that invites citizens to reflect on the immediacy of the current market model." Íñigo Barrón, from the collective of architects.
"The 34 days proposal is located on the promenade of the Bilbao estuary, a central place in the imaginary of the city and an everyday landscape for its neighbors. The performance unfolds massive bodies that alter the routine of the Muelle de Ripa. Two walls cut off pedestrians. Behind them comes a place that breaks with the rhythm of the city by referring to Bilbao's industrial past and the logistics processes that sustain consumer society.
The proposal, imprisoned under the bridge of the town hall, intersects the limits of the promenade absorbing the pillars that appear as it passes. The grid of the existing structure is deconfigured to create a succession of spaces organized around a nucleus of green light. Its materiality is made up exclusively of pieces typical of the freight transport industry: more than two hundred and twenty load-absorbing bags make up a rig in rows that are tied vertically with lashing straps and ratchets. Compared to the traditional idea of a wall by adding pieces, the design proposes a propelled thrust, inflated from below that takes advantage of the inflation speed and ease of adjustment of the industrial patents used.
The materials hidden behind express delivery engulf the historic elements of the bridge. Sacks and other devices designed to accelerate the hectic pace of global commerce appear to configure a spatial experience that surprises passersby with a penetrating green light. The sacks emphasize the poetics that these transport chains not only displace material goods but also air. Air between points completely distant from the planet. 34 days seeks to materialize in the city center what lies behind the immediacy of the current consumption model."
The proposal, imprisoned under the bridge of the town hall, intersects the limits of the promenade absorbing the pillars that appear as it passes. The grid of the existing structure is deconfigured to create a succession of spaces organized around a nucleus of green light. Its materiality is made up exclusively of pieces typical of the freight transport industry: more than two hundred and twenty load-absorbing bags make up a rig in rows that are tied vertically with lashing straps and ratchets. Compared to the traditional idea of a wall by adding pieces, the design proposes a propelled thrust, inflated from below that takes advantage of the inflation speed and ease of adjustment of the industrial patents used.
The materials hidden behind express delivery engulf the historic elements of the bridge. Sacks and other devices designed to accelerate the hectic pace of global commerce appear to configure a spatial experience that surprises passersby with a penetrating green light. The sacks emphasize the poetics that these transport chains not only displace material goods but also air. Air between points completely distant from the planet. 34 days seeks to materialize in the city center what lies behind the immediacy of the current consumption model."
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Authors
On this occasion the Martillo Neumático team are: Jerome Lorente, Iñigo Barrón, Román Sost, Mon Cano, Alvaro Regatero, Javier Gutiérrez and Inés Miño.
Localitation
"34 days" installed under the bridge at the Ripa dock, Bilbao, Spain.
Dates
From 07 to 09 October 2021. Proposal developed for the 2021 edition of the Gau Zuria festival, the White Night, which commemorates the founding of the city of Bilbao.
Photography
Daniel Vazquez.
Arquitectos Martillo Neumático
Martillo Neumático presents itself as a group linked to production, design, art and architecture with origin in the School of Architecture of Madrid. It is composed of Iñigo Barrón, Mon Cano, Jerome Llorente and Román Sost.
Currently, its members are concluding their academic stage at ETSAM while developing various professional activities in the field of art and architecture. Its members work in a wide variety of formats and scales ranging from furniture to (self)construction of urban infrastructure. Previously, they have collaborated in the design, production and execution of various projects with the Active Laboratory of Social Architecture in Communities (LAASC) in Mexico, the WoodFolk Festival in Madrid, the Ayna Al Hayat collective in Greece or the mmmm... public art firm looking for new forms of open and experimental architecture.
Their work has been shown in the Spanish pavilion of the Venice Architecture Biennale (Becoming), the Pan American Architecture Biennial of Quito (BAQ2018) and the Ibero-American Design Biennial (IDB). They have also been published in various magazines such as Pasajes, Arquitectura Diseño e Innovación or generalist media such as the newspaper El País. Regarding their academic career, their have studied in the Polytechnic University of Madrid in addition to the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) or the Accademia di Architettura diMendrisio (AAM).
Currently, its members are concluding their academic stage at ETSAM while developing various professional activities in the field of art and architecture. Its members work in a wide variety of formats and scales ranging from furniture to (self)construction of urban infrastructure. Previously, they have collaborated in the design, production and execution of various projects with the Active Laboratory of Social Architecture in Communities (LAASC) in Mexico, the WoodFolk Festival in Madrid, the Ayna Al Hayat collective in Greece or the mmmm... public art firm looking for new forms of open and experimental architecture.
Their work has been shown in the Spanish pavilion of the Venice Architecture Biennale (Becoming), the Pan American Architecture Biennial of Quito (BAQ2018) and the Ibero-American Design Biennial (IDB). They have also been published in various magazines such as Pasajes, Arquitectura Diseño e Innovación or generalist media such as the newspaper El País. Regarding their academic career, their have studied in the Polytechnic University of Madrid in addition to the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB), the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) or the Accademia di Architettura diMendrisio (AAM).
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