Our
cities have become increasingly monotonous and characterless. Planned in big
scale and predetermined in shape and colour, there is little room for
unexpectedness and novelty. With the justification of form following function,
any additional features are often considered unnecessary details. The modern
design language of the outdoor public space seems to overlook the impact our
surroundings have on our behaviour, thoughts and feelings. The environment we
spend so much time in should have the ability to mean something to us. An
environment we can connect with and get inspired by.
Instead we are offered a dull, flat and textureless space that shows little sign of social life or representation of its community - the public. Recontextualising common construction barriers, converts a movement limitation into an invitation for social interaction. By being given a new purpose, an element that symbolises restriction provokes to reconsider the function of the public space and how we interact with it. The barriers are temporarily placed in the public space, which technically makes them public goods. Yet we cannot really interact with them, but are instructed on how to behave. Once transformed into meeting places the intention of the object changes and therefore the use of the space around it.
︎ Material: Barriers
︎ Method: Readymade-Assembly
︎ Availability: For sale
Henry Wein
Eindhoven, NL
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Instead we are offered a dull, flat and textureless space that shows little sign of social life or representation of its community - the public. Recontextualising common construction barriers, converts a movement limitation into an invitation for social interaction. By being given a new purpose, an element that symbolises restriction provokes to reconsider the function of the public space and how we interact with it. The barriers are temporarily placed in the public space, which technically makes them public goods. Yet we cannot really interact with them, but are instructed on how to behave. Once transformed into meeting places the intention of the object changes and therefore the use of the space around it.
︎ Material: Barriers
︎ Method: Readymade-Assembly
︎ Availability: For sale
Henry Wein
Eindhoven, NL
