066

Arte Útil archive nr:

066

Initiator:

Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée (AAA)

Location:

France

Category:

urban-development, environment, social

Users:

AAA functions as a collaborative network with variable geometry, which organizes itself according to different topics, contexts of intervention, competencies and availability of participants. AAA: Constantin Petcou, Doina Petrescu, Denis Favret, Giovanni Piovene, John Sampson, Giada Mangiameli, John Roberts collaborators : Béatrice Rettig, Jean-Baptiste Bayle, Bordercartograph (Marion Baruch, Miriam Rambach , Arben Iljazi), School of Architecture/University of Sheffield, Antoine Quenardel and inhabitants of La Chapelle area including Fabienne Molinier, Catherine Sachet, Richard Laquitaine, Michèle Chevillon, Phillipe Serret, Abdulaye Sy and many more.

Maintained by:

Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée (AAA)

Certification:

implemented

Duration:

2001 - 2006

Atelier d'Architecture Autogérée (AAA)
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ECObox

Description:

This process began by establishing a temporary garden constructed out of recycled materials. The garden, called ECObox, has been extended into a platform for urban criticism and creativity, which is curated by the AAA members, residents and external collaborators and which catalyses activities at a local and trans-local level.

Goals:

To encourage residents to get access to and critically transform temporary misused or underused spaces.

Beneficial Outcomes:

Offering the inhabitants the chance to occupy an abandoned space and transform it into a participatory garden and a place for debate.

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