The
Mazzanti team has a special interest in the research of play and its use as a design tool to engage and trigger social behaviors within communities impacted by their designs. Forest of Hope / Bosque de la Esperanza is a sports center located in the municipality of Soacha near Bogotá (Colombia) designed in 2011.
The sports center has a total area of 1,744 m² of which 700 m² are covered by a structure that “evokes a group of trees as a symbol of unity, nature and hope”. The space is a meeting place where the community practices sports and participates in educational or recreational activities creating bonds of cooperation among the inhabitants.
The Bosque de la Esperanza / Forest of Hope is a project made of modules, able to grow and adapt to different situations. Each of the modules is a polyhedron of 12 faces, that is to say, a dodecahedron. The materials used are expanded mesh, round metal tube and translucent tiles
The Bosque de la Esperanza set therefore contains 16 modular pieces and 30 connectors, made of 100% recyclable polypropylene and magnets on all side, as well as 20 polypropylene connectors, 10 metal connectors, two cotton bags for storage, and a multilingual brochure. The Mazzanti Team uses the playful as a design tool, with complex geometries igniting a cognitive element, and creative challenge.
"We believe that the value of architecture lies not only in it but in what it produces. We are interested in producing actions, changes, and relationships; This will allow us to develop open forms, patterns or organizations that act in the construction of social actions."
The series is set to be presented for the first time at the
Spielwarenmesse 2019 toy fair in Nuremberg, Germany.
