The Flu-or Arquitectura studio and the architect Alba González have carried out an ephemeral project in the square of the old Tobacco Factory in A Coruña, and it has been one of the winners at the 15th Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennial.

The project is a device for social and cultural activation that covers part of the square for holding meetings, exhibitions, concerts, workshops, or debates, with science, urban planning, memory, and cultural action as the main themes. The objective is to create a space for reflection and meeting for citizens, fostering the exchange of experiences and debate on the future of the city's historic port.
The project of Flu-or Arquitectura and Alba González was born from the initiative of the local administration, cultural institutions, and citizens to create a meeting place and encounter with a very extensive and varied program of activities. In this way, the need for a large versatile space that allows for rapid program change is crucial.
 


Tribuna Pública by Flu-or Arquitectura and Alba González. Gif by Alba González.

In addition, the installation was temporary, so the architects created a large removable scaffold covered by fabrics that forms a permeable and semi-transparent box. The volume ends up becoming a spatial mesh that empties inside and encloses a space capable of hosting multiple uses.
 


Tribuna Pública by Flu-or Arquitectura and Alba González. Gif by Luis Santalla.
 

Description of project by Flu-or Arquitectura and Alba González

Tribuna Publica (Public stage) origins from a transversal spirit, from the local administration, cultural institutions and citizens, as a cultural and social asset, whose purpose is to create a space open to debate and rethinking about the future of the historical harbour landmarks in the city of A Coruña.

This active and collective platform had a varied cultural programme, including political discussions, workshops, lectures, film projections, concerts and scientific research labs, under four major themes: urbanism, science and environment, memory and cultural action.

Located in a historic tobacco factory (Plaza de la Antigua Fabrica de Tabacos), and one step away from the seaside and the fish market, the environment brings a strong symbolic and identity component to the project.

The proposal comes from our own perception of the harbour, putting together all the elements in our memories that connect us with these port spaces, as a result, the installation creates a fluid and crossing space for the citizens, in contrast with the existing closeness.

Due to the ephemeral nature of the project, the construction is based on detachable and reusable elements assembling a complex system of scaffolds, the result is a permeable and immersive mesh, able to host multiple uses along its time.

Tribuna displays as a volume made with a dense mesh that encloses an outdoor space. The exterior is covered with a light net, which outlines the volume while it shows the internal structure.

Tribuna Publica was an ephemeral structure. Open, diverse, discussed, lived, transformed and studied.

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Flu-or Arquitectura, Alba González.
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Collaborators
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Art curator.- Juan de Nieves.
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Area
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300 sqm.
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Dates
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2019.
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Scaffolding.- Andamios Layher. Fabrics.- Moñita. Machinery and scaffolding.- Claaman.
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Location
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Plaza da Fábrica de Tabacos, A Coruña.
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Luis Santalla, Alba González, Juan de Nieves.
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Flu-or is an architecture studio based in A Coruña since 2009. It is currently directed by Juan M. Salgado and Luis M. Santalla. Since their beginnings as a group of students they have explored the transformation of spaces by combining design with construction. Proof of this are the events such as FETSAC and the workshops carried out in the architecture schools of Madrid, Seville and A Coruña.

Since 2013 they develop professional work as an architecture studio, working on all scales in which architecture is understood. They draft housing projects, commercial spaces, rehabilitation, while dedicating time to the design and self-construction of furniture.

Part of his work involves the design of ephemeral installations, such as the Public Tribune, temporarily located in the Plaza de Tabacos in A Coruña, and the installation "Telar" for the lobby of the Valle Inclán Theater in Madrid.

Regarding the urban scale, they are winners of the Europan 13 prize, and of the ideas competition for the Litoral Edge of A Coruña, developed with Habitat Social and Ergosfera.
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Alba González Vilar. Lugo, Spain, 1987. Architect by the Higher Technical School of Architecture of A Coruña (UDC), also formed by the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), the city where she begins her professional practice. Master in Sustainable Building and Postgraduate in International Cooperation and Development in Education from the UDC.

She has developed multidisciplinary and international professional work from urban planning projects, and cooperation in Latin America as well as the realization of residential, commercial, ephemeral architecture and furniture projects in Spain.

She has been a regular collaborator since 2013 with Flu-or Arquitectura in works such as Public Tribune, and the winning projects Europan 13, and the ideas competition for the Litoral Edge of A Coruña, among others.
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